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Community Spotlight: Photography and Memory Project

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The Photography and Memory Project is a four-year initiative of the Denver Art Museum, Denver University (DU), and the Denver Public Library that brought DU students and older adults together to exchange personal snapshots and the stories behind them.

Periodic meetings were held at the Public Library and an exhibit was presented at the Art Museum. The collaborative project was unusual as a sustained joint initiative between three local institutions, one that offered a relatively simple but effective means of overcoming age segregation and its attendant assumptions and stereotypes about other generations. Amy DelPo, Director of older adult services at the library, stated:

“The photos and stories created a bridge between people of different ages, races, genders, identities, and backgrounds. They broke down barriers and illuminated commonalities. They turned strangers into friends.”

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subject terms

Creative Aging

Creative Aging > Arts Education

Creative Aging > Creative Aging Model

Creative Aging > Creative Expression

Creative Aging > Intergenerational Programming

Creative Aging > Program Models

Creative Aging > Social Engagement

contributor

Amy DelPo

related organization

Denver Art Museum

program site name

Denver Public Library

state

CO

resource type

Programs and Initiatives

year

2021

keywords

Denver Art Museum, exhibition, Intergenerational, Knoebel Institute for Healthy Aging, LinkAGES, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), University of Denver

art forms

Autobiography/Memoir, Literary Arts, Photography, Visual Arts

program site type

Libraries

funder

LinkAGES

Founded in 2008, Lifetime Arts catalyzes and connects the people, funding, practical strategies, and bold ideas necessary to embrace all older adults as creative and social learners.

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