1. Today we bring you…
THE ROLE OF ARTS & CREATIVITY IN
YOURSENIORCENTER
The Pennsylvania
Association of
Area Agencies on
Aging
welcomes you to the
TOOLS FOR THE TRADE
Webinar Series.
Aging
Positively
Rennie Cohen
Presented by Mary Catherine Dabrowski
2.
3. REMEMBER . . .
50+ = 3 Generations
Boomers ≠ G.I. Generation
Interest, NOT Age
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5. whether a new solution to a problem,
a new method or device, or a new
artistic object or form.
Creativity is the ability to produce
something new through imaginative
skill…
Studies also show that intelligience
has little correlation with creativity.
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia:
6. “It is a mistake to regard
age as a downhill grade
toward dissolution.
The reverse is true.
As one grows older,
one climbs with surprising
strides.”
~ George Sand,
French novelist & memoirist
17. Shirley S. Allen
published by Mainly
Murder Press in 2010
92
MarkWilliamsInternational
Digital Publishing
relaunched
Shirley S. Allen’s
first novel as an ebook
in 2012
born 1921
(when Shirley was 81)
19. Julie Cameron,
author of The Artist’s Way
Mark McGuinness,
poet & coach for artists
“Seeing logical associations
between seemingly unrelated
things is a hallmark of
creativity.”
“Yes. I believe that everyone is
creative. Whether you declare
yourself an artist or not, you
make creative choices every day.”
20. “Creativity is inherent in everyone, can be
nurtured throughout life.
Through creativity,
the expertise gained
with aging has the
potential to offset the
complications of aging.”
Creativity Matters: Arts & Aging in
America ~ Gay Hanna & Susan Perlstein
23. YES - your brain loses neurons
throughout life
In The Mature Mind, Gene Cohen says:
BUT - it’s not about the
number of neurons
IT IS - about the connections
between neurons – the dendrites
HOW ? – dendrites develop & grow when the
brain is exposed to a rich, stimulating
environment.
25. To evoke in oneself a feeling one has
once experienced,
Leo Tolstoy in What Is Art? (1896)
and having evoked it in oneself, then,
by means of movements, lines, colors,
sounds, or forms expressed in words,
so to transmit that feeling that others
may experience the same feeling —
this is the activity of art.
34. “We are part of the emerging
national field of Creative
Aging, working alongside
professionals in the arts,
health care, social service
and community development
to raise awareness about the
importance of creative
involvement across the
lifespan.”
kairosdance.org
40. bestdayofmylifesofar.org“I feel like one of the loveliest parts of this project is
that at every given moment in time, it is both larger
than life and can be tucked right inside each of our
hearts.”
50. “Inspiration is for amateurs…
~ Chuck Close, one of America's most influential collectable artists.
If you wait around
for the clouds to part
a bolt of lightning
to strike you
in the brain,
you are not
going to make
an awful lot of work.
51. All the best ideas come out of the process;
Things occur to you…
something else
that you reject will
push you in another
direction.”
~ Chuck Close, one of America's most influential collectable artists.
they come out of
the work itself.
if you just get to work,
something will occur to
you something else
will occur to you
68. “Practicing an art, no matter
how well or badly, is a way
to make your soul grow, for
heaven's sake.
~ Kurt Vonnegut,
American writer
Do it as well as you possible
can. You will get an enormous
reward.
Sing in the
shower. Dance to the radio.
Tell stories. Write a poem to
a friend, even a lousy poem.
You will have created
something.”
No Magic Wand Needed
69.
70. Thank you to P4A for this Tools for the Trade Webinar!
Aging
Positively
Rennie Cohen
renniec@mac.com
610-724-0903
IMPROVING YOUR CENTER’S BOTTOM LINE
GROWING A MEMBER SUPPORT TEAM
ASKING FOR MONEY IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK!
EXPANDING YOUR SENIOR
CENTER PROGRAMMING
~ Part 1
This presentation, along with the following
webinars in this series, will be archived
on the P4A website.
EXPANDING YOUR SENIOR
CENTER PROGRAMMING
~ Part 2
71. Photo Credits
• Creativity by mrsdkredbs
• Gillian Ayres Painting “Sang the Sun in Flight” by Jim Linwood
• A Midsummer Night, Gillian Ayres by Thomas Guest
• 40/365 by tiff_ku1
• The Power of Creativity by The Shifted Librarian
• Uphill by g.wu.
• Writing by jjpacres
• Pottery Selection by violetknows
• “Creative Hands” – Mindy by dalydose
• Creative Hands by LijoJose
• Poetry Reading 001 by pennstatenews
• Plaza Dancing by Alex Ristea
• 30a.FSGW.Crafts.32ndWFF.GlenEchoParkMD.3June2012 by Elvert Barnes
• Playing Red Roses for a Blue Lady-1= by Sheba_Also
• 90cb by rearl
• Quilt-art-of-inclusion010 detail3 by stella_beli
• IMG_3641 by davidgrinnell
• Get with the rhythm by mjevenstar
• My Easel by Marcia Furman
• A Great Books Discussion Group met at the Newton Free Library on April 12 to learn about The Power of the Majority
by De Tocqueville by Newton Free Library
• Supper Sleuths book discussion group by Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
• One Book Discussion - Java Room by chelmsfordpubliclibrary
• Evita at the Forest Theatre in Carmel with Library Folks by Squid!
• Poetry reading by Palmerston North City Library
• Harlequin Art Exhibit, NYC, 5/29/09 – 139 of 145 by rtbookreviews
• Dover OSC Craft Show by Nerissa Alford Designs
• Magic Wand by Nieve44/Luz
• Questions? by Rajiv Patel (Rajiv’s View)
