Tag: arts and aging

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 …

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Lifetime Arts In The Press

This year Lifetime Arts has been featured in several publications relating to the field of Creative Aging including Preserving Your Memory Magazine,  Library As Incubator – an online magazine exploring the links between artists and libraries and Stories for Change – a publication of Partners for Livable Communities and MetLife Foundation that examines exemplary organizations …

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Lifetime Arts, Inc. Receives $125,000 Grant from MetLife Foundation to Pilot Creative Aging Programs in Boston, Dallas and Miami Public Libraries

MetLife Foundation has awarded Lifetime Arts, Inc. a $125,000 grant to expand their groundbreaking work in creative aging through partnerships with Boston Public Library, Dallas Public Library and Miami-Dade Public Library.  The MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Libraries Project is designed to increase the capacity of public libraries to serve older adults, provide models of high …

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