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March 11, 18, & 25, 2024 from 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm EST
Welcome Artists and Arts Education Staff! We hope you enjoyed this training as part of the Indiana Arts Commissions’ creative aging initiative. We are looking forward to meeting you.
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Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources
Day 1
Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Program Models
Monday, March 11 from 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm EST:
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following resources prior to Day 1:
“Creative Aging: Enriching the Lives of Older Adults Through Arts Ed” [3:12]
“Let’s End Ageism,” TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite [11:38]
“Creative Aging: Isolation to Connection,” E.A. Michelson Philanthropy [2:49]
Day 2
Demonstration Classes and Program Preparation
Monday, March 18 from 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm EST:
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:
- SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
- Best Practices in Intergenerational Arts Education Program Design (PDF)
- Program Case Studies from the Creative Aging Resource:
- Check your email for Day 2 demonstration class assignments
Day 3
Community Partnerships & Embedding Creative Aging in Your Organization
Monday, March 25 from 1-3pm CT / 2-4pm EST:
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following prior to Day 3:
- Facility Survey (PDF)
- Community Resource Survey (PDF)
- Patron Survey (PDF)
- Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
Training Description:
This 6-hour training will take Artists and Arts Education Staff through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. We will cover:
- History of Creative Aging
- Current research on arts and aging
- Inherent biases about aging
- Best practices in the field
- What’s different about adult learning
- How to apply K-12 arts ed expertise to 55+
- How to develop responsive programming that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable
This course designed for Artists and Arts Education Staff is recommended for anyone planning to run, teach, or sustain creative aging programs. Additional curricular topics covered include:
- The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming
- Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships
- How to deliver programming & program best practices
- Impact of ageism on creative aging program design and delivery
- Creative aging curriculum development
- Partnering with older adult communities
This training includes an online Creative Aging demonstration class.
Lead Trainers & Demo Class Artists:
Trainer Facilitators
Staff Facilitators
Post-training Resources
Lifetime Arts Evaluation Templates
Teaching artist resources for in-person & remote programs:
- Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
- In-Person Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Remote Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for Remote Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Adapting Creative Aging Course Design for Remote Program Delivery Guide (PDF)
- Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet: For Teaching Artists (PDF) | (DOCX)
Research supporting the creative aging arts education model:
- Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & The Arts
- Lifetime Arts: The Creative Aging Resource
- Lifetime Arts: The Creative Aging Resource
- The Creativity and Aging Study Final Report
- The New Map of Life. A Report from the Stanford Center on Longevity
- Cornerstone University: A Simple, Easy to Understand Guide to Andragogy
- Liz Lerman: The Critical Response Process
Technology support & accessibility considerations:
- Accessibility and Universal Design Resource – California State University Northridge
- Aging Connected: Getting Older Adults Online
- Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
- Implementing and Expanding Virtual Programming for Older Adults: Tips and Practical Strategies for Aging Network Organizations – by engAGED The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults
- Institute for Human-Centered Design
- Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Senior Planet Zoom Resource Center
- Universal Design Center: Accessibility & Universal Design
Combatting Ageism & Intersectionality
- Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism Article by Paula Span, NYTimes [paywall]
- As We Live Longer, How Should Life Change? There Is a Blueprint Article by Corinne Purtill, NYTimes [paywall]
- Old School – Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse
- The Reframing Aging Initiative
- Institute for Human-Centered Design
- Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
- Getty Images/AARP Disrupt Aging® Collection
- Free Online Course on Intersectionality: Identity and Intersectionality: More Than the Sum of Our Parts
- AARP International: Building Equity in Longevity