Creative Aging is Healthy Aging

Join Us for a Virtual Conversation on the Benefits of Creative Aging!

This engaging, introductory seminar provides an overview of the creative aging field—its foundations and its benefits for older adults, organizations, and communities. Participants will explore how creative aging supports health and well-being, strengthens social connection, and helps build more livable, age-friendly communities.

This session is ideal for arts professionals, aging services providers, library workers, age-friendly leaders, funders, and anyone interested in better serving older adults—or expanding older adults as an important audience and community.

Format: 45-minute interactive presentation + 15-minute Q&A session

This seminar is $35 to attend.

Featured Speakers

Dane Stauffer

Lifetime Arts Trainer

With over 40 years of experience as an arts educator, Twin Cities-based actor, improviser, storyteller, and theatre-maker Dane Stauffer empowers children and adults in schools, senior centers, and community spaces. His stage work includes Asolo Rep, Geva Theatre, History Theatre, Illusion Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, and Dolly Parton’s Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol at the Ordway. Film credits include Marmalade. He’s received Best Actor awards from LA Stage Scene (All in the Timing) and Broadway World (Glensheen). Visit artist website

Antonia Perez

Lifetime Arts Trainer

For over 30 years, Antonia has inspired learners of all ages as a master teaching artist, guiding creative journeys in classrooms, community centers, and beyond. A visionary leader in arts education, she has managed, directed, and designed programs across the nonprofit sector, while mentoring and coaching teaching artists and arts administrators. For the past twelve years, her passion has centered on creative aging, where she champions the transformative power of the arts to enrich lives, build connection, and spark lifelong learning. Visit artist website