This week we’re celebrating National Arts in Education Week. While the week has traditionally been primarily associated with arts programs in public schools, the emphasis has broadened in recent years to promote the benefits of quality arts learning activities across the aging spectrum.
Posts Tagged: creative aging
Arizona Commission on the Arts Launches Creative Aging Initiative
The Arizona Commission on the Arts has launched an unprecedented endeavor to build a local creative aging infrastructure that improves quality of life for older adults. A $225,000 grant (over three years) from Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust will help the Arts Commission implement “AZ Creative Aging,” a comprehensive plan that trains artists, supports the development of high-quality arts programs for older adults, and embeds creative aging knowledge and best practices in the community.
Announcing AZ Creative Aging
Made possible through the generous support of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, AZ Creative Aging will provide training to teaching artists, support the development of high-quality arts programs for older adults, and embed creative aging knowledge and best practices in the community.
The Creative Age
Creative aging, a national movement to advance understanding of the vital relationship between creative expression and quality of life for older adults, is a popular topic these days, and it’s not hard to see why. U.S. Census Bureau data estimates that by the year 2020, more than 1 in 4 Arizonans will be over age 60.
Creative Aging: a New Approach to the Second Half of Life
On March 13, 2015, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Mesa Arts Center will hold Arizona’s first-ever Creative Aging Summit to bring our arts and aging communities together in exploration of these ideas and topics.
2015 Arizona Creative Aging Summit
In March 2015, the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the Mesa Arts Center hosted Arizona’s first-ever summit on Creative Aging: Arts Across the Aging Spectrum.