Creative Aging Foundations for Wyoming Senior Centers 2025

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January 21-23, 2025 from 2-4 pm MT

We hope you enjoyed this training as part of the Wyoming Arts Council’s creative aging initiative.We would love your feedback, if you have time, please consider filling out our post-training feedback survey.

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Training Description | Trainer Bios
Post-training Resources 

Day 1

Ageism Workshop, Creative Aging Program Models, and Older Adult Learners

Tuesday, January 21st from 2-4 pm MT

SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES

Please review the following resources prior to Day 1:

“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]

Day 2

Demonstration Classes and Program Preparation

Wednesday, January 23rd from 2-4 pm MT

SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES

Please also review the following resources prior to Day 2:

Email: portal@lifetimearts.org 


Day 3

Community Partnerships & Embedding Creative Aging in Your Organization

Thursday, January 23rd from 2-4 pm MT

SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES

Please review the following templates prior to Day 3:
  • In preparation for this session’s breakout groups, think about:

    • One challenge you might foresee in implementing your program
    • One asset you feel like your organization can leverage

Post-training Resources

Day1: Tuesday, January  21, 2025
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Day 2: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Day 3: Thursday, January 23, 2025
SESSION RECORDING PRESENTATION SLIDES
Lifetime Arts Tools and Templates

Research supporting the creative aging arts education model:

Technology support & accessibility considerations:

Supporting Teaching Artists

Combatting Ageism

Intersectionality

 


Training Description:

Creative Aging Foundations for Senior Center Staff is a signature training course that equips senior centers and government agencies to launch creative aging programming and engage necessary stakeholders to support its success. 

This 6-hour training will take participants 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+
  • Practical skills to collaborate with older adults and teaching artists effectively
  • 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 programming at your organization

This training includes the following demonstration classes:

  1. Drawing
  2. Storytelling/Theatre
Lead Trainers:
Sarah Jacobus, Lifetime Arts Trainer
This is a headshot of Rhynna M. Santos, Lifetime Arts Trainer.
Rhynna M. Santos, Lifetime Arts Trainer
Demo Artists

Sarah Jacobus (Storytelling)

Jade Lam (Chinese Brush Painting)

Trainer Facilitators

Daniela Del Giorno

Asma Feyijinmi 

Staff Facilitators

Gahlia Eden (Training and Network Manager)

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