South Dakota Arts Council

“LIFELONG ARTS LEARNING FOR REMOTE AND RURAL SOUTH DAKOTANS”

As part of the “Lifelong Arts Learning for Remote and Rural South Dakotans” initiative, the South Dakota Arts Council will expand South Dakota Arts Council’s Art for Life program and provide start-up funding for a new grant program that will pay teaching artists to provide arts learning projects in remote and rural communities.

Professional development and program implementation support

In January 2022, Lifetime Arts will train South Dakota teaching artists in best practices in planning, designing, promoting, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining successful creative aging programming.

TRAINING DATES & DETAILS

Creative Aging Design and Development for Teaching Artists

January 4-6 from 10am-12pm CST / 9am-11am MST / 11am – 1pm EST

This course will take a 25-person cohort of teaching artists 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
  • How to develop responsive programming for older adults that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable
  • Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships to ensure consistent and sustainable programs

In addition to covering the topics included in Creative Aging Foundations, 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.