Resources
Museum Connections 2022 | “Social Impact: Engaging with Older Adults”
The 2022 Museum Connections Conference was held in Paris from March 30-31. This conference brought together museum and arts professionals to discuss the role that museums play towards improving the lives of older adult communities …
Encore Chorale: Our Story
From Encore Creativity for Older Adults’ YouTube video description: Encore Chorale is dedicated to providing an excellent and accessible artistic environment for older adults, 55 and over, regardless of experience or ability, who seek arts …
Healing with Harmony: A Music & Memory Story
From Music & Memory’s YouTube video description: The Fund for NYC Health + Hospitals’ short film, Healing with Harmony: A Music & Memory Story beautifully captures Music & Memory’s positive impact on residents and staff. …
Intergenerational Techno-Creative Activities in a Library Fablab
The authors of this paper report on the design, implementation, and assessment of intergenerational techno-creative activities within a library EspaceLab makerspace using tools for the project #smartcitymaker. They discuss the makerspace movement and its value …
A Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of an Intergenerational Arts and Heritage-Based Intervention in Singapore: Project ARTISAN
This report is important as one of the few randomized control trials involving intergenerational arts. It is also exceptionally thorough, describing and discussing all aspects of a participatory art and group-based program titled ARTISAN (Aspiration …
Shikatsu Reminiscence Centre at Showa Era Lifestyle Museum
The Showa Era Lifestyle Museum in Japan, also known as Kitanagoya-shi historical Museum, was awarded Best in Heritage in 2020 for its Reminiscence Centre. This article, and its accompanying video interview with the museum director, …
70-year-old Antoon Weemers at STRP for the first time
This brief article spotlights Antoon Weemers, a retired furniture maker, as an example of the older adults who take part in SRTP Senior, a participatory technology-art program offered by STRP, a digital arts agency based …
Drawing “with” Art-Well-Being: Intergenerational Co-Creation with Seniors, Children and the Living Museum
This article is a detailed discussion of the Museum, Art and Wellbeing Project, a multi-faceted, art-centered, intergenerational project designed to explore how collaborative art-making across generations can strengthen personal, social, and community health. The nine-week …
The People’s Story Intergenerational Theatre
The People’s Story was a history project that took place in two English communities, Enfield Island and Edmonton. It was developed and implemented by Age Exchange, a pre-eminent advocacy organization for positive aging and creative …
Lisbon Offers Graffiti Classes for the Elderly: Grannies Learn About Street Art History and How to Tag Walls
LATA 65, an intergenerational graffiti program, offers an example of how an unconventional art form can be as effective in bridging generational gaps as more formal art forms. LATA 65 — LATA meaning “can” and …