Resources
SilverKite Tales: Inspiring Stories About the Arts and Connection
Audio and Podcasts | 2022
Silver Kite Community Arts has developed a monthly podcast, Kite Tales, that features personal stories about how the arts can play a role in fostering cross-generational connections. Each episode includes a SilverKite teaching artist who …
Silver Kite Intergenerational Theatre: Performing Stories, Sharing Lives
Websites | 2022
Silver Kite Intergenerational Theatre Company recruits diverse performers who represent a range of ages, races, genders, and experiences. Together, they create original theatre pieces that incorporate their personal stories. Performances are offered in community centers, …
Developing the Art–Technology Intergenerational Community Program for Older Adults’ Health and Social Connectedness
Reports | 2021
This report on ACIT (an intergenerational art-technology program) discusses the development, implementation and evaluation of a university based initiative designed to use art to promote individual older adults’ health, well-being, and social connectedness. College students …
The Photography and Memory Project: Adapting an Intergenerational Program During a Global Pandemic
Articles and Blog Posts | 2021
This article discusses the issues and outcomes surrounding a university-library-museum partnership that connected undergraduate students with community living older adults for a photography-based intergenerational program. The 4-year face-to-face program was interrupted after 2 years by …
Community Spotlight: Photography and Memory Project
Programs and Initiatives | 2021
The Photography and Memory Project is a four-year initiative of the Denver Art Museum, Denver University (DU), and the Denver Public Library that brought DU students and older adults together to exchange personal snapshots and …
Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity: Getting the Best Out of the Five-Generation Workforce
Articles and Blog Posts | 2022
From HBR.org: “Generational identity should be a source of learning, not division.” “Are tensions between different generations escalating? In organizations, lack of trust between older and younger workers often yields a culture of competition and …
You’re Overlooking a Source of Diversity: Age
Audio and Podcasts | 2022
From HBR.org: “A conversation with Miami University professor Megan Gerhardt on benefiting from generational differences. Megan Gerhardt, management professor at Miami University, studies the impact of generational conflict on organizations. She says too many leaders …
“Our Life, Our Stories” at the Speed Art Museum
Videos | 2019
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 …
Behind the Scenes at the Cabildo with Big Chief Darryl Montana
Videos | 2021
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 …
Creative Aging: Watercolor Workshop with Karen Fitzgerald (Participant Artwork)
Programs and Initiatives | 2021
This presentation deck showcases the culminating artwork from participants who attended the 7-week virtual course, “Creative Aging: Watercolor Workshop with Karen Fitzgerald,” offered by the Brooklyn Public Library – New Utrecht Branch and part of …