“BETTER WITH AGE: ALABAMA’S CREATIVE AGING INITIATIVE”
As part of the “Creative Aging Program Expansion” initiative, the Alabama State Council on the Arts is developing stronger support for creative aging efforts through identifying and recognizing creative aging work already occurring in Alabama, focusing the 2021 Bill Bates Leadership Institute on creative aging, offering workshops for nonprofit arts organizations to engage in this work, and developing professional training for teaching artists to implement sequential, skills based pedagogy and curriculum for older adults.
Professional development and program implementation support
In June 2022, Lifetime Arts will train Alabama teaching artists and arts organization staff 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
June 13-15, 2022 from 9am-11am CT
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 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 Organizations
June 21-23, 2022 from 9am-11am CT
This 6-hour training will take a cohort of arts 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
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
- J. Andrew Henley, Deputy Director, Alabama State Council on the Arts
- Julie Kline, Director of Professional Development & Training, Lifetime Arts
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.
