Since May, 15 virtual and in-person programs have been offered throughout Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) branches and the Library's Services for Older Adults (SOA) department as part of our Brooklyn Digital: Connecting Through Creative Aging initiative supported by The New York Community Trust. The most recent series brings the total number of older adult participants in this initiative to nearly 1,000.
advancing arts education programming in Brooklyn public libraries — has proven to serve as an anti-isolation remote program model for public library systems.
Two of our master teaching artists, Lauren Jost and Dave Johnson are co-teaching a memoir class titled “I Know a Thing or Two”, at the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. The sessions are well attended with participants sharing their experiences and diverse backgrounds as the impetus for their stories. Lifetime Arts’ work in …
Westchester Library System (WLS), and Lifetime Arts, Inc. in partnership with the American Library Association Public Programs Office, announced today the allocation of funds to support instructional arts programs in 41 libraries in the New York Metropolitan area. In the second year of this two-year program, Creative Aging in New York State Public Libraries: a …
The Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation has awarded Lifetime Arts, Inc. a grant to support their partnership with the Westchester Library System (WLS) – Creative Aging in New York State Public Libraries: a Regional Model with National Applicability. This two year project, funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services also includes the Brooklyn Public …
