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Public Libraries Supported as Community Anchors for Positive and Creative Aging  

Older adult participants look at artwork during a culminating event at a Wyoming public library.

A total of 132 public and county library systems in Missouri and Wyoming will develop and/or expand arts education programs that improve the lives of older adults (55+) through the Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership Initiative (2023-2025). In partnership with the participating state libraries, Lifetime Arts will train and coach up to 250 librarians and library programmers in creative aging program planning, design, marketing, implementation and documentation. A total of 100 in-person and remote creative aging programs will serve up to 2,000 older adults in Wyoming and Missouri public libraries and build the case for long-term sustainability.

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Ed Talks Creative Aging at The Creative Center Training Institute

The Creative Center at University Settlement logo

This week long training program draws people from around the country and focuses on the role of the arts in healthcare and creative aging, providing theoretical and didactic approaches to implementing and sustaining high-quality arts programming in a variety of settings serving older adults across the aging spectrum. Lifetime Arts is a regular presenter at …

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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 Receives $50,000 Grant from Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation for Creative Aging Programs in Westchester Libraries

The Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation has awarded Lifetime Arts, Inc. a grant to  support their partnership with the Westchester Library System (WLS) –  Creative Aging in New York State Public Libraries: a Regional Model with National Applicability. This two year project, funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services also includes the Brooklyn Public …

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