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April 18 – 20, 2023 from 10:30am-12:30pm EST
Welcome! We hope you enjoyed this training as part of the Toledo Museum of Art’s creative aging initiative made possible through E.A. Michelson Philanthropy’s Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums.
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- All training recording links and presentation decks are available in each training day section and all post-training resources are available for your convenience.
Use the DAY 1, 2, 3 buttons below to navigate to each day’s session materials:
Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources
Day 1
Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Program Models
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 10:30am-12:30 pm EST:
PRESENTATION SLIDES SESSION RECORDING
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
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 , 10:30am-12:30 pm EST:
PRESENTATION SLIDES SESSION RECORDING
Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:
- SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
- Ageism in Museums: Everywhere and Nowhere Article by Jennifer Riddell, Hyperallergic
- Museum Case Studies:
Day 3
Community Partnerships & Embedding Creative Aging in Your Museum
Thursday, April 20, 2023, 10:30am – 12:30pm EST
PRESENTATION SLIDES SESSION RECORDING
Please review the following resources prior to Day 3:
Briefly look over these templates and think about how you might adjust for your community:
- Facility Survey (PDF)
- Community Resource Survey (PDF)
- Patron Survey (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Partnership MOU Template (DOCX)
Post-training Resources
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
Research Supporting the Creative Aging Arts Education Model:
- 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
Supporting Teaching Arts
- In-Person Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline
- Remote Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline
- Best Practices in Intergenerational Arts Education Program Design (PDF)
- Accessibility and Universal Design Resource – California State University Northridge
- Kunstmatrix Virtual Art Exhibitions
- Liz Lerman: The Critical Response Process
- Teaching Artist Guild Pay Rate Calculator
Lifetime Arts Evaluation Template
Technology Support
- Adapting Creative Aging Course Design for Remote Program Delivery
- Getty Images/AARP Disrupt Aging® Collection
- Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Senior Planet Zoom Resource Center
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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 and remote programming
This training includes the following demonstration classes:
- Chinese Brush Painting
- Storytelling
Lead Trainers:
Demo Artists
Clark Jackson (Storytelling)
Jade Lam (Chinese Brush Painting
Trainer Facilitators
Ann deVere
Sarah Jacobus
Staff Facilitators
Gahlia Eden (Education Producer)
Julie Kline (Director of Education & Training)
Annie Montgomery (Senior Education Designer & Trainer)