Resources
Creative Aging Programs & Resources From NASAA
From the Website: Older adults have vital contributions to make to society as creators and community members. Abundant evidence shows that arts participation improves the emotional well-being of older adults, supports good health, strengthens social …
Accessibility: Creativity & Aging
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA) have published a report from the May 2015 Summit on Creativity and Aging in America, which offers recommendations on how to foster …
The NeuroArts Blueprint: Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Wellbeing Initiative
From the Website: The NeuroArts Blueprint: Advancing the Science of Arts, Health, and Wellbeing initiative is breaking new ground at the crossroads of science, the arts, and technology. Its mission is to cultivate an ecosystem for neuroarts, …
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
From the Website: Learn how this knowledge can improve our physical and mental health, help us learn and flourish, and build stronger communities. Many of us think of the arts as entertainment or an escape. …
The Trust Transfer Project and CultureRx: Social Prescription
From the Article: The Community Music School of Springfield (CMSS) has explored these questions through both their participation in Mass Cultural Council’s CultureRx: Social Prescription pilot program and the Trust Transfer Project (TTP), and have found some powerful answers in Springfield, …
Providing Creative Health in Gloucestershire During Lockdown
From the Report: During the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the development and design direction of the five Arts on Prescription (AoP) providers in Gloucestershire, who currently make up Gloucestershire Creative Health Consortium (GCHC), shifted …
Arts on Prescription in Gloucestershire
From the Webpage: We [Create Gloucestershire] were delighted to be selected as a pilot site for The Cultural Commissioning Programme that Arts Council and NCVO partnered on between 2013 to 2017. The aim of this …
Culture on Prescription Pool Project in Denmark
From the Website: Four municipalities, Aalborg, Nyborg, Vordingborg and Silkeborg, have developed and tested courses with cultural activities that have been targeted at citizens with mild to moderate depression, stress and anxiety. Eight out of 10 …
ROM Launches New Wellness Program Providing Free Visits to the Museum
From the Press Release: The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is pleased to announce a new health and wellness initiative that will enable thousands of people from across the province to visit the Museum at no cost, with …
Social Prescribing and Creative Arts Pilot Programme
From the Website: This pilot project aims to establish linkages between Waterford Social Prescribing Service, the Cultural Services of Waterford City and County Council and external practitioners in creative disciplines. This aim will be achieved …