Template: Creative Aging Foundations ORG Training

DATE, 2023 from 10am-12pm EST

Welcome [ORGS]! We are thrilled to have this opportunity to work with you as part of  the [HOST ORG] creative aging initiative made possible through [FUNDER or INITIATIVE]

We are looking forward to meeting you. We have a lot to cover over the three sessions, so please plan to join each day on time and take notes.

What you need to know:

• Please use the Zoom link below to join all three days of training
• We have specified some light, yet key pre-work for each session
• All presentation decks will be made available for your convenience

JOIN TRAINING VIA ZOOM

Use the DAY 1, 2, 3 buttons below to navigate to each day’s session materials:

Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources 

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Day 1

Ageism Workshop and Creative Aging Program Models

DATE, 10am-12pm EST:

Please review the following resources prior to Day 1:

• Training Guidelines & Community Agreements (PDF)
• Zoom Participation Guide (PDF)

“Creative Aging: Enriching the Lives of Older Adults Through Arts Ed” [3:12]

“Let’s End Ageism,” TED Talk by Ashton Applewhite [11:38]

“Creative Aging: Isolation to Connection,” E.A. Michelson Philanthropy [2:49]

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Day 2

Demonstration Classes and Program Preparation

DATE, 10am-12pm EST:

Please review the following resources prior to Day 2:

• SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
• Best Practices in Intergenerational Arts Education Program Design (PDF)
• Read Case Studies from the Creative Aging Resource:
  • Creative Aging Influences Organizational Strategy at Rumriver Art Center
  • Partnerships Key to Sustainability for Dances for a Variable Population
  • Beading with the Big Chief Darryl Montana at the Louisiana State Museum
  • School of Drag at MOCA Tucson

 

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Day 3

Community Partnerships & Embedding Creative Aging in Your Organization

DATE, 10am-12pm EST:

Please review the following prior to Day 3:

• Facility Survey (PDF)
• Community Resource Survey (PDF)
• Patron Survey (PDF) | (DOCX)
• Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
• Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)

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Post-training Resources

 

Lifetime Arts Evaluation Templates

• Pre and Post Program Evaluations
• Remote Program Evaluation
• Culminating Event Evaluation

Research supporting the creative aging arts education model:

• Untapped Opportunity: Older Americans & The Arts
  
   
   
• Lifetime Arts: The Creative Aging Resource
• The Creativity and Aging Study Final Report
• Lifetime Arts: The Creative Aging Resource
• The Creativity and Aging Study Final Report
• The New Map of Life. A Report from the Stanford Center on Longevity
• Cornerstone University: A Simple, Easy to Understand Guide to Andragogy
• Liz Lerman: The Critical Response Process

Technology support & accessibility considerations:

• Aging Connected: Getting Older Adults Online
• Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
• Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
• Senior Planet Zoom Resource Center
• Implementing and Expanding Virtual Programming for Older Adults: Tips and Practical Strategies for Aging Network Organizations – by engAGED The National Resource Center for Engaging Older Adults
• Accessibility and Universal Design Resource – California State University Northridge

Combatting Ageism

• Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism Article by Paula Span, NYTimes [paywall]
• As We Live Longer, How Should Life Change? There Is a Blueprint Article by  Corinne Purtill, NYTimes [paywall]
• Old School – Anti-Ageism Clearinghouse  
• The Reframing Aging Initiative   
• Institute for Human-Centered Design  
• Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
• Getty Images/AARP Disrupt Aging® Collection

Intersectionality

• Free Online Course on Intersectionality: Identity and Intersectionality: More Than the Sum of Our Parts
• AARP International: Building Equity in Longevity 

Supporting Teaching Artists:

• Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
• In-Person Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline (PDF) | (DOCX)
• Remote Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline (PDF) | (DOCX)
• Sample Teaching Artist Budget for Remote Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
• Adapting Creative Aging Course Design for Remote Program Delivery Guide (PDF)
• Fractured Atlas

• The Ford Foundation for Social Justice

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Training Description:

This 6-hour training will take Organization Staff through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. We will cover:

• Current research on arts and aging
• Inherent biases about aging
• Best practices in the field
• What’s different about adult learning
• How to apply K-12 arts ed expertise to 55+
• How to develop responsive programming that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable
• The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming
• Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships
• How to deliver both in-person programming

This training includes the following demonstration classes:

1. Chinese Brush Painting
2. Storytelling

Lead Trainers:

Demo Artists

Clark Jackson (Storytelling)

Jade Lam  (Chinese Brush Painting

Trainer Facilitators

Asma Feyijinmi

Dane Stauffer

Staff Facilitators

Gahlia Eden (Education Producer)

Julie Kline (Director of Education & Training)

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