Tuesday, Thursday & Friday: July 23rd, 25th & 26th
10am-12pm EST
We hope you enjoyed this training as part of the Ohio Arts Council’s creative aging initiative “Building Bridges to Sustained Communities”
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Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources
Day 1
Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Arts Education Approach
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 from 10am-12pm 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
Thursday, July 25, 2024 from 10am-12pm EST
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:
(Optional, if you have extra time)
- Read Highlighted Case Studies from the Creative Aging Resource:
- Explore more on the Creative Aging Resource — an expansive collection of articles, reports, case studies, toolkits, videos, and templates that can help you develop your expertise and make the case for creative aging programs. Curated by Lifetime Arts, the site contains content we have created and content submitted by the public. You can search for resources, and even submit your own!
Day 3
Successful Creative Aging Program Implementation: now and in the future
Friday, July 26, 2024 from 10am-12pm EST
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following resources prior to Day 3 and think about how you might adjust them for your community:
- Facility Survey (PDF)
- Community Resource Survey (PDF)
- Planning Meeting Template for Orgs (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Program Implementation Checklist (PDF) | (DOCX)
In preparation for our breakout discussions, begin thinking about one challenge you might foresee in implementing a creative aging program at your site; and one asset you feel like your organization can leverage for launching creative aging programs.
Training Description
At the core of our training offerings, 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. Participants will leave the training with concrete, first steps to incorporate Creative Aging into their 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
In addition to covering the topics included in the core Creative Aging Foundations training, this training is designed 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
This training includes a 60 minute virtual demonstration class, participants will be assigned one of the following classes prior to our second session:
- Dance
- Drawing
Lead Trainers:
Demo Artists
Asma Feyijinmi (Dance)
Lynda Monick-Isenberg (Drawing)
Trainer Facilitators
Lynda Monick-Isenberg
Clark Jackson
Staff Facilitators
Gahlia Eden (Education Producer)
Julie Kline (Director of Education & Training)
Post-training Resources
Vision Planning
Lifetime Arts Templates
- Pre and Post Program Evaluations
- Culminating Event Evaluation
- Planning Meeting Template for Orgs (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Patron Survey (PDF)
- Facility Survey (PDF)
- Community Resource Survey (PDF)
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 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
- 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:
- Aging Connected: Getting Older Adults Online
- Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
- Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Senior Planet Zoom Resource Center
- 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
- Accessibility and Universal Design Resource – California State University Northridge
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