The Arts and Older Adults podcast delves into the many ways in which older adults can engage with, benefit from, and make art themselves. Hosted by musician and teaching artist Louise Campbell, the Arts and Older Adults Podcast dives into aging. Guests Erica Botner, Stéphanie McConnell-Enright, Kiran Ambwani, Barbara Radford-Alfonso and Guillaume Jabbour discuss making arts of all types with older adults, from perspectives of the teaching artist, community organizations and participants.   

Your host for this series, Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional hats range from conductor to cultural mediator, community arts facilitator to musicians’ health therapist. As a composer, performer, improviser and community organizer, Louise seeks to interrogate and renew the ways in which we make music by creating new works with everyone, regardless of age, ability, level of prior experience, or training. For more information, visit Louise’s website at: louisecampbell.ca/wp/en/biography/ and listen to her music at redshiftmusicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/sources

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing and editing by Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was performed by the Jabbour Family Band featuring Rowan Jabbour on piano, Oscar Jabbour on fiddle, and Guillaume Jabbour on guitar and accordion. The pieces were recorded live in their Lower Laurentians home. The two pieces are Hommage  à Philippe Bruneau by Guy Loyer, and La Turlutte à Antonio Bazinet by Antonio Bazinet. Art featured on this podcast are by Tanis Saucier and Kiran Ambwani.

This podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by the Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by . This recording was made possible with the financial support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or our funder.

Arts and Older Adults

Arts And Older Adult Podcast : Episode 1 :: Aging, Older Adults And The Arts with Erica Botner

This podcast is a review of the many issues that affect adults in their older years, including myths and realities of aging, various types of aging, including cognitive, biological aging, social and emotional aging, some do’s and don’ts when it comes to working with older adults, and the role and benefits of creative expression in our later years. Albeit a huge topic, the discussion between host and teaching artist Louise Campbell and guest Erica Botner,  a program manager for seniors at the Community Health and Social Services Network, also known as CHSSN, and a lecturer on this topic at Concordia University.

Erica Botner is the Program Manager for Seniors at the Community Health and Social Services Network. She is also a Lecturer at Concordia University in Applied Human Science where she teaches courses in human relations, therapeutic recreation and aging. She has more than 20 years of experience working with seniors and caregivers in community and clinical settings and in planning, implementing and evaluating large-scale provincial programs.

Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional hats range from composer-performer and participatory arts facilitator to cultural mediator and Teaching Artist. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Louise seeks to interrogate and renew the ways in which we make music and art by creating new works with everyone, regardless of age, ability, level of prior experience, or training. Louise works extensively as a Teaching Artist with ELAN ArtistsInspire and Culture in Schools, and as a cultural mediator with arts organizations such as Innovations en concert, Bradyworks, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Opéra de Montréal.

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing and editing by Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was performed by the Jabbour Family Band featuring Rowan Jabbour on piano, Oscar Jabbour on fiddle, and Guillaume Jabbour on guitar and accordion. The pieces were recorded live in their Lower Laurentians home. The two pieces are Hommage  à Philippe Bruneau by Guy Loyer, and La Turlutte à Antonio Bazinet by Antonio Bazinet. Art featured on this podcast is by Kiran Ambwani.

This podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by the Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by . This recording was made possible with the financial support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or our funder.

Arts and Older Adults : Episode 1 :: Aging, Older Adults And The Arts With Erica Botner

Arts And Older Adult Podcast : Episode 2 :: Making Invisible Work Visible At The Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs

In this episode, photographer Kiran Ambwani and community organizer Stéphanie McConnell-Enright of the Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs join host Louise Campbell in a discussion on the variety of forms arts with older adults can take, and the implication needed on the teaching artist and community organization when planning and running programs for older adults, with a specific focus on their current project with a group of older women that looks at the invisible work of women.

To find out more about organizations and films referred to in this podcast, see:
Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs : https://cdfia.net/
Engrenage noir : https://engrenagenoir.ca/rouage/

Passionate about the visual documentation of people, things, spaces and moments, Kiran Ambwani is a visual artist based in Montreal, Canada. She specializes in photography based visual story-telling projects, cultural mediation, curation, art direction and photography workshop facilitation. Kiran has collaborated on several humanitarian projects with non-profits and community organizations here and abroad. Her work documenting the human condition, human rights issues and international aid has been diffused by various publications worldwide. Kiran has also participated in several group and solo exhibitions locally and internationally. Art and community engagement connect the various facets of her artistic practice. Kiran is a graduate of McGill University and the Dawson Institute of Photography.  For more information, www.kiranambwani.com.

Stéphanie McConnell-Enright is a community organizer working within community organizations since 2005, and at the Centre des femmes d'ici et d'ailleurs since 2008.  She facilitates various popular education activities and comittees such as the  Antiracist Committee and the current socially engaged art project with artist Kiran Ambwani.  She is a mother of 3 and member of a housing collective in Villeray.

Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional hats range from composer-performer and participatory arts facilitator to cultural mediator and Teaching Artist. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Louise seeks to interrogate and renew the ways in which we make music and art by creating new works with everyone, regardless of age, ability, level of prior experience, or training. Louise works extensively as a Teaching Artist with ELAN ArtistsInspire and Culture in Schools, and as a cultural mediator with arts organizations such as Innovations en concert, Bradyworks, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Opéra de Montréal.

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing and editing by Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was performed by the Jabbour Family Band featuring Rowan Jabbour on piano, Oscar Jabbour on fiddle, and Guillaume Jabbour on guitar and accordion. The pieces were recorded live in their Lower Laurentians home. The two pieces are Hommage à Philippe Bruneau by Guy Loyer, and La Turlutte à Antonio Bazinet by Antonio Bazinet. Art featured on this episode is by Kiran Ambwani.

This podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by the Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by . This recording was made possible with the financial support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or our funder.

Arts and Older Adults : Episode 2 :: Making Invisible Work Visible

Arts And Older Adult Podcast : Episode 3 :: Intergenerational Listening at Avoca Bridge

In this episode, musician and sound artist Guillaume Jabbour and lifelong learner Barbara Radford-Alfonso join host Louise Campbell in a discussion on the variety of forms arts with older adults can take, from the perspective of a teaching artist and an older adult who seeks out arts programming. A specific topic of discussion is Guillaume's intergenerational audio project on Avoca Bridge in which Barb participated.

To find out more about organizations and films referred to in this podcast, see:
EngAge: 
Concordia’s ACT Lab: https://actlab.ca/
Avoca Bridge Stories Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/guillaumejabbour/sets/les-recits-du-pont-davoca-avoca-bridge-stories/ 
Storymap of the hamlet of Avoca, Municipal Regional County of Argenteuil: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1d49af892cbb4873823f8bc892642e04

Guillaume Jabbour (he/him) centers his practice around sound, research-creation and community engagement. He recently completed a master’s degree in media Studies and is continuing as a doctoral fellow in Communication Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, QC. Guillaume’s research explores soundwalking and deep listening practices as means of fostering intergenerational and community connections. As a musician and community sound artist, he performs and facilitates workshops with older adults and youth, exploring the beauty and power of sound. Guillaume lives with his wife, fellow community Artist and photographer Tanis Saucier, and two teenage children in Gore, QC.

Barbara Radford Alfonso is a lifelong learner, with a passion for audiobooks, sometimes two at once, ancestry research, and photography, her creative hobby. A breast cancer survivor, mom of twin daughters, and grand mom of two delightful granddaughters, Barbara lives in the Lower Laurentians with her husband of 52 years.

Louise Campbell is a Montreal-based musician whose professional hats range from composer-performer and participatory arts facilitator to cultural mediator and Teaching Artist. Regardless of the hat she is wearing, Louise seeks to interrogate and renew the ways in which we make music and art by creating new works with everyone, regardless of age, ability, level of prior experience, or training. Louise works extensively as a Teaching Artist with ELAN ArtistsInspire and Culture in Schools, and as a cultural mediator with arts organizations such as Innovations en concert, Bradyworks, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the Opéra de Montréal.

Acknowledgements

Hosted by Louise Campbell, this podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing and editing by Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was performed by the Jabbour Family Band featuring Rowan Jabbour on piano, Oscar Jabbour on fiddle, and Guillaume Jabbour on guitar and accordion. The pieces were recorded live in their Lower Laurentians home. The two pieces are Hommage à Philippe Bruneau by Guy Loyer, and La Turlutte à Antonio Bazinet by Antonio Bazinet. Art featured on this episode is by Tanis Saucier.

This podcast was recorded at ELAN’s Community Digital Arts Hub, with mixing by the Tyler Rauman. Music featured on this podcast was composed, performed and produced by . This recording was made possible with the financial support of the Secrétariat aux relations avec les Québecois d’expression anglaise. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the views of ELAN or our funder.

Arts and Older Adults : Episode 1 :: Aging, Older Adults And The Arts With Erica Botner

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