Idaho Commission on the Arts

“CREATIVE AGING FOR IDAHO’S VETERANS”

As part of the “Creative Aging for Idaho’s Veterans” initiative, the Idaho Commission on the Arts, in partnership with the Idaho Division of Veterans Services, will provide creative aging services for Idaho’s senior veterans. 

Professional development and program implementation support

Beginning September 2021, Lifetime Arts will train arts council staff, veteran organization administrators and teaching artists in best practices in planning, designing, promoting, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining successful creative aging programming. We will also provide coaching and program implementation support beginning in September.

Program implementation details

The Arts Commission and Veterans Services will review the arts education needs, resources and assets of Idaho’s Veterans Home facilities and resident populations. One veteran facility will be selected for inaugural program implementation, coordinating with the facility to define the inaugural program focus and timeline. Inaugural creative aging programming will be provided at the designated Veterans Home, either on-site or online as necessary, with the expectation that programming will expand later to all Idaho Veterans Home facilities.

TRAINING DATES & DETAILS

Creative Aging Foundations Training for Arts Council Staff and Veteran Organization Administrators

September 20-22 from 1pm-3pm MT/3pm-5pm ET

This 6-hour training will take a cohort of arts council staff and veteran organization administrators through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. We will cover:

  • Current research on arts and aging
  • Inherent biases about aging
  • Best practices in the field
  • What’s different about adult learning
  • How to apply K-12 arts ed expertise to 55+
  • How to develop responsive programming that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable
  • The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming
  • Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships
  • How to deliver both in-person and remote programming

Creative Aging Design and Development for Teaching Artists

February 22-24 from 9am-11am MT/11am-1pm ET

This course, aimed at 25-person cohorts of teaching artists, will introduce the history, supporting research, and exemplary programming happening across this growing field.

In addition to covering the topics included in Creative Aging Foundations (shown above), our teaching artist training will also feature the examination and demonstration of andragogical approaches to the development of skill-based, sequential instructional lessons for older adults. In addition, this course will focus on the importance of embedding intentional social engagement activities into programming and curricula. Participants will explore the subject of ageism and its impact on creative aging programming design and delivery. Teaching artists will be introduced to best practices in both in-person and remote programming.

Registration

These training series will be announced by the project partners who will also manage registration. Registered trainees will be enrolled as users in the Lifetime Arts Portal, where they will access training materials, Zoom links, pre-reading, resources, and trainer bios.

Project Contacts

MADE POSSIBLE BY

This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies in partnership with E.A. Michelson Philanthropy.