This summer, Lifetime Arts had the opportunity to train hundreds of teaching artists, library workers, museum educators, and arts organization staff in Missouri, Wyoming, Hawaii, Tennessee, and Arizona as part of our major projects Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership and Vitality Arts Project for Art Museums and in partnership with the Phoenix Center for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, and Creative Aging in Memphis. These creative aging leaders will go on to impact the lives of more than 3,500 older adults in this year alone. Below are training highlights and reflections.
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Teaching Artist of the Month: Marjorie Shaefer
What is your primary artistic medium? Storytelling. How did you get started as a teaching artist? Teachers in schools where I taught were asking me to return and teach the students how to turn their social studies events into stories. This led to workshops for the teachers also. What led you to Creative Aging? I …