Resources
Visibility, Creativity and Community: Theatre Arts Programming Offers a New Pathway for Older Adults
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Newsletter, Diantha Dow Schull talks with theatre professionals, Julie Kline, Lifetime Arts’ Director of Education & Training, and Ed Friedman, Lifetime Arts’ Co-Founder and Executive Director (retired), …
Creative Aging Programming for Older LGBTQIA+ Adults: Opportunities for Cultural Institutions
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, …
Participatory Arts Programming for Older Adults in Museums: Trends in Europe, the UK, and Canada
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource by Lifetime Arts, Diantha Dow Schull (Curator for Lifetime Arts) shares a curated collection of programs that align with the tenets of the creative aging arts education …
Innovative, Modern, and Responsive Intergenerational Programming Enhances Creative Aging Strategies
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Newsletter by Lifetime Arts, Diantha Dow Schull (Curator for Lifetime Arts) researches and discusses how intergenerational artmaking is emerging as a sub-field of creative aging. She provides …
Are We Ready for the 100 Year Life?
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Newsletter by Lifetime Arts, we featured four resources which provide an overview of the most significant and advanced new thinking regarding what it will take to create …
Theatre Arts for Improving Cognition and Affective Health
Psychologist Helga Noice and Theatre Educator Tony Noice have a long record of analyzing the impact of participatory arts on older adults, with a specialty in the relationship between theatre arts and cognition. This article …
Ages and Stages: The Place of Theatre in the Lives of Older People
Since 2009 researchers Miriam Bernard and Michelle Rickett have been involved in a set of related projects under the title “Ages and Stages.” This is a collaboration with researchers at Keele University and theater specialists …
The Cultural Value of Older People’s Experiences of Theater-Making: A Review
This article aims to examine, specifically, the “cultural value” that older adults derive from involvement in theater and drama as participants rather than just observers. They note that many other studies of the impact of …
Return to the Age of Aquarius
This Next Avenue article by Julie Pfitzinger features a recent production of “Hair” by the Minneapolis-based theatre company Theatre 55. The company was founded to provide opportunities for older adults to participate in professional …
Raising the Curtain on Senior Theatre
In this Next Avenue article, Debbie Miller provides a lively introduction to the phenomenon of “senior theatre” in the U.S. She focuses on two of the best known senior theatres: Stagebridge in San Francisco, and …