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Creative Aging in NYC Report

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From the report’s overview:

“The blossoming field of creative aging promotes opportunities for older adults to engage in the arts
through community-based programs. Evidence supports many benefits of creative aging—for older
adults who participate, the institutions that provide it, and the neighborhoods in which it occurs.
The New York Community Trust funded the New York City Creative Aging Initiative, a two-year collaboration among Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging, Lifetime Arts, and LiveOn NY, to strengthen
and advance the field of creative aging in the city, with a focus on the SU-CASA arts program. SU-CASA
has grown from a seed in 2010 to be the largest public participatory arts program for older adults in
the United States. Funded by the New York City Council and administered by the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA) and the Department for the Aging (DFTA), SU-CASA provides grants to artists and cultural organizations to bring stimulating interactive arts programs to senior centers and other seniorserving organizations across the five boroughs. Participants work for weeks on songs, dances, stories, paintings, and more, then share their art with the community through a performance or exhibition.

Brookdale’s team conducted a two-year field analysis of SU-CASA and used the findings to help develop recommendations.”

This report was published on the Creative Aging in NYC website produced by Lifetime Arts.

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subject terms

Aging & Longevity

Aging & Longevity > Adult Education

Aging & Longevity > Lifelong Learning

Aging & Longevity > Positive Aging

Aging & Longevity > Social Interaction & Isolation

Community Engagement

Community Engagement > Community Based Learning

Community Engagement > Diversity & Inclusion

Community Engagement > Public Sector

Creative Aging

Creative Aging > Arts Education

Creative Aging > Creative Aging Model

Creative Aging > Creative Expression

Creative Aging > Social Engagement

contributor

Ruth Finkelstein

related organizations

Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College

The New York Community Trust

resource type

Reports

year

2020

keywords

City of New York, DCLA, DFTA, LiveOn NY, New York Community Trust, NYC, SU-CASA

creative aging initiative

NYC Creative Aging Initiative 2018-2020 (NYCT)

funder

The New York Community Trust

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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