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Lifetime Arts works to weave creative aging into the fabric of our communities.

We do this in two ways:

  • Championing creative aging as a key component of healthy aging initiatives at both local and national levels.
  • Expanding the availability, impact, and accessibility of creative aging practices across the country.

Practically, that means we are:

training folks that serve older adults, consulting with organizations and agencies on creative aging plans, designing tools and resources for practitioners to use, promoting the impacts and health benefits of creative aging, and building multi-sector partnership across the country.

Our approach is rooted in the transformational power of partnership.

To build healthy communities, we need to collaborate. That’s why we focus on bringing together folks from a diversity of sectors to ensure plans for healthy aging focus on the whole person: physical, mental, emotional, social, and creative.

Current Major Initiatives

Creative Aging in Wyoming + Missouri Libraries

We’re working with Wyoming State Library, Missouri State Library, and Califa, to equip librarian workers with the skills and resources to implement creative aging programs, creating a model that can be replicated sustainably nationwide.

Creative Aging in the Western States

“Creative Aging in the West” is transforming how communities across five Western states approach healthy aging, bringing the benefits of arts-based programs to older adults in diverse regions—from rural and Tribal areas to cities and towns

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Access Our Free Digital Resources

Creative Aging Foundations On Demand

Explore 6 learning modules of multimedia content in whatever order you choose, and walk away with a roadmap for your team, organization, and community. Lifetime Arts produced nearly 80 videos that detail the creative aging arts education learning model, demonstrate creative aging classes, and feature interviews, case discussions, and programming examples with experts in the field. All of this content is available in video, audio, and text formats.

The Creative Aging Resource Website

Lifetime Arts’ The Creative Aging Resource website is a free info hub populated with hand-curated resources covering creative aging research, media coverage, case studies, and organizational profiles. We launched this site for the benefit of community educators, programmers, teaching artists, decision-makers, and funders entering or working in the field. By subscribing to The Creative Aging Resource Journal on Substack, you’ll receive enlightening research and media in the rapidly expanding field of creative aging.