Blog Posts for Aging

Thank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy tools were provided to help you make the case for more arts funding and favorable arts policies.

As part of Americans for the Arts’ recent Strategic Realignment Process, we were asked to evaluate our storytelling communications platforms and evolve the way we share content. As a result, we launched the Designing Our Destiny portal to explore new ways of telling stories and sharing information, one that is consistent with our longtime practice of, “No numbers without a story, and no stories without a number.”

As we put our energy into developing this platform and reevaluate our communications strategies, we have put ArtsBlog on hold. That is, you can read past blog posts, but we are not posting new ones. You can look to the Designing Our Destiny portal and our news items feed on the Americans for the Arts website for stories you would have seen in ArtsBlog in the past.

ArtsBlog will remain online through this year as we determine the best way to archive this valuable resource and the knowledge you’ve shared here.

As ever, we are grateful for your participation in ArtsBlog and thank you for your work in advancing the arts. It is important, and you are important for doing it.

Blog Posts for Aging

Blog Posts for Aging

The Arts and Aging: Building the Science

Summary: 

In March 2011, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) hosted a first-of-its-kind event to showcase and discuss recent research on the arts and human development, with the ultimate goal of finding ways to engage the arts  to improve people’s lives.

Blog Posts for Aging

Recommendations from Mini-Conference on Creativity and Aging in America: May 18-19, 2005

Date of Publication (formatted): 
April, 2005
Summary: 

The Mini-Conference on Creativity and Aging in America sought to develop recommendations for the 2005 White House Conference on Aging. Convened May 18-19, 2005, at the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, DC, it focused on the importance and value of professional arts programming for, by, and with older Americans as a quality of life issue.

Blog Posts for Aging

Arts Policy in an Aging Society

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1989
Summary: 

The author analyzes the equity and efficiency of the current distributional policies of public arts agencies toward older adults. Many, he suggests, reflect outmoded myths and limited conceptions of older adults, the author also suggests that public art agencies need to explore policy options directed toward the next generation of older adults: baby boomers. He contends that current analyses of lower arts participation among baby boomers and changing aesthetic preferences are sufficient grounds to stimulate formulation of developmental arts policies, such as adult arts education.

Blog Posts for Aging

Design for Accessibility: An Arts Administrator's Guide

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1993
Summary: 

Prepared and published by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the National Endowment for the Arts. A binder with various design suggestion to make art's facilities accessible for persons with disabilities.

Blog Posts for Aging

Grants for Aging

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1996
Summary: 

The new 1997/1998 Grant Guide series provides you with up-to-date information on the grants recently awarded in your field. With descriptions of hundreds - often thousands - of foundation grants ($10,000 or more) recently awarded in your subject area, these Grant Guides will help you to: Locate funders for your specific project - the subject index lets you search for grantmakers by hundreds of key words. Discover the grantmakers that favor your geographical area - the geographic index directs you to foundations that have funded projects in your state or country. Target foundations by...

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