“CREATIVE AGING ACROSS OKLAHOMA”
As part of the “Creative Aging across Oklahoma” initiative, the Oklahoma Arts Council will hire an arts learning in communities director to conduct an environmental scan of Oklahoma’s older adults to determine needs, access to services across different communities, and key areas of programmatic focus.
Professional development and program implementation support
Beginning September 2021, Lifetime Arts will provide strategic consultation and creative aging training to the arts learning in communities director in addition to teaching artists, library programmers, arts and senior service organizations, and arts council staff. The director will convene a diverse advisory group of creative aging leaders to provide driving guidance to the program. This work will culminate in a statewide creative aging summit in spring 2022.
TRAINING DATES & DETAILS
Creative Aging Town Hall Presentation for Arts Organizations, Library Programmers, and Teaching Artists
January 13, 2022 from 3pm-4pm CT/ 4-5pm ET
This presentation will provide a brief background on Lifetime Arts and the creative aging work we do across the country. Additionally, we will describe the training opportunities that Oklahoma teaching artists, arts, cultural, and senior service organizations will have in the coming year. The presentation will follow with a Q&A session.
Creative Aging Design and Development for Teaching Artists
March 28-30, 2022 from 9am-11am CT/10am-12pm ET
This virtual course, aimed at a 25-person cohort 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 below), 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.
Creative Aging Foundations Training for Arts, Senior Service, and Community Organizations
April 4-6, 2022 from 9am-11am CT/10am-12pm ET
This 6-hour virtual training will take a diverse cohort of arts, senior service, and community organizations 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 Convening for Statewide Stakeholders
August 25-26, 2022
In August, Lifetime Arts will be facilitating a two hour Creative Aging Foundations workshop at an in-person convening for statewide creative aging stakeholders – including arts organizations, aging service providers, and libraries interested in developing creative aging programs and connecting across the sector. The two-day in-person convening will be held at Belle Isle Library in Oklahoma City.
Project Contacts
- Erika Wilhite, Arts Learning in Communities Director, Oklahoma Arts Council
- Nathan Majoros, Deputy Director for Programming & Operations, Lifetime Arts
