The Arts and
                              Aging
IN THE NEWS

NEA awards first grants in creativity and aging
Community Arts Network ~ January 15, 2008

Generation gap bridged through volunteer program
Florida Times Union ~ October 23, 2008

Studies Suggest There's An Art to Aging
Washington Post ~ March 11, 2008

Project pairs seniors with sixth-graders to create artwork
San Diego Union-Tribune ~ June 8, 2008
This page was last updated: January 15, 2009
ARTS PROGRAMS SERVING THE NEEDS OF SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Center for Elders & Youth in the Arts
For older adult groups, CEYA customizes programs for assisted living, residential communities, adult day programs, and other senior sites, as well as offering individual instruction in the home. Through creative expression, CEYA helps elders remain connected to the community with the goal of helping them experience improved physical and emotional well-being.

engAGE: The Art of ActiveAging
A nonprofit hired by the owners of affordable senior apartment communities to provide a whole-person approach to creative and healthy aging for thousands of their senior residents in Southern California. Programs provided include: Lifelong Learning, Arts/Creativity, Wellness, Intergenerational, Community Building,Culminating Events,Experience Talks Radio Show.

Burbank Senior Artists Colony
The only apartment rental community dedicated to providing exceptional independent living in a creative, art -inspired environment. The community has been honored with numerous building awards and has received International press.

Stagebridge Senior Theatre Company
The nation's oldest senior theatre Company. based in Oakland, California, STAGEBRIDGE is an arts organization that uses theatre and storytelling to bridge the generation gap and to stimulate positive attitudes toward aging. STAGEBRIDGE’s intergenerational programs feature senior theater productions, storytelling in the schools, nurses training programs, acting classes for seniors, and writing contests for children

California Arts Advocates l P.O. Box 601902 l Sacramento, CA 95860 l Advocacy@CaliforniaArtsAdvocates.org
This resource page is a work in progress and as information becomes available, it is posted here.  Please help us by sending information to CAA at Advocacy@CaliforniaArtsAdvocates.org that you and your colleagues found useful in making the case
for a public investment in the arts.