Creative Aging Foundations for Phoenix Organizations

August 14-16, 2023 from 10am-12pm MT

We hope you enjoyed this training as part of  the Phoenix Center for the Arts creative aging initiative!

All training recording links and presentation decks are available in each training day section and all post-training resources are available for your convenience.

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Training Description | Trainer Bios
POST-TRAINING RESOURCES 

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Day 1

Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Program Models

Monday, August 14, 10am-12pm MT:

SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES

Please review the following resources prior to Day 1:

• Training Guidelines & Community Agreements (PDF)
• Zoom Participation Guide (PDF)

“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]

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Day 2

Demonstration Classes and Program Preparation

Tuesday, August 15, 10am-12pm MT:

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)
• Read Case Studies from the Creative Aging Resource:
  • Creative Aging Influences Organizational Strategy at Rumriver Art Center
  • Partnerships Key to Sustainability for Dances for a Variable Population
  • Beading with the Big Chief Darryl Montana at the Louisiana State Museum
  • School of Drag at MOCA Tucson

 

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Day 3

Community Partnerships & Embedding Creative Aging in Your Organization

Wednesday, August 16, 10am-12pm MT:

SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES

Please review the following prior to Day 3 and think about how you might adjust them for your community:

• 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)

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Post-training Resources

Lifetime Arts Evaluation Templates

• Pre and Post Program Evaluations
• Remote Program Evaluation
• Culminating Event Evaluation

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 

Supporting Teaching Artists:

• 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)
• Fractured Atlas

• The Ford Foundation for Social Justice

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Training Description:

This 6-hour training will take Organization Staff through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. We will cover:

• 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
• The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming
• Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships
• How to deliver both in-person programming

This training includes the following demonstration classes:

1. Collage
2. Theatre 

Lead Trainers:

Demo Artists

Antonia Perez (Collage)

Dane Stauffer  (Theatre)

Trainer Facilitators

Asma Feyijinmi

Staff Facilitators

Gahlia Eden (Education Producer)

Julie Kline (Director of Education & Training)

Nathan Majoros (Director of Programs)

 

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