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“Our Life, Our Stories” at the Speed Art Museum
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From the Speed Art Museum website: “How can an old memory assist in creating a new one? That is the question explored in Our Life, Our Stories, an exhibition about each artist’s relationship to photographs …
Beading with the Big Chief Darryl Montana at the Louisiana State Museum
Case Studies
After conducting community assessments and connecting with local artists, The Louisiana State Museum (LSM) team designed a creative aging workshop series representative of the interests and cultures of the people they sought to serve. The …
Behind the Scenes at the Cabildo with Big Chief Darryl Montana
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As part of the program, “Beading with the Big Chief,” offered at the Louisiana State Museum and taught by Big Chief Darryl Montana of the Yellow Pocahontas Hunters, the museum put together this behind-the-scenes tour …
Careful Planning and Continuous Refinement: Online Programming Success for Museo de Historia, Antropología, y Arte
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Having been a member of the 2019-2020 Aroha’ Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts in Museums cohort, Museo de Historia, Antropología, y Arte had some experience delivering remote creative aging programming when they applied for and received …
David DeBlieck, Teaching Artist
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Teaching artist, David DeBlieck currently holds the position of Assistant Professor of Dance in the Theater Department at the College of St Benedict & St John’s University. Since 2010, David has conducted numerous workshops and …
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 …
Final Critiques and Closure via Google Hangouts in San Juan
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San Juan, Puerto Rico-based Museum de Historia, Antropología y Arte was just finishing up their first year of Creative Aging programming when COVID-19 hit, which left their visual arts program with two remaining classes in the series. …
From In-Person to Virtual Programs: A Case Study of Challenges & Successes
via American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | Articles and Blog Posts
This article focuses on a creative aging playwriting workshop that was offered at the Olana State Historic Site until COVID-19 made it impossible for participants to meet in person. The program was shifted to a …
How Creative Aging Programs Are Carrying On Through COVID-19
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From Ad Summa, the American Alliance of Museums blog on Museums and Creative Aging: “Older adults are a population especially vulnerable to contracting severe cases of COVID-19, and are therefore advised to take special precautions …
Innovative “School of Drag” Event Mixes Generations and Gender Performance
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In May 2019, gender performers of all ages wowed local audiences at the culminating event for “School of Drag,” an innovative arts workshop series held at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Tucson, AZ. …