The New York State Creative Aging Initiative, an innovative partnership between The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York State Office for the Aging, and Lifetime Arts launched during the middle of the pandemic concluded in February 2022. Lifetime Arts trained and coached staff members from 7 area agencies on aging and nearly 70 New York state based teaching artists to plan, design, and implement 14 remote creative aging programs throughout the state.
During this 8-week workshop, students will see that beauty by looking intently and using watercolor to bring those objects to life on paper. Instructor Antonia Perez will guide learners through traditional and contemporary watercolor painting techniques to depict still-life objects from their personal surroundings. By the end of the workshop, students will be able to construct a watercolor painting from initial sketch to a finished piece.
Everyone has a story to tell and writing our stories is an important opportunity for pushing our memories, expanding our creativity, and making meaningful connections with others. In this 6-week workshop, led by instructor Kate Bell, students will read and discuss short memoir essays, write their own original short memoirs, and receive constructive feedback from their peers and the instructor.
