2015 Mountain West Arts Conference Utah Cultural Celebration
Center May 2015 Ken Crossley Greg Finch When I think of aging I
imagine Honorees of the NCCA & DSM Beautiful Minds Campaign
courtesy of DSM Nutritional Products Envision a world where all
individuals flourish across their lifespan through creative
expressionWinners of the 2014 Beautiful Minds Campaign presented by
NCCA and DSM Nutritional Products Creativity involves breaking out
of established patterns of established patterns in order to look at
things in order to look at things Edward de Bono (Francis Charles
Publius, Maltese psychologist and writer, 1933) in a different way.
Positive Emotion Positive Engagement Positive Relationships Making
of Meaning Mastery Martin Seligman, Flourish Gene Cohen, The
Creative Age Flourishing Imagine your last arts infused moment
Physiological Psychological Sociological Community Generational
Economic Regeneration & Healing Dialogue & Collaboration
Creative Engagement Impact So what exactly does creative aging look
like? EngAGE Los Angeles CA Placemaking & Community Engagement
Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes Lifelong Learning &
Community ESTA Elders Share the Arts Brooklyn NY Lifelong Learning
& Community Stagebridge Senior Theatre Oakland CA Lifelong
Learning & Engagement Arts & the VA Washington DC Health,
Wellness, & Resilience Meet Me at MOMA New York NY Revisioned
Institutional Engagement Alzheimers Poetry Project | Gary Glazner |
Poetry Kairos Alive! | Maria Genn | Dance Opening Minds through Art
| Elizabeth Lokon | Visual Songwriting Works | Judith-Kate Friedman
| Music TimeSlips | Anne Basting |Storytelling Arts Infused
Economies And how shall we make our way? Collaboration. Utah large
population of older adults, 8 th fastest aging state Vibrant
artistic community Artist roster/teaching artists Strong history
arts education programs Leading volunteer state in nation Utah Arts
and Museums commitment Utahs Assets for Creative Aging Communities
of Practice in Utah Art Access | Salt Lake City Community Theatre
of Sun River | St. George Elder Quest | Utah Valley University Orem
Encore Institute | Salt Lake Community College Encore Creativity
Chorale | Salt Lake City Jean's Golden Girls | Provo Live2Sing |
St. George New Horizon Orchestra | Logan, Midvale, Provo Lifelong
Learning and Osher Institute | University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Preparatory Music Program | University of Utah, Salt Lake City Road
Scholars | St. George Senior Theatre Project by Walk-Ons | Salt
Lake City Utah Old Time Fiddlers & Country Music Association |
Salt Lake City Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts Utah Symphony | Cadenza
National Endowment for the Arts National Assembly of State Arts
Agencies (NASAA) National Center for Creative Aging To support and
empower arts agencies in creating infrastructure designed to help
people creatively flourish across their lifespan. Communities of
Practice Inaugural cohort of SAA's outlined three critical issues
to be addressed moving forward: Building partnerships Assuring
internal readiness State Asset Mapping Critical Issues | Year 1
State-specific action plans | Ongoing Expand the scope of the
Initiative to address future obstacles towards establishing robust
creative aging programs | Ongoing Engage in peer-to-peer mentoring
| Ongoing Participate in the 2015 White House Conference on Aging |
MAY Washington DC Critical Issues | Year 2 Now what is mine to do?
Immediate Resources Utah Division of Arts and Museums ENGAGE Utah
Networks NCCA State Arts Agency Communities of Practice Research
Center for Art and Culture Directory of Creative Aging Programs in
America Online Artist Training in Arts and Aging Technical
Assistance and Capacity Building Grantmakers Partnership
Creativity, Aging & Health Beautiful Minds Campaign changing
the faces of aging in America Creative Caregiving Initiative
contributing to quality days Creative Aging Professional
Development Institute The NCCA Creative Caregiving Initiative
Flourishing through the Art of Caregiving A pioneering web-based
and community-shared creative resource for family and professional
caregivers of adults who live with Alzheimers disease and related
cognitive disorders. National and State Advocacy 2015 White House
Conference on Aging Professional Development Institute Leadership
Exchange International Ambassadors Collaborative Planning for 2016
NCCA International Conference in Washington DC THE CREATIVE AGE:
Creativity and Aging in America The Practice, Research &
Business of Creative Aging 2015 National Leadership Exchange and
Conference Washington DC | Arena Stage | May 18-21 Honorees of the
NCCA & DSM Beautiful Minds Campaign courtesy of DSM Nutritional
Products Envision a world where all individuals flourish across
their lifespan through creative expressionWinners of the 2014
Beautiful Minds Campaign presented by NCCA and DSM Nutritional
Products Helping Older Adults Stay Healthy: The Benefits of
Participation in the Arts To explain the research evidence that
older adults participation in visual and performing arts programs
results in improved health and well-being To gain knowledge of
available resources for delivering evidence-based arts programs to
older adults Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts (2010)
Impact of Arts Participation on Health Outcomes for Older Adults,
Melissa Castora-Binkley, Linda Noelker, Thomas Prohaska, &
William Satariano. Published Literature Review Arts Impact on the
Health of Older Adults 2,205 articles identified using specific
search terms (creative, health, promotion, art, program, aging,
perform, participatory, well- being, and health) Publication dates
1978 through 2009) 42 were retained for review 11 met inclusion
criteria and were retained Results of the Literature Search of
Scientific Journals One year of participation in a professionally
led chorale group: participants reported better overall health,
used fewer over-the-counter medications, had fewer falls, fewer
physician visits, and higher morale and decreased loneliness scores
than those in the comparison group Six months of individualized
piano instruction: older students had better scores on perceptual
speed and memory tests than the control group Selected Findings 15
weeks of jazz dance instruction: pre- and post-tests showed
improved balance 8 sessions of theatrical training over 4 weeks:
students rated higher on recall, recognition, and problem solving
tests than those in comparison groups Selected Findings Noice,
Noice & Kramer (2013) Participatory Arts for Older Adults,
Gerontologist (doi: /geront/gnt138) Findings from 31 articles
reviewed: 8 studies of dance (contemporary, ballroom,
choreographed): improvement in posture, balance, reaction time,
cognitive tests, gait speed, and general health 3 studies of
expressive writing: decreased depression, improved self concept,
processing speed, verbal learning, and attention Findings from a
Recent Literature Review 10 studies of music (piano playing,
choirs, instrumentals): decreased depression and anxiety, higher
nonverbal memory recall, greater cognitive flexibility, improved
social and emotional well being, increased human growth hormone 7
studies of theatre: improved cognition, confidence, self esteem,
and reported better health 3 studies of painting and pottery:
improved mental and psycho-social health, reduced negative
emotions, higher self esteem, and perceptions of life as more
meaningful and enjoyable Selected Findings
