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Creative Aging Programming for Older LGBTQIA+ Adults: Opportunities for Cultural Institutions
Creative Aging Resource Journals
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource from Lifetime Arts, Diantha Dow Schull (Curator for Lifetime Arts), interviews two innovative programmers; Amy DelPo, Older Adult Specialist at the Denver Public Library and Harrison Orr, …
In-person, Virtual, Onsite, Offsite, and Blended: Making Responsive Programs Happen for Older Adults
Articles and Blog Posts
From Article: One of the many lessons we learned from the pandemic is that remote/virtual programming is a viable (and likely ongoing) method for program delivery. Whether offered onsite or remotely, all successful creative aging …
Innovative “School of Drag” Event Mixes Generations and Gender Performance
Articles and Blog Posts
In May 2019, gender performers of all ages wowed local audiences at the culminating event for “School of Drag,” an innovative arts workshop series held at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Tucson, AZ. …
Innovative, Modern, and Responsive Intergenerational Programming Enhances Creative Aging Strategies
Creative Aging Resource Journals
In this issue of The Creative Aging Resource Newsletter by Lifetime Arts, Diantha Dow Schull (Curator for Lifetime Arts) researches and discusses how intergenerational artmaking is emerging as a sub-field of creative aging. She provides …
MOCA Tucson
From their website: Established by artists in 1997, MOCA Tucson is Tucson’s only museum devoted exclusively to contemporary art from around the globe. Housed in a repurposed firehouse in Downtown Tucson, MOCA Tucson applies creative …
Queering Community Through Intergenerational Arts Experiences in the Museum.
Articles and Blog Posts
“Stay Gold” is an intergenerational arts program for LGBTQIA+ people, that the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson has offered for several years. In this article the three individuals who contributed to the design and implementation …
School of Drag at MOCA Tucson
Case Studies
After intentional efforts to understand the diverse needs, perspectives and experiences of older adults, MOCA Tucson developed creative aging workshop series that pushed boundaries, took risks and combat antiquated and ageist ideas of what older …
School of Drag Attracts Intergenerational Performers
Articles and Blog Posts
“School of Drag,” a creative aging program collaboration between the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson, AZ (MOCA) and Fluxx Productions, is a 10-week workshop series that invites 55+ LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, …
Stay Gold: An Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Arts Program
Books and Chapters
This chapter in a museum education reference work is an in-depth study of “Stay Gold: An Intergenerational LGBTQIA+ Arts Program” offered in 2020-2021 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tucson AZ (MOCA Tucson). The …
The Lifetime Arts 2021 Year in Review
Videos
Lifetime Arts has stayed true to our mission and expanded our impact in our field in each of the years since our founding in 2008, and 2021 was no exception. This past year, we added …