Tag: Essex County Office for the Aging

Remote Creative Aging Programs Addressed Social Isolation in 7 New York Counties During Pandemic

A participant's photograph of a first-person perspective on a blue kayak. The view beyond the kayak is cloudy skies and calm, open water with tree lines in the distance.

The New York State Creative Aging Initiative, an innovative partnership between The New York State Council on the Arts, The New York State Office for the Aging, and Lifetime Arts launched during the middle of the pandemic concluded in February 2022. Lifetime Arts trained and coached staff members from 7 area agencies on aging and nearly 70 New York state based teaching artists to plan, design, and implement 14 remote creative aging programs throughout the state.

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In-person, Virtual, Onsite, Offsite, and Blended: Making Responsive Programs Happen for Older Adults

Image of a teaching artist sitting at a desk on a computer. She has clay on the table in front of her. She is smiling at the screen.

In this post, we highlight a series of programs that are happening this summer as part of new and ongoing creative aging initiatives.

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