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Creative Aging
Point of View: Why Creative Aging? It’s more than personal—it’s societal.
I began thinking about becoming “old” in my mid-40s when I was a caregiver for my energetic, intelligent, and creative aunt. Over the course of 10 years, while I was working in the K–12 …
Point of View: The Tao of Creative Aging
Museums that offer creative aging programs can help their communities embrace happiness and combat ageism, creating a better quality of life fo…
Teaching Traditions
The Louisiana State Museum engaged community culture bearers to lead classes in printmaking, drumming, and beading for ol…
From the President and CEO: Join the Creative Aging Movement
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. Thanks to science and medical advances, humans are living longer than …
Continuing to Grow
A nature journaling class at Naples Botanical Garden connects older adults to the institution, the natural world, and …
The Queer Perspective
This article originally appeared in the September/October 2021 issue of Museum magazine, a benefit of AAM membership. An intergenerational LGBTQIA+ arts program at the Museum of …
Essential Programming
The Anchorage Museum’s “Vital & Creative” programs helped older adults engage in creative pursuits both in-person …
Crowdsourced Resources on Museums & Creative Aging
IMHO, the best thing about webinars—a feature not replicated by live events—is the chat room. Chat offers the thrill of passing notes in class, but with the explicit validation of the …
Report: Positive trends in aging, but not for everyone
More older Americans are able to meet their daily care needs without assistance, a report shows, but concerning gaps remained for older Black and Hispanic people. According to the …
What I Learned in a Year of Writing “Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership”
The creative aging movement is coming of age, and just in the nick of time. As of last year, 80 percent of state arts agencies across the United States reported a high or very high demand …
New Report—Museums and Creative Aging: A Healthful Partnership
This landmark report commissioned by the American Alliance of Museums and written by Marjorie Schwarzer is a call to action for museums to change the narrative about what it means to grow …
Seasons of Growth: Creative Aging on Display at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center
In October 2020, the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, opened the gallery exhibition Art Links Sheboygan: Seasons of Growth, the culmination of a new program to …