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“Unboxed” LGBTQ Intergenerational Online Digital Storytelling Project
Articles and Blog Posts
This program announcement describes “Unboxed,” the Denver Public Library’s LGBTQ Intergenerational Online Digital Storytelling Project. Held during 2020-2021, during the pandemic, “Unboxed” brought together older adults identifying at LGBTQ+ with teen-agers who also identified as …
“Tell me about a time when you were resilient.”
Articles and Blog Posts
For the past three years, Dane Stauffer has been teaching a storytelling program series at the Park Square Theater in Minneapolis, MN. Dane was in the middle of teaching the last segment when COVID-19 forced …
Acting Out! An Intergenerational Theatre Performance
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Gloria King and Jarahn Cosby perform, “Acting Out!,” at “Advancing Creative Aging in NYC,” a convening held on February 7, 2020 at the Ford Foundation in New York to celebrate and share the findings from …
Annie Montgomery, Teaching Artist
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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 …
Creative Aging Programming for Older LGBTQIA+ Adults: Opportunities for Cultural Institutions
Creative Aging Resource Journals
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource from Lifetime Arts, Diantha Dow Schull (Curator for Lifetime Arts), interviews two innovative programmers; Amy DelPo, Older Adult Specialist at the Denver Public Library and Harrison Orr, …
Debra Pasquerette, Teaching Artist
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Debra Pasquerette, teaching artist and Manager of Community Engagement at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA, has worked with people of all generations across the community. As part of GRoW @ The …
Designing an Inclusive Creative Aging Program: Teaching Artist Tips from Lifetime Arts Trainers
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This video is part of our latest issue of The Creative Aging Resource Journal, and features Lifetime Arts Trainers sharing teaching artist best practices and programming examples for designing an inclusive creative aging program. The …
Digital Gold: Queering Flat Spaces
via American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | Articles and Blog Posts
During week eight of the LGBTQIA+ creative aging program, “Stay Gold,” offered at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Tucson, COVID-19 hit and forced the museum to shut down. This article focuses on how the …
Lifetime Arts Resources: Sample Teaching Artist Budget for a Storytelling Program
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This sample budget provides organizations with a general understanding of teaching artist fees, art supplies/equipment costs, and program expenses for a storytelling program.
Marjorie Shaefer, Teaching Artist
Articles and Blog Posts
In this interview, Marjorie Shaefer talks about how she began teaching storytelling programs to adults 55+ through the Johnson City Public Library (JCPL), the most challenging and rewards aspects of this work and how Creative …