Webinars are a wonderful way to bring people from around the country together to obtain the most current information on research, programming, and development of arts programs for older adults from highly trained professionals. They are an opportunity to network with professionals in the aging and arts fields locally and nationally without ever leaving your office or home. Our next two webinars in the summer series are:
August 5, 2:00 pm EDT - Practice: Learn the effective practices and case studies for developing programs in lifelong learning, health and wellness, and civic engagement. Presented by Andrea Sherman, PhD, NCCA Master Teaching Artist and President, Transitional Keys.
August 12, 2:00 pm EDT - Resource Development: Learn how to build partnerships, compound existing resources and find new revenue streams to create and sustain creative aging programs. Presented by Gay Hanna, PhD, MFA, Executive Director, NCCA
Cost: $50 per webinar. Pay by credit card from our website using PayPal. Organizational Members participate for Free! See our website for more details: www.creativeaging.org
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Creative Aging News Brief
The arts and aging field is ever expanding with new research and programs proving the importance of creativity later in life. NCCA will feature a story every week of outstanding older adults, artists, programs and ideas from around the world who exemplify the significance of creativity when aging.
Dance of a Lifetime in a Lifetime of Dance
At 99-years-old Ida Arbeit is preparing for her next performance onstage with the intergenerational Kairos Dance Theater for "Dancing With Ida," a show based on her dancing experiences in New York City. Arbeit was a professional dancer for 12 years with Helen Tamiris, one of the pioneers of modern dance. She quit dancing to raise her family and teach music to children, but is back in action and on stage performing with people of all ages. Arbeit has shared her numerous moves and stories from her adventures and experiences performing over the years.
Read more about this story at: http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/47165432.html?page=2&c=y
To receive NCCA's monthly newsbrief containing more articles like these become and individual NCCA member for Free!
Dance of a Lifetime in a Lifetime of Dance
At 99-years-old Ida Arbeit is preparing for her next performance onstage with the intergenerational Kairos Dance Theater for "Dancing With Ida," a show based on her dancing experiences in New York City. Arbeit was a professional dancer for 12 years with Helen Tamiris, one of the pioneers of modern dance. She quit dancing to raise her family and teach music to children, but is back in action and on stage performing with people of all ages. Arbeit has shared her numerous moves and stories from her adventures and experiences performing over the years.
Read more about this story at: http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/47165432.html?page=2&c=y
To receive NCCA's monthly newsbrief containing more articles like these become and individual NCCA member for Free!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Positively Ninety Exhibit
POSITIVELY NINETY: Interviews with Lively Nonagenarians
by Connie Springer: Writer, Photographer and Archivist
The Opening Reception of Exhibit Photos and Narratives is August 7, 2009, 6 - 8 p.m. at the Anderson Center Government Building, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township, OH 45230
For information about the venue, call the Anderson Center at (513) 688-8400
The exhibit will run from August 7 - September 3, 2009
For more information, contact Connie Springer at larkspur@fuse.net
Visit Connie's website at http://www.conniespringer.com
by Connie Springer: Writer, Photographer and Archivist
The Opening Reception of Exhibit Photos and Narratives is August 7, 2009, 6 - 8 p.m. at the Anderson Center Government Building, 7850 Five Mile Road, Anderson Township, OH 45230
For information about the venue, call the Anderson Center at (513) 688-8400
The exhibit will run from August 7 - September 3, 2009
For more information, contact Connie Springer at larkspur@fuse.net
Visit Connie's website at http://www.conniespringer.com
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Time to Move Conference in the United Kingdom
There will be a national conference in the United Kingdom on July 9 & 10, 2009 to celebrate older people dancing. The sponsoring organization, Take Art, is the Arts Development Agency for Somerset in the UK and they have been working with older people and creative dance for the past 3 years.
The conference will bring together artists, participants, agencies, politicians and decision makers to inspire and inform the future of dance with older people.
For more information and to download a brochure, go to:
http://www.takeart.org/dance/TimetoMoveConference.html
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Creative Age Symposium: Creating Creative Futures!
On June 12, 2009 at the Sutton Place Hotel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Held in conjunction with the Creative Age Festival, this one-day symposium showcases various initiatives and opportunities that are enhancing the depth and breadth of the field of arts and aging. This symposium will provide you with an opportunity to energize and revitalize yourself by exploring new ideas, developing skills, sharing information and identifying opportunities for collaboration and growth in relation to creative aging. Be inspired by the many interesting and timely presentations on best practices, innovations, and research at this year’s symposium! The lead keynote speaker, Dr. Gene Cohen will describe the benefits of the arts, including how artistic engagement enhances the function of the aging brain. He will also highlight how research and other approaches and structures can help to create a creative future for seniors in the millennium. jill p. weaving will present on the accomplishments of the Vancouver Arts, Health and Seniors Project.
Symposium Objectives:
Increasing awareness of initiatives in different areas in support of creative aging; Networking, and sharing information; Contributing to directions for policy, practice and research.
The symposium will be attended by decision makers, health professionals and arts and aging practitioners*, gerontologists, researchers, those working in the arts, culture and heritage areas, students, interested seniors, senior arts practitioners, donors and others interested in the area of arts and aging.
[ *Artists, art therapists, art educators, recreation therapists, occupational therapists, long term care workers, physicians, nurses, etc., as well others ].
There is a special registration offer for students, seniors and Greying Nation Conference participants!
For more information go to http://www.creativeagefestival.ca/festival_symposium.html
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
For The Poet Within
Two opportunities to Submit Your Poetry for Publication
Call for Poems: Celebrating Poets over 70
Tower Poetry Society (www.towerpoetry.ca) and The McMaster Centre for Gerontological Studies are soliciting poems written after the poets have reached the age of 70. Selected poems will be published in a jointly sponsored anthology. “Celebrating Poets over 70” will be the tenth volume in the Writing Down Our Years series published by MCGS.
A maximum of four typed poems may be submitted. Send your poems and a 50-word biography by email to Ellen Ryan (ryaneb@mcmaster.ca) or by mail to:
“Celebrating Poets over 70”
Tower Poetry Society
c/o McMaster University
1280 Main St. W., Box 1021
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 1C0.
Individuals with poems selected will receive a free copy of the anthology.
DUE DATE: November 15, 2009
For Poets of all ages:
Send Up to 4 poems to the Society. There is no theme requirement or fee.
Deadlines:
Summer Issue, the end of February
Winter Issue, the end of August
Send your poems to the address listed above.
If your poem be accepted you will receive one free copy of the issue in which it is printed.
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