May 15, 2024 from 9am-4pm MT
The Shane Lalani Center for the Arts Floor 2 – Rehearsal Hall & Veranda
415 E Lewis St, Livingston, MT 59047
Training Description | Trainer Bios | Post-training Resources
Welcome Montana Teaching Artists! We hope you enjoyed this training as part of the Montana Arts Council’s Creative Aging Initiative.
Please take time to complete our post-training evaluation below as this will help us continue to improve future offerings:
POST-TRAINING EVAL
Pre-training resources:
- Review: SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
- Review: Social Engagement Tips and Techniques (PDF)
- Download and fill out: Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet for Teaching Artists (PDF) | (DOCX) Bring responses to the worksheet to the training
- Watch Video “Creative Aging: the essentials” [3:06]:
Post-training Resources
Resources & media shared during training:
Training Presentation Slides
- Short film by E.A.Michelson Philanthropy “From Isolated to Connected”
- Ashton Applewhite Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfjzkO6_DEI
- One in Six by 2030 – https://www.1in6by2030.com/
Teaching artist resources for in-person & remote programs:
- Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet (PDF) | (DOCX)
- In-Person Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline Download: (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)
Teaching artist resources for funding and fiscal sponsorship:
Resources for host organizations:
Research supporting the creative aging arts education model:
- Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & The Arts
- Lifetime Arts: The Creative Aging Resource
- The Creativity and Aging Study Final Report
- 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
- 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
Intersectionality
- Free Online Course on Intersectionality: Identity and Intersectionality: More Than the Sum of Our Parts
- AARP International: Building Equity in Longevity
- Diverse Elders Coalition
Training Description
Creative Aging Foundations provides an overview of the Creative Aging field, including an understanding of shifting demographics, different areas of practice, and the cross-sector nature of the work. You and your team will leave the training with concrete, first steps to incorporate Creative Aging into your practice. Core curricular topics covered include:
- 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 is designed specifically for arts educators and/or teaching artists. In addition to covering the topics above included in the core Creative Aging Foundations training, this course also will feature the examination and demonstration of approaches for teaching adult learners and to the development of skill-based, sequential lessons for older adults. Additional curricular topics include:
- Exemplary programming from across this growing field across artistic disciplines
- Embedding intentional social engagement activities
- Impact of ageism on creative aging program design and delivery
- Best practices in both in-person and programming
- Creative aging curriculum development
- Partnering with older adult communities
Lead Trainers:
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