Browse “Intergenerational Programing”

“Peace 4 the Ages” Forges Intergenerational Bonds During COVID-19

Articles and Blog Posts

In the beginning of 2020, Michael Matthew Ferrell, founder of Alive & Kickin, a touring vocal ensemble of older adults “who rock,” collaborated with Sandy Boren-Barett, the CEO and Artistic Director of Stages Theatre Company, …

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Acting Out! An Intergenerational Theatre Performance

Videos

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 …

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Best Practices in Intergenerational Arts Education Program Design from Lifetime Arts

Toolkits

Intergenerational arts programs provide exciting, engaging opportunities for younger and older people to generate artwork together. Lifetime Arts has developed the following set of best practices for creative aging specialists and general arts education practitioners …

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GeriActors & Friends Intergenerational Theater Company (Canada)

Websites

GeriActors & Friends (Edmonton, Canada) is an intergenerational theater company organized by a group of older people seeking ways to become involved with theater. Through instructional lessons led by a professor of Theater Arts at …

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Intergenerational Programming: Working Stories at School One

Case Studies

Intergenerational programming is traditionally structured in a model that puts the older adult into a mentor role of the younger person. Often it is the younger person who creates the work inspired by the older …

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Reminiscence Theatre: Making Theatre from Memories

Books and Chapters

Pam Schweitzer’s Reminiscence Theatre:  Making Theatre from Memories is a guide to working with older adults to translate personal memories into interactive theatre. It draws on several decades of work in performance art, intergenerational projects, and …

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School of Drag at MOCA Tucson

Case Studies

After intentional efforts to understand the diverse needs, perspectives and experiences of older adults, MOCA Tucson developed creative aging workshop series that pushed boundaries, took risks and combat antiquated and ageist ideas of what older …

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Unboxed: An Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Program Exploring Identity Through Art & Stories

Articles and Blog Posts

This post on the website of LinkAGES, a Denver based foundation that supports intergenerational initiatives, provides an excellent overview of “Unboxed,” a digital intergenerational storytelling program for LGBTQ+ participants. Developed by the Denver Public Library …

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Voices of Opera at Minnesota Opera

Case Studies

Minnesota Opera sought and successfully built organizational support and buy-in for their Seeding Vitality Arts pilot program, “Voices of Opera.” The older adult community members’ incredible interest, the education department’s commitment to designing responsive programming, …

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