January 22-24 from 11am-1pm MT
Welcome Teaching Artists! We hope you enjoyed this training offered through the Wyoming Arts Council’s Creative Aging Initiative made possible through the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies’ States Leading Creative Aging Initiative.
What you need to know:
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Use the DAY 1, 2, 3 buttons below to navigate to each day’s session materials. This includes session recordings and presentation slides for each session.
- All post-training resources are now available for your convenience. This includes a list of best practices when partnering with new communities, developed by facilitators in Day 3 breakout groups.
- We would love your feedback, if you have time, please consider filling out our training evaluation below:
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, Creative Aging Program Models, and Older Adult Learners
Monday, January 22 from 11am-1pm MT
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 Design Best Practices and Adaptations
Tuesday, January 23 from 11am-1pm MT
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:
- SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
- Cornerstone University: Guide to Andragogy & Lifelong Learning
- Liz Lerman’s Critical Response Protocol
- Best Practices in Intergenerational Arts Education Program Design (PDF)
Day 3
Older Adult Community Partnerships and Teaching Artist Preparation
Wednesday, January 24 from 11am-1pm MT
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Please review the following prior to Day 3:
As you begin to think about what kind of creative aging program you will teach, use the following questions as a starting point to envision your program.
You can respond to these questions in a personal notebook. Or you can use the links below to download these prompts as a worksheet in PDF or Word Document formats.
We have also included for your review, a creative aging curriculum outline. No need to fill this out, just take a look at it if you have some time. You may already have an outline that works for you, this is just to reference and/or to adapt as needed. For anyone completely new to curriculum development, this outline is a wonderful starting point.
Post-training Resources
Here is a link to a PDF containing a list of best practices when partnering with new communities. This list was developed by facilitators based on conversations had in Day 3 breakout groups: Partnering with New Communities Best Practices (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 In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for Remote Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Teaching Artists Guild: Pay Rate Calculator
Teaching artist resources for funding and fiscal sponsorship:
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:
This 6-hour training will take teaching artists 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
In addition to covering the topics included in the core Creative Aging Foundations training, this course for teaching artists 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 remote programming
- Creative aging curriculum development
- Partnering with older adult communities
This training includes the following demonstration classes:
- Photography
- Storytelling
Lead Trainers:
Demo Artists
Sarah Jacobus (Storytelling)
Rhynna M. Santos (Photography)
Trainer Facilitators
Jade Lam
Asma Feyijinmi
Staff Facilitators
Gahlia Eden (Education Producer)
Annie Montgomery (Senior Education Designer & Trainer)