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:
- SAFE Planning Design Elements for Creative Aging Programs Guide (PDF)
- Review case studies:
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:
- Template: Facility Survey (PDF)
- Template: Community Resource Survey (PDF)
- Template: Patron Survey (PDF)
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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
- Facility Survey (PDF)
- Community Resource Survey (PDF)
- Patron Survey (PDF)
- Culminating Event Audience Survey (PDF)
- Post-Program Participant Survey (PDF)
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:
- Accessibility and Universal Design Resource – California State University Northridge
- Aging Connected: Getting Older Adults Online
- Grantmakers in Aging: Meeting the Needs of Elders of Color and LGBT Elders
- 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
- Institute for Human-Centered Design
- Older Adults Technology Services (OATS)
- Senior Planet Zoom Resource Center
- Universal Design Center: Accessibility & Universal Design
Supporting Teaching Artists
- In-Person Creative Aging Program Curriculum Outline Download: (DOCX)
- Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet for Teaching Artists (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Planning Meeting Template (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Envisioning Your Creative Aging Program Worksheet (PDF) | (DOCX)
- Sample Teaching Artist Budget for In-Person Creative Aging Programs (PDF)
- Teaching artist resources for funding and fiscal sponsorship:
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
- Diverse Elders Coalition
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:
- Drawing
- Storytelling/Theatre
Lead Trainers:


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)