Creative Aging – Page 2 – American Alliance of Museums

Digital Gold: Queering Flat Spaces

By Eli Burke

As museums address issues of access to collections, galleries, and education during COVID-19, many have chosen to shift to a digital space to connect with the public and continue their missions as community and cultural institutions. As a …
Social Distancing Doesn’t Need to Equal Social Isolation for Older Adults

By Shannon McDonough

As COVID-19 continues to present intense challenges, the world is laser-focused on what social distancing means in particular for older adults and those who serve them. The pandemic not only presents a heightened health risk to older …
Supporting Teaching Artists with Creative Aging Trainings

By Sarah Drebelbis

In 2019, one hundred Minnesota teaching artists participated in two teaching artist trainings in creative aging, co-presented by Aroha Philanthropies and the Minnesota State Arts Board, in partnership with Lifetime Arts. Today on the blog, …
A Local Chairmaking Tradition Inspires Older Adults at John Michael Kohler Arts Center

By Claire Carlson

In 2018, twenty organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high-quality, intensive …
Older Adults Find Creative Expression through Movement and Dance at the Anchorage Museum

By Molissa Udevitz

In 2018, twenty organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high-quality, intensive …
The Louisiana State Museum’s Community-Building Creative Aging Program

By Sara Lowenburg

In 2018, twenty organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high-quality, intensive …
How Creative Aging Programs Are Carrying on through COVID-19

By Joseph O'Neill

Older adults are a population especially vulnerable to contracting severe cases of COVID-19, and are therefore advised to take special precautions to avoid infection. This may intensify the isolation they experience during the pandemic, …
The Illusion of Old Age

By Bill Tramposch

One of the lesser-known essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson is on the topic of old age, or rather the illusions surrounding and benefits of advanced years. Curiously, in 1862 he was describing attributes of aging that scientists have since …
Simplifying Creative Aging

By Bill Tramposch

“What’s creative aging?” is a question that usually comes fast on the heels of mentioning the term. I have tried to explain it so many times that, for economy’s sake, I’ve developed ways to explain it with the fewest descriptors possible. …
Nature Inspires Lessons in Self-Confidence for Creative Agers at a Florida Botanical Garden

By Jennifer Reed

In 2018, twenty organizations enrolled in a special museum cohort of Aroha Philanthropies’ Seeding Vitality Arts program. With funding from Aroha, and training provided by Lifetime Arts, these museums are developing high-quality, intensive …