This summer, Lifetime Arts had the opportunity to train hundreds of teaching artists, library workers, museum educators, and arts organization staff in Missouri, Wyoming, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Arizona as part of our major projects Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership and Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums and in partnership with the Phoenix Center for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, and Creative Aging in Memphis. These creative aging leaders will go on to impact the lives of more than 3,500 older adults in this year alone. Below are training highlights and reflections.
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Lifetime Arts Extends Capacity-Building Efforts with State Arts Agencies in CT, DE, UT + MI
This fall, we trained 100+ teaching artists, library programmers, arts council staff and stakeholders through continued partnerships with the Connecticut Office of the Arts, Delaware Division of the Arts, Utah Division of Arts & Museums and Michigan Arts and Cultural Council. Our work with these state agencies builds on projects they launched with Lifetime Arts’ support through the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ (NASAA) Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging Initiative (May 2021-September 2022).
Upcoming Speaking Engagements + Networking Events in NY, OH and FL
This October, Lifetime Arts will be participating in a series of virtual and in-person engagements for arts and aging professionals in New York, Ohio and Florida. We will deliver presentations on a variety of creative aging topics for students, older adults, artists and arts educators and network with professionals in the arts and public health sectors. Read on to learn more about these opportunities.
Lifetime Arts to Present Creative Aging Best Practices at Arts & Aging Forum in Singapore
On October 7, 2022, Maura O'Malley, Lifetime Arts' CEO/Co-Founder, and Annie Montgomery, Senior Education Designer and Trainer, are invited to participate as leading creative aging experts in the in-person event, Arts and Ageing Forum 2022: The Future of Arts and Ageing in Singapore, hosted by the National Arts Council (NAC) Singapore. Maura will present Lifetime Arts as the featured keynote, participate in a live panel discussion with local industry leaders, and co-lead an interactive workshop with Annie.
“A Storied Life”: A New Generation of Digital Storytellers Emerges
In January, at the culminating event for, “A Storied Life,” a 12-week digital storytelling workshop offered by the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in partnership with The Knolls, a Bethel Community, eight filmmakers — all aged 55+ — wowed a packed screening room with digital film shorts depicting personal stories of love, loss, and discovery. …
NASAA Leadership Institute Features Creative Aging Experts
On September 18-20, Aroha Philanthropies and Lifetime Arts presented, “Collaborations in Creative Aging,” at National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ 2019 Leadership Institute, hosted by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in Providence, RI. In 2016, Aroha Philanthropies developed a major multi-year initiative, Seeding Vitality Arts (SVA), to seed creative aging programs nationally. Using a learning cohort model, Aroha and its …
U.S. Museums Receptive to Creative Aging Programming
On Monday, May 20, the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) held a panel titled, “Artful Aging: What Museums and Arts are Learning from Each Other about Creative Aging” during their annual conference in New Orleans. Ed Friedman, Executive Director at Lifetime Arts moderated the panel which also featured Annie Montgomery, Director of Education at Lifetime …
Fall 2018 Schedule of Culminating Events (US)
Attend a Creative Aging Event Near You Thanks to the generous support of Aroha Philanthropies, Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, the NAMM Foundation, and the Music Man Foundation, this fall nearly 100 culminating events in 15 states will showcase older adults making art and friendships across the United States. The culminating events (a.k.a., …
Lifetime Arts and Partners Offer Creative Aging Training for Artists
November 4, 2012 – Friday, November 9, 2012 The Creative Center at University Settlement Presentations and workshops by national and local leaders in the field, including Lifetime Arts’ founder and CEO, Maura O’Malley, – combined with site visits to museums, galleries and “best practice” programs, will enable accepted trainees to raise the bar on arts engagement …
Beyond Bingo: Aging Creatively in Public Libraries
Creative Aging Professional Development for Librarians As part of Lifetime Arts IMLS National Leadership Grant, a two part professional development workshop engaged 40 librarians from the NY Metro Region in four sessions. Led by national experts, librarians learned about creative aging best practices, the nuts and bolts of program implementation and sustainability and what kinds of …
Lifetime Arts Library Participant Exhibits Paintings at City Island Gallery
Throughout September 2011 Kaleidoscope Gallery 280 City Island Ave. City Island, NY 10464 718-885-3090 Kaleidoscope Gallery of City Island announces: Tereza Volpi Fratarcangeli Show and Sale of Paintings Tereza participated in last year’s “Drawing from Experience”, taught by artist Josh Millis. The eight week workshop series was part of “Creative Aging in Our Communities: The …