Resources
Creative Lives: Dismantling Ageism in the Professional Arts World
Insights from online symposia involving University of Sheffield researchers and older artists from around the UK. “Ageism and intersecting systems of discrimination pervade the arts industry. As the following report shows, from negative attitudes and …
Point of View: Why Creative Aging? It’s More Than Personal—It’s Societal.
From the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) Field Notes: Navigating the senior care system for a creative, intelligent aunt in her eighties, this veteran arts administrator [Maura O’Malley] discovered a gaping need for high-quality programming …
Countering Isolation With Creativity
Teresa Bonner is Executive Director at E.A. Michelson Philanthropies and a leading advocate for older adult access to arts experiences that build skills, build community and enhance well-being. In this article she reviews the state …
Creativity May Be Key to Healthy Aging. Here Are Ways to Stay Inspired.
From the article: “If you’re interested in staying healthy as you age — and living longer — you might want to add a different set of muscles to your workout routine: your creative ones. Ongoing …
Creative Quest
A unique new guide to creativity from Questlove — inspirations, stories, and lessons on how to live your best creative life. Also available as an audiobook read by Questlove, featuring original music by Questlove and …
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Wants You to Be Bad at Something. It’s for Your Own Good.
“A musician’s guide to building a stress-free, nourishing creative practice.” Ezra Klein interviewed Jeff Tweedy of the band, Wilco, about his creative practice. Tweedy talks about how he usually gets better creative results when he …
Why Ageism And Ableism Should Be Front And Center In Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Strategy
From the article: “Age is rarely included in the DEI equation. And that means many employee cultures are not learning how age bias and discrimination show up in the workplace. Nor are they being schooled …
Two Wyoming Teaching Artists and the Future of Creative Aging
In this article (featured on pgs. 26-27 in Wyoming Arts Council’s Spring 2021 Issue of Artscapes), two Wyoming teaching artists are interviewed about the Lifetime Arts’ training that they attended in March, as part of …
Creative ageing: the social policy challenge
From the book description: “This collection begins with two premises: that our understanding of the nature and forms of creativity in later life remains limited and that dialogue between specialists in gerontology, the arts and …
Creative ageing: participation, connection & flourishing. A mixed-methods research study exploring experiences of participatory arts engagement in later life through a systematic review of literature and focus groups with older people
From the abstract: “Background: A rapidly increasing ageing population has significant consequences for the demography, health and wellbeing of our society. Participatory arts programmes and activities can contribute to health promotion in later life, by …