Arts and Aging

As arts audiences grow older, there is increasing demand for quality arts programming for older adults. In partnership with Grantmakers in Aging and Grantmakers in Health, Grantmakers in the Arts has been involved in the growing movement for arts and aging. In 2011, GIA hosted a Thought Leader Forum on Arts and Aging, which brought together frontrunners in funding health, wellness, and the arts and aging fields with arts and aging practitioners, researchers, and other experts to explore their common ground and the benefits of working together.

The Arts and Human Development

January 3, 2012 by giarts-ts-admin

December 2011, 38 pages. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20506, (202) 682-5400, www.ars.gov

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Thought Leader Forum on Arts and Aging

September 23, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

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Molly Peacock: The Paper Garden

August 9, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

2011, 397 pages, Bloomsbury USA, New York, NY

June 30, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

2011, 138 pages, © Trustees of Teachers College Columbia University / Research Center for Arts and Culture, 525 West 120th Street, Box 78 · New York NY 10027 · 212.678.8184 · rcac@columbia.edu

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Culture Connects All

April 15, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

116 pages, May 2012. Partners for Livable Communities, 1429 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 887-5990 www.livable.org.

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February 28, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

2011, 104 pages, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20506, http://www.nea.gov

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February 8, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

The Grantmakers in Arts, Grantmakers in Aging Regional Issues Forum was held on January 27, 2011. Below are the Speaker PowerPoint presentations as well as links to research mentioned throughout the day.

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January 31, 2011 by giarts-ts-admin

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MetLife Foundation Creative Aging Program: Findings From the Inaugural Year (252kb)

October 18, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

America is graying. In just two years, the United States will have as many people over the age of 65 as there are under the age of 20. Challenges and opportunities abound in this demographic sea change. In response to this coming shift, a new paradigm articulates the idea of seeing older people for their potential rather than their problems. Arts and creativity programs provided by and for older adults are fast becoming accepted for their health, morale, and social benefits.

Essential Services for Aging Artists

August 31, 2007 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 124 pages. The H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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