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Older Americans Month: Connect, Create and Contribute with Creative Aging

Pictured are participants in a painting workshop at Forest Hills Community Library, Queens. They are posing and smiling.

Each May, the Administration for Community Living leads our nation’s observance of Older Americans Month. This year’s theme is Connect, Create and Contribute, which encourages older adults and their communities to: Connect with friends, family and services that support participation Create by engaging in activities that promote learning, health and personal enrichment Contribute time, talent …

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NYC Senior Center, Teaching Artist, and Arts Organization Training Update

Lifetime Arts is currently training teaching artists and staff at New York City senior centers and arts organizations how to plan, design, and deliver Creative Aging programming. Annie Montgomery, Lifetime Arts’ director of education, led a training for senior center staff this month at the Brooklyn Public Library’s main branch. Through our experiential, hands-on seminars …

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