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Annie Montgomery, Teaching Artist

Articles and Blog Posts

In this interview with Lifetime Arts’ Director of Education, Annie Montgomery, she talks about how her passion for theatre inspired her to become a teaching artist, and how a colleague invited her to co-teach one …

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Bill Wertheim, Teaching Artist

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In this interview with poet and artist, Bill Wertheim, he talks about how he got started as a teaching artist, and how he later met Ed Friedman and Maura O’Malley at the Town of Pelham …

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Community Spotlight: Photography and Memory Project

Programs and Initiatives

The Photography and Memory Project is a four-year initiative of the Denver Art Museum, Denver University (DU), and the Denver Public Library that brought DU students and older adults together to exchange personal snapshots and …

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Frank Ingrasciotta, Teaching Artist

Articles and Blog Posts

In this interview, performing artist Frank Ingrasciotta, talks about how he discovered educational theatre and how one of his performances at a senior living center led him to teaching a memoir writing workshop to senior …

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Full Spirals Podcast: The Sages Series

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Full Spirals is a storytelling podcast that promotes hope and healing through the arts, and life’s little “coincidences” that lead to personal growth.  The emphasis of the episodes is around how the arts can be …

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Participant Testimonials From Meet Me at the Museum Program

Testimonials

In July 2019, The Museums at Oxford University hosted a workshop, “Social Prescriptions” that included testimonials from three participants’ in the Pitt Rivers Museum’s Meet Me at the Museum Program, which supports older people and …

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Stories About Stories: Diversity and Complexity at Two Memorable Memoir Events

Articles and Blog Posts

Lifetime Arts’ Co-Founder and Executive Director, Ed Friedman, shared his experience with attending two memoir writing programs at Mt. Kisco Senior Recreation Department and The LOFT: LGBT Community Services Center. The programs are part of …

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The Photography and Memory Project: Adapting an Intergenerational Program During a Global Pandemic

Articles and Blog Posts

This article discusses the issues and outcomes surrounding a university-library-museum partnership that connected undergraduate students with community living older adults for a photography-based intergenerational program. The 4-year face-to-face program was interrupted after 2 years by …

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Your Voice, Your Life, Your Story: A Bridge to the Past Through Personal Narrative Writing (Anthology)

Programs and Initiatives

From Susan Buttenwieser, Teaching Artist: “The following is the seventh anthology produced by the Brooklyn Public Library’s Services for Older Adults Creative Aging writing workshops during the pandemic. Since late September, the participants have spent …

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