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Building Bridges: Breaking Barriers Exhibit Addresses Issues of Ageism
Websites
The Building Bridges: Breaking Barriers exhibition is a call for attention and an attempt to address the profound issue of ageism engrained in our society. The pandemic era has not only helped unmask, but negatively …
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 …
Greenwich House Brings Classes Online, Launches Virtual Art Show
Articles and Blog Posts
Greenwich House has been pivoting many of their live programs to an online format during the crisis. Their teachers are quickly adapting to teaching via Zoom, and have worked with the Greenwich House communications team …
Jeremiah Jenner, Teaching Artist
Articles and Blog Posts
In this interview with photographer and teaching artist, Jeremiah Jenner, talks about how he began teaching photography classes at Broward County Community Schools in 2009. In 2014, he was referred to the Miami Dade County …
Lori Adams, Teaching Artist
Articles and Blog Posts
In this interview with Lori Adams, she talks about how she got started as a teaching artist in photography, and how Lifetime Arts and the Association of Teaching Artists interested her in getting involved in …
Mark Nowak, Teaching Artist
Articles and Blog Posts
In this interview, photographer and teaching artist, Mark Nowak, talks about how he began teaching photography at Lorain County metro parks as well an anecdote from a Creative Aging class he taught at the Cuyahoga County …
Meet Me at the Museum Program
Programs and Initiatives
The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford (UK) has operated Meet Me at the Museum since 2016. A pilot program at first, it was co-designed with initial participants. The program brings community living older people together, some …
Ruth’s Table Virtual Drop-in Art Workshops
Programs and Initiatives
Online, Thursdays | 2-3pm PT Virtual Drop-in is a series of free weekly online art workshops with Ruth’s Table teaching artists and educators. Participants will experiment, create, and learn together with at-home art materials. Each …
The Creative Connections Project- Fully-Funded Arts Programs for Older Adults and Their Caregivers
Press Releases
Arts for the Aging is seeking long term care communities of older adults located in Montgomery County, Maryland to receive four therapeutic arts programs at no cost to selected communities. Montgomery County Department of Health …
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 …