Resources
Pre-Program Participant Survey
The purpose of this survey is to collect demographic information about participants, so we know who is participating, and to get a baseline picture of where participants see themselves on a simple scale. This scale …
Lifetime Arts Resource: Pre-Program and Post-Program Participant Surveys
These surveys should be used during the first session and final session of a creative aging program series respectively. Reviewing and compiling this data will help you develop a better sense of who the participants …
Lifetime Arts Resource: Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet for Teaching Artists
As you begin to think about what kind of creative aging program you will teach, use the following worksheet as a starting point. If you have already taught arts programming in your community, then many …
Mastering the Art of Teaching Adults
This video, created by E.A. Michelson Philanthropy, dives into the importance of the teaching artist, and how they foster a supportive and inclusive learning environment in delivering sequential and instructional creative aging programs. The following …
Remote Post-Program Participant Survey
This survey is to be completed by participants of remote creative aging programs. These responses are important to analyze and use to improve future programs. This survey is property of Touchstone Center for Collaborative Inquiry developed …
Culminating Event Audience Survey
This survey is to be completed by attendees of creative aging culminating events. These responses are important to analyze and use to improve future programs. Participants of creative aging programs should not complete this. This …
“Peace 4 the Ages” Forges Intergenerational Bonds During COVID-19
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, …
Lifetime Arts Resource: Creative Aging Program Participant Attendance Template
This template is designed to assist teaching artists and program coordinators in tracking participant attendance over the course of an 8-week creative aging program.
Six Months of Piano Training in Healthy Elderly Stabilizes White Matter Microstructure in the Fornix, Compared to an Active Control Group
From the abstract: “While aging is characterized by neurodegeneration, musical training is associated with experience-driven brain plasticity and protection against age-related cognitive decline. However, evidence for the positive effects of musical training mostly comes from …
Lifetime Arts Resource: Remote Creative Aging Program Planning Template for Synchronous & Asynchronous Work
This resource is designed to assist teaching artists in planning synchronous meetings as well as asynchronous activities between their remote creative aging sessions to supplement the learning and/or offer potential for social engagement.