Lifetime Arts Co-Founder, Maura O'Malley and writer and anti-ageism activist, Ashton Applewhite, discuss the ways in which their respective and collective advocacy has evolved over the past decade, and how dismantling ageism is job one in enriching the lives of older adults through arts education, also known as "creative aging."

Dismantling Ageism: A Conversation with Maura O'Malley and Ashton Applewhite

Annie Montgomery, Julie Kline, Nathan Majoros, and David Woehr of Lifetime Arts discuss with host Joe McCarthy the ways in which profiled organizations met challenges with innovative solutions and built towards sustainability.

Photo credit: Sara Lowenburg, Louisiana State Museum

Meeting Challenges & Building Sustainability in Creative Aging Programming

In this recording, older adult participants sing, "We've Been Known to Go Dancing," an original song they wrote and recorded for the virtual program, "West Coast Swing, Mambo and More! Introduction to Social Dance from Lifetime Arts," taught by Lifetime Arts Trainer, Daniela Del Giorno and offered by the Saratoga Office for the Aging. Additionally, students share their experiences during the program.

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This program, part of the New York State Creative Aging Initiative, is made possible through a partnership between the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York State Office for the Aging and Lifetime Arts. The project takes an innovative, evidence-based approach to healthy aging, underscoring New York’s leadership as the first age-friendly state in the nation.

Virtual Dance Program Culminates with an Original Song Performed by Older Adults in Saratoga County

Toya Northington, MSSW, Interim Co-Director of Education and Community Engagement Strategist at Speed Art Museum in Louisville, KY, discusses the benefits of implementing arts education programs with culturally diverse curriculum at the museum.

This recording is from a panel which featured Lifetime Arts and our programming partners during American Alliance of Museums' 2022 Annual Meeting & Museums Expo in Boston, MA.

The photo features participants from the printmaking program, "Monotype Printmaking," offered at the Speed Art Museum. Credit: Toya Northington

Building Community & Culture via Creative Aging Programs at Speed Art Museum, KY

In spring 2022, Maura O'Malley, Lifetime Arts' CEO/Co-Founder, was a featured speaker and panelist at two international conferences: MuseumConnections Paris and Ageing Artfully: Going Global, organized by the Creative Ageing Development Agency (CADA). She was joined by arts and cultural leaders in Europe, Asia, and beyond to discuss Lifetime Arts' work in the U.S. and learn about the creative aging efforts happening around the world.

In the audio interview below, Maura discusses: 1.) the innovative ways in which arts and cultural leaders in Europe and Asia are serving their older adult communities and combating social isolation 2.) their interests in Lifetime Arts’ capacity building efforts and advocacy around ageism, and 3.) the emerging opportunities that international engagements are creating for Lifetime Arts and cultural institutions across the world.

Creative Aging Around the Globe ft. Maura O'Malley: Insights, Connections + Opportunities

In this clip, Lifetime Arts' Deputy Director, Nathan Majoros and Program Coordinator, David Woehr, discuss the fact that organizations offering creative aging programs around the country benefitted from strong, pre-existing partnerships in order to execute remote programming during the pandemic.

One of the organizations mentioned is the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Wisconsin, which held the virtual pilot program, "Vitality Arts Polymer Clay Classes," taught by Amy Mester. This program was part of Aroha Philanthropies' Seeding Vitality Arts Remote Pilot Program. Pictured is participant artwork from this program.

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Building New and Existing Partnerships During COVID-19

In this clip, Lifetime Arts' Co-Founders, Maura O'Malley and Ed Friedman, discuss the potential that remote programming is bringing to collaborative cross-sector work, and our potential projects with state arts agencies as part of the National Assembly for State Arts Agencies' and Aroha Philanthropies' Leveraging State Investments in Creative Aging initiative.

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Remote Programming & Cross-Sector Partnerships

In this track, Lifetime Arts' Co-Founders, Maura O'Malley and Ed Friedman, share the impact that creative aging experts and arts educators had on building the foundation of the creative aging field and for the development and growth of Lifetime Arts.

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Gratitude Towards Predecessors and Peers in Creative Aging

In this clip, Lifetime Arts' Co-Founders, Maura O'Malley and Ed Friedman, discuss the ways that our collaborative, collegial relationships with funders have sustained us as we work to carry out our mission to offer a positive, modern, artistic and social lens through which to serve, inspire and engage America’s growing population of older adults.

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Gratitude for Collaborative, Collegial Relationships with Funders

In this clip, Lifetime Arts Co-Founder, Ed Friedman, reflects on his time at Lifetime Arts, as yet untapped sectors for creative aging, his own creative work and plans to teach, and on being intentional about planning this transition to a very active retirement.

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Ed Reflects on His Time at Lifetime Arts & His Next Creative Chapter

The mission of Lifetime Arts is to encourage creative aging by promoting the inclusion of professional arts programs in organizations that serve older adults; to prepare artists to develop the creative capacity of older adult learners; and to foster lifelong learning in and through the arts by increasing opportunities for participation in intergenerational and community based programming.

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