RESEARCH
Center on Aging, Health & Humanities, George Washington University,
WA, DC
http://www.gwumc.edu/cahh/
The Center on Aging, Health & Humanities at the George Washington
University in Washington, DC, conducts research that focuses on understanding,
studying and promoting creativity and aging.
Institute for the Medical Humanities, University of Texas Medical
Branch
http://www.utmb.edu/imh/
"The Institute for the Medical Humanities is committed to moral
inquiry, research, teaching, and professional service in medicine and
health care. In today's often bewildering world of scientific, technological,
cultural, and political changes, medicine faces human problems and possibilities
that transcend traditional academic disciplines. Members of the Institute
engage in research on ethical and legal problems in clinical practice
and biomedical research; and on philosophical, historical, visual, literary,
and religious dimensions of medicine and health care.
Healing and the Arts, C. Everett Koop Institute
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/koop/programs/healing.shtml
The Healing and Arts Program was created in 1995 as a collaboration
between the C. Everett Koop Institute and Dartmouth Medical School.
The program explores and evaluates the potential for the arts and humanities
to build more effective doctor-patient relationships, enhance medical
education, support the process of healing, and promote good health habits
ARTLYNX: International Arts Resources
http://www.artslynx.org/
The link to Healing Power of the Arts offers links to countless sites
related to art and healing.
RESOURCE CENTERS
National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA)
www.creativeaging.org
Established in 2001, the NCCA is a network and resource center for professionals
in the field of creative aging. Activities include advocacy, professional
training, evaluating and promoting best practice models, and development
and dissemination of resources.
ORGANIZATIONS
Society for the Arts in Healthcare (SAH)
http://www.societyartshealthcare.org/
The SAH is a member-based, non-profit organization, which advocates
on a national and international level for the integration of the arts
into healthcare settings.
International Arts-Medicine Association (IAMA)
http://members.aol.com/iamaorg/
This IAMA is a non-profit organization that currently has about 300
members in 20 countries. Its purpose is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary,
international communication between arts and health professionals. Members
include clinicians, educators, researchers and artists who have an interest
in the relationships between arts and health.
International Network for Personal Meaning (INPM)
http://www.meaning.ca/index.html
INPM is an international, multi- and inter-disciplinary network, linking
people from different professions and academic disciplines around the
world. It is a grass-roots movement for people interested in promoting
health, happiness and peace through personal meaning and spirituality.
PROGRAMS
GENERAL
Elders Share the Arts
http://www.elderssharethearts.org
Founded in 1979, Elders Share the Arts (ESTA) is a nationally recognized
arts organization dedicated to bridging generational divides and generating
a sense of community through the arts. A staff of professional artists
works with young and old in underserved communities to transform their
life stories into dramatic, literary, and visual presentations that
explore social issues, shed light on neighborhood history, and draw
from their imaginations answers to community issues and conflicts.
THEATRE
StageBridge
http://www.stagebridge.org/
Stagebridge, founded in 1978, is the nation's oldest senior theatre
company. The company's mission is to provide opportunities for older
adults to use 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,
acting classes for seniors, and writing contests for children. The company
consists of fifty actors, storytellers, students, and volunteers whose
average age is 70.
Encore Theatre
http://www.encoreeugene.net/skipworth.html
"Encore Theatre is senior theater for kids, and its aim is to connect
those who have been on this planet for some time with those who are
just getting started. This enterprising group provides free interactive
performances for youth, to promote better understanding between the
young and the old. In an entertaining format, seniors share the wisdom
and the truth of their lives, dispel the myths of aging, and foster
self-esteem through original song, dance and storytelling."
Senior Theatre Research and Performance
http://www.accad.ohio-state.edu/~jreilly/index.html
The purpose of the Senior Theatre Research and Performance focus group
of the Association of Theatre in Higher Education is to promote the
field of senior theatre, encouraging more seniors to become involved
on stage or with the arts.
Senior Theatre Resource Center
http://www.seniortheatre.com
ArtAge’s Senior Theatre Resource Center is the national clearinghouse
for Senior Theatre plays, books, and information. From amateur to professional,
we make drama activities easy. We also provide workshops, keynote addresses,
and will consult to insure that your Senior Theatre experience is a
success.
REMINISCENCE
Timeslips
http://www.timeslips.org
Developed by Anne Basting, Ph.D. in 1998, the TimeSlips Project has
generated hundreds of stories, produced plays and art exhibits, and
rekindled the hope for human connection among people struggling with
Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia
Age Exchange
http://www.age-exchange.org.uk/
Age Exchange is internationally known for work in all areas of reminiscence,
including theatre, publishing, exhibitions, cross-generational projects
and training workshops.
Now in our 20th year, all of our work emerges from interviews with
older people. The material collected is made available to a wider audience
through books, exhibitions and theatre.
DANCE
Liz Lehrman Dance Exchange
http://www.danceexchange.org/
In 1975 Liz Lerman created Woman of the Clear Vision,a dance about her
mother's death featuring professional dancers and adults from a Washington,
DC senior center. By the mid 1980s the Company was touring extensively,
sometimes with the Dancers of the Third Age, an adjunct troupe of older
dancers which also performed on its own for many years.
ART
ARTSeniors
http://www.artfaces.com/artseniors/
ARTSeniors is an Internet gallery featuring senior citizen artists,
aged 55 years or older, from around the world. Some are seasoned professional
artists. Others are emerging as artists following non-art related careers.
Still others are finding the time to get serious about their art once
the children have grown. Exhibiting artists come from all walks of life.
This site has a very extensive online collection of visual art made
by seniors.
DEATH
Project on Death in America
http://www.soros.org/death/
The Project on Death in America is working "to understand and transform
the culture and experience of dying and bereavement through initiatives
in research, scholarship, the humanities, and the arts, and to foster
innovations in the provision of care, public education, professional
education, and public policy."
MEDIA
Terra Nova
http://www.terranova.com
Terra Nova Films produces and distributes videos dealing exclusively
with aging related issues
Images of Aging: A Film and Video Resource Guide
http://www.gen.umn.edu/faculty_staff/yahnke/aging/film_age/
Dr. Robert Yanke, at the University of Minnesota, has developed a resource
guide that covers selected educational films and videos completed by
contemporary independent filmmakers. The films and videos in the guide
address the complexities and ambiguities of the experience of aging
Images of the Aging (1975-1995)
http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov/aoa/magimage/magimage.html
Photographs of older persons from the archives of Aging Magazine (1975-1995)
are available for public use. Aging Magazine was the official magazine
of the U.S. Administration on Aging and is not currently being published.
National Media Owl Award Video Collection, University of North Texas
Media Library
http://www.library.unt.edu/owl/topic.htm
In 1996, the University of North Texas Media Library established the
National Media Owl Award Video Collection to audiovisual media on aging
available to the widest possible audience. The Video Collection contains
videos selected for the Retirement Research Foundation National Media
Owl Awards. The Owl Awards, which ran from 1984 to 1998, recognized
excellence in recently produced media on issues related to aging.
FUNDING SOURCES
National Endowment for the Humanities
http://www.neh.fed.us/
NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government
dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public
programs in the humanities
National Endowment For The Arts
http://arts.endow.gov/
The National Endowment for the Arts provides national recognition and
support to significant projects of artistic excellence, thus preserving
and enhancing our nation's diverse cultural heritage. The Endowment
was created by Congress and established in 1965 as an independent agency
of the federal government. This public investment in the nation's cultural
life has resulted in both new and classic works of art reaching every
corner of America.
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