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Brooklyn Community Foundation Invites Lois for Elders Fund Grant Program
via PND by Candid | Articles and Blog Posts | 2019
In this article, the Brooklyn Community Foundation announces its Brooklyn Elder’s Fund, a program which supports Brooklyn-serving organizations that are working to ensure that older adults in the borough have the opportunity and agency to …
The Unexpected Joys of Launching A Creative Aging Program
via American Alliance of Museums | Articles and Blog Posts | 2019
In this article, Lisa Ortega-Pol, Museum Educator at the Museo de Historia, Antropologia y Arte of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR Museum), shares the overwhelming response she has received from the 55+ community there …
Older People Are Ignored and Distorted in Ageist Marketing, Report Finds
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2019
From The New York Times: “Older consumers, who hold trillions of dollars in spending power and make up a growing portion of the global population, would seem to be a prime target for advertisers.Instead, the …
What Are Some Measurable Benefits of the Arts? It’s Getting Easier to Say
via Inside Philanthropy | Articles and Blog Posts
How Senior Theatre Is Forging Ahead
via American Theatre | Articles and Blog Posts | 2014
This article focuses on many ways in which senior theatre productions and organizations, like ArtAge Publications, are benefiting older adults.
A Daughter Documents A Giant of Salsa and Latin Jazz
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts | 2018
From Nathan: “Carmen Santos-Robson (from the Newark School of the Arts – who will be implementing programs soon via National Guild Catalyzing Creative Aging) shared an article with me about her father, Ray Santos, which …
Creative Aging: Reawaken the Artist Within
via Denver Public Library | Articles and Blog Posts | 2019
In this article, The Denver Public Library announces that it will begin running Creative Aging programs for its older adult community, funded by the NextFifty initiative, a Colorado-based private foundation dedicated to funding innovative, mission-driven …
The Wellness Movement That’s Proving It’s Never Too Late to Become an Artist
via Artsy | Articles and Blog Posts | 2018
This article focuses on the benefits of arts programming for older adults and how national leaders in Creative Aging are expanding this movement.
Metlife Foundation Gives Major Grant to Arts Learning
via Preserving Your Memory | Articles and Blog Posts | 2012
Lifetime Arts, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has received a $125,000 grant from MetLife Foundation to pilot an arts education program in three library systems nationwide. The MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Libraries Project will expand …
Metlife Foundation Creative Aging Program Expands
via Preserving Your Memory | Articles and Blog Posts | 2013
From the article: “A program aimed at engaging older Americans with the arts in public libraries that began in New York has now rolled out to 18 public libraries in Boston, Dallas and Miami, thanks …