Tag: SU-CASA

Remembering Ann deVere: A Passionate Artist, Teacher, and Community Builder

We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of Ann deVere, a veteran teaching artist, architect, and Lifetime Arts Trainer. As a native New Yorker with a visual arts concentration in printmaking, Ann taught classes and workshops in public schools, cultural centers, and arts organizations throughout NYC, in addition to implementing arts programming for all ages. Throughout her teaching artist career, she engaged her students in critical discourse, concept development, and creative problem solving — all the while drawing upon their imaginations. Her students developed a sense of their own capabilities, discovered their ideas have value, and learned how they can enrich the environments around them.

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Teaching Creative Aging Classes Online: 1. Troubleshoot, 2. Don’t Sweat the Details

Teaching Artist, John LeoNimm leads his students through warm-ups during an online class.

“We're all doing this really new and hard thing by trying to translate in person experiences to the virtual platform,” he says, “Don't stress yourself out trying to make it perfect.  Be upfront with folks about the experiment of it and leave space for them to give feedback.”

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Creative Aging Program Roundup

Group shot of several older adult couples dancing. The room is decorated for a party.

This year more than 900 people aged 55+ from New Mexico to New Hampshire attended 65 Creative Aging programs in public libraries, arts organizations, and community spaces where they mastered new art-making skills such as digital photography, acting, creative writing, singing, and dancing. How do these programs work? These arts workshops were offered through several …

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