Resources
Breaking Down Barriers: A Continuing Tradition of Access Programs at MoMA
Articles and Blog Posts | 2015
From the blog post: “MoMA’s commitment to access for all is embedded in the history of the institution itself, beginning with one of the Museum’s earliest innovations in art education: the establishment of the War …
Seeding Vitality Arts at the Newark Museum
via American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | Articles and Blog Posts | 2018
From the American Alliance of Museums blog post: “The Alliance is collaborating with Aroha Philanthropies and Lifetime Arts to support a cohort of 15 to 17 museums in a program to create instructional arts workshop …
Arts and Creative Aging Across America
via Generations Journal | Articles and Blog Posts
An excerpt from Arts and Creative Aging Across America: “Too often older Americans have been dismissed, denied meaningful social roles, sequestered by a culture that views old age only in terms of decline. Fortunately, America …
Creativity Matters: Arts and Aging in America
Research and Studies | 2008
From the Americans for the Arts site: “This Monograph is intended to begin dialogue within the arts field about arts and creativity programs by and for older people by providing basic information on current trends …
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
Books and Chapters | 2018
From Nell Irvin Painter’s site: “How are women and artists seen and judged by their age, looks, and race? What does it mean when someone says, ‘You will never be an artist?’ Who defines what …
Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America
Books and Chapters | 1999
From the Encore site: “Prime Time, which The New York Times called an ‘inspiring, informative, mind-opening book,’ expands the picture so that we become more aware of the potential opportunity present in the aging society, …
Critical Response Process: a Method for Getting Useful Feedback on Anything You Make, from Dance to Dessert
via Liz Lerman Dance Exchange | Books and Chapters | 2003
From Liz Lerman’s site: “Through the supportive structure of its four core steps, Critical Response Process combines the power of questions with the focus and challenge of informed dialogue. The Process offers makers an active …
Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2020
The New York Times’ Paula Span reports: “When the committee looked for promising solutions, it found studies showing that attending exercise programs helped reduce isolation — not a useful approach at the moment. The evidence for much-heralded …
‘I Like It, Actually’: Why So Many Older People Thrive in Lockdown
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2020
The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “People age 70 and up account for two-thirds of all coronavirus deaths in New York, though they make up less than 10 percent of the population. Yet many …
She’s Alone, 105 and in a Nursing Home Threatened by the Virus
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2020
The New York Times’ John Leland reports: “New York’s nursing homes have long been chronically understaffed, leaving family members to fill critical gaps, from feeding their relatives to checking for bedsores or infection. Now those …