May 3-5, 2021, 10am-12pm ET
Welcome Brooklyn Public Library Programmers. We hope you enjoyed attending this training as part of Brooklyn Digital: Connecting through Creative Aging, an innovative partnership between the Brooklyn Public Library and Lifetime Arts, made possible through support from The New York Community Trust.
What you need to know:
- All training recording links are available in each training day section
- All post-training resources are available for your convenience
Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources | Evaluation Survey
Day 1
Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Program Models
Monday, May 3, 2021, 10am-12pm ET:
Please review the following resources prior to Day 1:
“Creative Aging: Enriching the Lives of Older Adults Through Arts Ed” [3:12]
“Overview of the Field” with Vinny Mraz [6:14]
“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 Remote Program Design
Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10am-12pm ET
Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:
- Adapting Creative Aging Course Design for Remote Program Delivery Guide (PDF)
- Connect Through Creativity Now Series
Creative Aging: In-Person to Online from E.A. Michelson Philanthropy on Vimeo.
“Creative Aging: In-person to Online,” E.A. Michelson Philanthropy [3:20]
Day 3
Preparing for Programming – Now and in the Future
Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 10am-12pm ET
Please review the following resources prior to Day 3:
Patron Survey (PDF) | (DOCX)
Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
Sample Teaching Artist Budget for Remote Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
Sample Post-Program Participant Survey (PDF) | (DOCX)
Culminating Event Audience Survey (PDF) | (DOCX)
Post-training Resources
Teaching artist resources for class design & budgeting:
- Cornerstone University: A Simple, Easy to Understand Guide to Andragogy
- Greenwich House Virtual Art Show
- Kunstmatrix Virtual Art Exhibitions
- Lifetime Arts Equity and Older Adults PPT Slide (PDF)
- Liz Lerman: The Critical Response Process
- Teaching Artist Guild Pay Rate Calculator
- Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
Research supporting the creative aging arts education model:
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
Training Description:
This 6-hour training will introduce librarians and library staff to the creative aging field including current research that underpins best practices, as well as its history and background.
Participants will analyze and evaluate their own ideas about aging and how that informs their work with older adults, and will experience best practices in remote programming through participation in a remote artmaking workshop.
Additionally, librarians will be trained to support remote creative aging programs; surveying patrons to plan responsive programming; identify, work and plan with teaching artists; recruit and market for online creative aging programs as well as documentation and evaluation best practices.
This training includes the following demonstration classes:
- Collage
- Dance/Movement
Lead Trainers:
Director of Education
Lifetime Arts Trainer
Demo Artists
Asma Feyijinmi (Dance/Movement)
Antonia Perez (Collage)
Trainer Facilitators
Ann deVere
Asma Feyijinmi
Staff Facilitators
Julie Kline
Nathan Majoros
David Woehr (Stage Manager)