Browse “Creative Expression”
“Nothing Changes: Art for Hank’s Sake” Trailer
Videos
From Burning Hammer Productions YouTube Channel: “Could you pursue your passion no matter what? Hank Virgona has, and at 87 years old continues to trek to Union Square six days a week despite poor health, …
“Our Life, Our Stories” at the Speed Art Museum
Videos
From the Speed Art Museum website: “How can an old memory assist in creating a new one? That is the question explored in Our Life, Our Stories, an exhibition about each artist’s relationship to photographs …
“We Don’t Want to be Seen as Victims”: The Older People Using Theatre to Tell Their Covid Stories
Articles and Blog Posts
This article focuses on “Secret Country,” a digital theatre piece created by the Re-Live Company of Elders based in Cardiff, Wales. Drawing on the pandemic experience of the company’s nine members , ages 72-93, “Secret …
“Create Together” at Allegheny County Library Association
Articles and Blog Posts
From the blog post: Today we feature Create Together: An Intergenerational Art Program out of Allegheny County in Pennsylvania. This program exemplifies the library-as-incubator idea, relying on community expertise and partnerships to provide a collaborative …
“Peace 4 the Ages” Forges Intergenerational Bonds During COVID-19
Articles and Blog Posts
In the beginning of 2020, Michael Matthew Ferrell, founder of Alive & Kickin, a touring vocal ensemble of older adults “who rock,” collaborated with Sandy Boren-Barett, the CEO and Artistic Director of Stages Theatre Company, …
A Daughter Documents A Giant of Salsa and Latin Jazz
via The New York Times | Articles and Blog Posts
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 …
A Handbook for Cultural Engagement with Older Men
Books and Chapters
In 2015, the Whitworth Art Gallery (Manchester, UK) produced a Handbook for Cultural Engagement with Older Men that is a key resource for museums throughout the UK. The Handbook resulted from a year long research …
Aboriginal community-controlled art centres: Keeping Elders strong and connected. Articulating an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care
Research and Studies
Abstract From Article: Objective: To articulate how Aboriginal community-controlled art centres support the role of Elders and older people within an ontologically situated, intergenerational model of care. Methods: In this paper, we draw on stories …
Accessibility: Creativity & Aging
Reports
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 …
Acting Out! An Intergenerational Theatre Performance
Videos
Gloria King and Jarahn Cosby perform, “Acting Out!,” at “Advancing Creative Aging in NYC,” a convening held on February 7, 2020 at the Ford Foundation in New York to celebrate and share the findings from …