Resources
Aging and the Intersection of Cognition, Motivation, and Emotion
From ScienceDirect: “This chapter aims to integrate the disparate domains of cognitive aging and socio-emotional aging from the perspective of a motivational theory of life-span development. A thorough understanding of how the human mind adapts …
Growing Old or Living Long: Take Your Pick
From the article: “My students, colleagues, and I had been studying age-related changes in motivation for several years. We began to wonder whether changes in motivation would affect performance on cognitive tasks, and we set …
A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity
From Amazon: “In A Long Bright Future, longevity and aging expert Laura Carstensen guides us into the new possibilities offered by a longer life. She debunks the myths and misconceptions about aging that stop us …
The Communicative Power of Art
In this blog post, Rosenberg talks in-depth about the Meet Me at MoMA program, an interactive gallery tour for people with dementia and their care partners, part of their Access Programs. The ninety-minute sessions allow …
Introducing Prime Time at MoMA: A Celebration of Creativity and Aging
In this blog post, Rosenberg introduces PrimeTime at MoMA, an outreach and programming initiative aimed to increase participation of New York City residents ages 65 and up. She also shares positive feedback from participants who …
Breaking Down Barriers: A Continuing Tradition of Access Programs at MoMA
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
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
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
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
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 …