In marginalized communities, especially Black communities, access to arts education has historically been limited. However, creative aging programs like those at Doolittle Senior Center are working to fill that gap, providing older adults with opportunities for creative expression, skill-building, and community engagement. This is the story of how one such program is making an impact in Las Vegas's Historic Westside.
Tag: older adults
Interview with Emily Christensen: Creative Aging, Music Therapy, and Building Social Connections
By Liza Cucco This month, I spoke to Emily Christensen, a musician, gerontologist, and creative aging advocate, on her journey and insights into working with older adults through music therapy and creative aging. Q: How has your journey through music, therapy, and gerontology shaped your work with older adults? EC: I started out with a …
Lifetime Arts and Partners Offer Creative Aging Training for Artists
November 4, 2012 – Friday, November 9, 2012 The Creative Center at University Settlement Presentations and workshops by national and local leaders in the field, including Lifetime Arts’ founder and CEO, Maura O’Malley, – combined with site visits to museums, galleries and “best practice” programs, will enable accepted trainees to raise the bar on arts engagement …
Lifetime Arts In The Press
This year Lifetime Arts has been featured in several publications relating to the field of Creative Aging including Preserving Your Memory Magazine, Library As Incubator – an online magazine exploring the links between artists and libraries and Stories for Change – a publication of Partners for Livable Communities and MetLife Foundation that examines exemplary organizations …
Lifetime Arts, Inc. Receives $125,000 Grant from MetLife Foundation to Pilot Creative Aging Programs in Boston, Dallas and Miami Public Libraries
MetLife Foundation has awarded Lifetime Arts, Inc. a $125,000 grant to expand their groundbreaking work in creative aging through partnerships with Boston Public Library, Dallas Public Library and Miami-Dade Public Library. The MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Libraries Project is designed to increase the capacity of public libraries to serve older adults, provide models of high …