Tag: Alabama State Council on the Arts

Connection & Collaboration at State Arts Agency Training Events

In May and June, 2022, Lifetime Arts provided nearly 40 hours of training and professional development services (in-person and via the Lifetime Arts Portal) to over 200 state arts agencies, museum staff, and teaching artists across the country as part of the national and statewide initiatives Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging and Advancing Creative Aging in Arizona's West Valley. Below we share some highlights from these professional development opportunities and emerging partnership opportunities this fall.

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Lifetime Arts Works with 21 State Art Agencies to Increase Capacity for Creative Aging Programs via NASAA Effort

A trainee holds up her collage to the web cam.

n the Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging Initiative supported by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, Lifetime Arts partnered with the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies to grow their creative aging programs, practices, and partnerships with 21 state arts agencies across the country. In this post, teaching artists and organizational staff share their insights on the impact that our training has made in their practices, institutions, and communities. Additionally, the Lifetime Arts team shares insights on working with our partners and trainees.

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Alabama State Council on the Arts

“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 …

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