A run-down of creative aging work we have been doing with state agencies, urban library systems, museums, and arts organizations around the U.S.
Programming Roundup: State Agencies, Urban Library Systems, Museums, & Arts Organizations
Tag: New York State Council on the Arts
National Efforts Prove Arts Ed Vital to Lifelong Learning
Public funding for the arts at the state and national levels has always supported arts education. Historically, that has meant funding programs serving the k-12 population. Shortly after we launched Lifetime Arts more a decade ago, two state arts agencies, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, expanded …
Gov. Cuomo Announces Creative Aging Initiative to Support Physical and Mental Health of Older New Yorkers and Combat Social Isolation
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of a three-region Creative Aging Initiative to provide hands-on art-making programs that support comprehensive physical and mental health benefits for older New Yorkers and combat social isolation. Created by a new partnership of the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York State Office for the Aging, the Creative Aging Initiative takes an innovative, evidence-based approach to healthy aging, underscoring New York's leadership as the first age-friendly state in the nation.
