Tag: Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge

Programming Roundup: State Agencies, Urban Library Systems, Museums, & Arts Organizations

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A run-down of creative aging work we have been doing with state agencies, urban library systems, museums, and arts organizations around the U.S.

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14 Community Arts Ed Organizations Receive Seed Grants for Creative Aging Programs

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2021 CONTACT Jenina Podulka, National Guild for Community Arts Education jeninapodulka@nationalguild.org nationalguild.org Shannon McDonough, Lifetime Arts smcdonough@lifetimearts.org  Research shows participatory arts learning for older adults provides significant wellness benefits critical to counteracting social isolation  New York, NY—The National Guild for Community Arts Education and Lifetime Arts are pleased to announce that …

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Lifetime Arts to Offer “Creative Aging During COVID-19” at Louisiana Arts Summit

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On September 30, Lifetime Arts’ Director of Education, Annie Montgomery and Education Associate, Julie Kline, will deliver an interactive virtual session on the topic of creative aging programming during COVID-19, part of the 2020 Louisiana Arts Summit and hosted by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge in partnership with the Louisiana Division of the Arts.

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Myriad Ways to Tap Older Adults’ Creativity and Combat Social Isolation

An older adult sewist creates surgical gowns for local hospitals in Baton Rouge.

While our campaign, “Connect Through Creativity Now,” highlights teaching artists, arts and service organizations working within the traditional Creative Aging model (sequential learning, skill-building, social-engagement) while stay-at-home orders prohibit in-person social gatherings, there are a number of other efforts emerging that warrant mention. Below are several examples of others working outside the traditional model, who …

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