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From In-Person to Virtual Programs: A Case Study of Challenges & Successes
via American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | Articles and Blog Posts
This article focuses on a creative aging playwriting workshop that was offered at the Olana State Historic Site until COVID-19 made it impossible for participants to meet in person. The program was shifted to a …
Survey Highlights: Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging
via NASAA Notes | Reports
Supported through a partnership with Aroha Philanthropies, the “National Assembly of State Arts Agencies conducted a national survey that inventoried state arts agencies’ creative aging efforts.” “Survey Highlights: Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging summarizes …
Annie Montgomery, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with Lifetime Arts’ Director of Education, Annie Montgomery, she talks about how her passion for theatre inspired her to become a teaching artist, and how a colleague invited her to co-teach one …
Paul Ferrara, Teaching Artist
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in this interview with visual and performing artist Paul Ferrara, he talks about how he began teaching art on a volunteer basis at a senior center in my neighborhood. He was inspired when he attended …
Tamara Keshecki, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with classical flute player, Tamara Keshecki, she talks about how she began working as a teaching artist in elementary and intermediate schools, with developmentally disabled adults and through a non-profit arts organization, …
Bill Wertheim, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with poet and artist, Bill Wertheim, he talks about how he got started as a teaching artist, and how he later met Ed Friedman and Maura O’Malley at the Town of Pelham …
Joan Green, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with dancer Joan Green, she talks about how she began teaching dance to young children. She later became fascinated by the work of choreographer Liz Lerman when she first began teaching dance …
Mary Crescenzo, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with literary teaching artist, Mary Crescenzo, she talks about her first experience with teaching older adult learners, and how this experience led her to instruct adult education courses in theater, visual, and …
Dave Johnson, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with poet and teaching artist, Dave Johnson, he talks about how he got started as a teaching artist at Poets House, a poetry library in New York City. His teaching artist career …
Celia Caro, Teaching Artist
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In this interview with mixed-media artist, Celia Caro, she talks about how she got started as a teaching artist and how one of her colleagues at Pratt, Paul Ferrara, introduced her to the Creative Aging …