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American Alliance of Museums Reinforces Creative Aging Arts Education Model at Annual Conference

From May 19-22, 2022, museum and arts educators from across the U.S. reunited in-person at the American Alliance of Museums' Annual Meeting & Museum Expo in Boston, Massachusetts to explore and address the pressing issues, challenges, and opportunities that museums are facing today.

During the conference, Lifetime Arts delivered the workshop, "Creative Aging: Paving the Way for Lifelong Learning," to museum leaders and educators. Lifetime Arts also participated on a panel which featured our museum programming partners.

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Creative Aging Around the Globe with Maura O’Malley (Audio + Transcript)

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In spring 2022, Maura O’Malley, Lifetime Arts’ CEO/Co-Founder, was a featured speaker at two international conferences: MuseumConnections Paris where she presented, “Social Impact: Engaging with Older Adults,” and Ageing Artfully: Going Global, organized by the Creative Ageing Development Agency (CADA), where she presented, “Connecting Through Creative Aging: Social Distancing ≠ Social Isolation.” Maura was joined …

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Creative Aging Programs Centered in Black Cultures Enrich Connection & Community in Museums Across the U.S.

The following are examples of programs offered in museums across the U.S. — during and immediately prior to the pandemic — in which teaching artists centered their curriculum in Black cultures and history and/or taught media inspired by Black and Brown artists.

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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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In-person, Virtual, Onsite, Offsite, and Blended: Making Responsive Programs Happen for Older Adults

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In this post, we highlight a series of programs that are happening this summer as part of new and ongoing creative aging initiatives.

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Artwork Marks, Reflects, and Celebrates Life

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I decided to look around our apartment to see which of the things that I own have real meaning to me and that I would miss if I lost them. In most cases, it’s the art on my walls. In all cases it’s not just the pieces, but what they represent, that holds meaning for me.

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The Creative Aging Resource Website: An Online Hub for an Emerging Field

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Lifetime Arts is proud to launch The Creative Aging Resource website (http://www.creativeagingresource.org), the first dedicated place on the web to offer artists, community educators, program administrators, senior service professionals, and funders a browsable directory of hundreds of hand-curated pieces of research, media, case studies, experts and organizations related to the field.

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Final Critiques and Closure via Google Hangouts in San Juan

Participants engage in the Zoom workshop, "Autorretrato en Medios Mixto," a program by the Museum de Historia, Antropología y Arte.

The Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, part of the Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums Cohort, were at the end of their self-portrait program when COVID-19 impacted in-person programming. With two classes left unfinished, the museum's staff and teaching artist joined forces to design and implement an online session which gave students the opportunity to socially engage with one another, share their culminating work, and end the program as a community.

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Participants 55+ Share Their Journeys Through Clay (Videos)

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This month, the Union County Historical Society and Heritage Museum held their culminating event for the workshop, Journeys Through Clay, part of the Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums Initiative. The program was funded by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy and training and technical assistance was provided by Lifetime Arts. Below are videos that captured the workshop, which featured …

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NASAA Leadership Institute Features Creative Aging Experts

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On September 18-20, Aroha Philanthropies and Lifetime Arts presented, “Collaborations in Creative Aging,” at National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ 2019 Leadership Institute, hosted by Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in Providence, RI.  In 2016, Aroha Philanthropies developed a major multi-year initiative, Seeding Vitality Arts (SVA), to seed creative aging programs nationally. Using a learning cohort model, Aroha and its …

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Innovative “School of Drag” Event Mixes Generations and Gender Performance

Performers in School of Drag's culminating event

“We compartmentalize our community, and particularly when it comes to age, this begins early on in our lives. We are missing huge opportunities for intergenerational knowledge to be shared in a reciprocal experiential way that provides the space for connection and empathy in ways that traditional educational experiences do not. I would say that things …

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School of Drag Attracts Intergenerational Performers (VIDEO)

Intergenerational participants rehearse dances in School of Drag workshop.

School of Drag, a Creative Aging program collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ (MOCA) and Fluxx Productions, is a 10-week workshop series that invites 55+ LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual, non-binary, pansexual, etc.) community members to explore art, narrative and performance which culminates into a showcase featuring performers …

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Peyton Scott Russell

Born in Minneapolis, MN, Peyton’s earliest memories as a child were making art and being creative. This continued into high school where he discovered graffiti art from the film Style Wars in 1984. This consumed his art interest. A portfolio of traditional art and graffiti influenced works helped earn acceptance into the School of the …

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Training Teaching Artists, Community Centers, Museums, and Arts Orgs

This fall Lifetime Arts has delivered of live Creative Aging training sessions in New York City, around the state, and across the country. Community Centers In October, Lifetime Arts made two separate trips to the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. On the first trip, the team oriented the executive director and key program leaders to the …

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20 Museums Tapped for Initiative to Create Learning Opportunities For Older Adults

Lifetime Arts to train and support educators at 20 museums across the U.S. as they develop and implement high-quality, intensive arts learning opportunities for older adults. Arlington, VA – Aroha Philanthropies, the American Alliance of Museums, and Lifetime Arts announced today that 20 museums and organizations have been tapped to participate in a new initiative, …

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Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aroha Philanthropies Announces National Initiative in Collaboration with the American Alliance of Museums and Lifetime Arts MINNEAPOLIS, MN – Aroha Philanthropies, the American Alliance of Museums, and Lifetime Arts announced today that they will collaborate to launch Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums, a new national initiative developed, funded and managed by …

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