At Lifetime Arts, we believe that real change requires collaboration.
Our society is siloed into sectors and departments…but human beings are not. To truly support our aging population, we must work together across all areas of life—health, arts, community, and beyond—to address mental, physical, social, and cultural needs. Breaking down silos allows us to create a more holistic, proactive approach to aging. That’s why we are deeply committed to building bridges and forging connections through major multi-sector initiatives. Our work spans from initiating stakeholder grant funded projects, to consulting on local creative aging efforts across the U.S.
Our current multi-sector partnership projects include:
Creative Aging in the West: Cross-Sector Partnerships for Healthy Aging (2023-2025)
“Creative Aging in the West” is transforming how communities across five Western states approach healthy aging, bringing the benefits of arts-based programs to older adults in diverse regions—from rural and Tribal areas to cities and towns. By nurturing partnerships across all state agencies with a mandate to serve older adults, we’re making creative aging programs accessible to all, promoting well-being, reducing social isolation, and demonstrating the powerful role of the arts in public health. This multi-sector collaboration is shaping the future of aging policies, creating lasting change in underserved areas, and setting a national model for creative aging’s role in public health.
Advancing Creative Aging Through State Library Leadership (2023-2026)
Libraries are a vital source of learning, connection, and enrichment in communities across the country, making them a perfect home for creative aging programs. These programs benefit both libraries and older adult patrons by fostering community engagement, enhancing well-being, and demonstrating libraries’ evolving role as essential hubs for lifelong learning and creativity. In collaboration with Wyoming State Library, Missouri State Library, and Califa, this initiative aims to equip librarian workers with the skills and resources to implement creative aging programs, creating a model that can be replicated sustainably nationwide.
A Roadmap to Better Health through Creative Aging (2025)
Our mission is to weave creative aging into the fabric of our communities, establishing these practices as core components of healthy aging policies and plans. Through a generous grant from The Music Man Foundation, this project is demonstrating the value of integrating creative aging practices into aging policy, particularly through multi-sector plans for aging. By leveraging arts participation as an evidence-based tool for connection, lifelong learning, and improved wellbeing, we aim to advance policy proposals that will combat the loneliness epidemic, reduce ageism, and maximize the creative potential of older adults across the country.
We’ve worked and developed partnerships with every kind of agency or organization that serves older adults.
What Do We Mean by Partnerships?
