Custom Arts Education
About This Offering
Full Cycles is a custom Creative Aging Series invites older adults to explore personal narratives and shared histories through the arts. Structured around the seasons, this offering nurtures emotional well-being, cognitive engagement, and meaningful connection, honoring each participant as a lifelong learner and creative contributor.
Grounded in over two decades of experience in community arts outreach and university sponsored arts education workshops for senior engagement, this program integrates visual arts, music, and literature to explore themes of memory, culture, and identity. Each season introduces a unique artistic focus, mirroring the rhythms of the year and celebrating the depth and diversity of lived experience.
What is the positive impact ?
Participants of the Full Cycles creative aging series will experience a rich journey that nurtures a sense of empowerment through storytelling, encourages skill-building across artistic disciplines, and creates meaningful opportunities for collaboration and social connection. These engaging artistic activities strengthen critical thinking, adaptability, problem-solving, and creativity while helping to stimulate memory, spark imagination, and support emotional well-being. Each program can be tailored in partnership with the teaching artist, ensuring a personalized and impactful experience for every group.
KEY BENEFITS
- Cognitive and Emotional Benefits
- Multi-Disciplinary Approach
- Collaborative Learning
- Skills Development
- Personalized Experience
DETAILS
Here are the basics of the Creating Aging Series
A 1-3 month, seasonal Creative Aging series designed for group delivery in senior living communities, medical settings, or academic environments.
Each session runs 60 – 120 minutes and includes hands-on art-making, guided discussion, and interdisciplinary exploration.
Duration: 4 weeks minimum for full series
Audience: Older adults seeking meaningful, culturally rich creative experiences
Location: Venue meeting room or virtual conferencing
Each series can be tailored in partnership with a teaching artist, ensuring a personalized and impactful experience for every group.
Note: 1 day workshops also available
The venues where the program is delivered are the following
Workshop sessions are conducted at senior centers, universities, libraries, and hospitals.
Note: Activity coordinators, wellness directors, or care professionals are welcomed to reach out and bring this enriching program to your community.
Minimal setup needed
For In-Person Sessions:
Furniture & Layout
Tables: Sufficient, sturdy, and clean work tables for participants to comfortably create.
Chairs: Comfortable and appropriately sized seating for all participants (plus a few extras).
Accessible Setup: Tables and seating arranged to accommodate mobility aids (walkers, wheelchairs).
Technology
Smart Screen or Projector: For sharing visuals, slideshows, videos, or digital demos.
HDMI or USB Access: To connect a laptop to the screen/projector.
Speakers (if needed): For audio playback in videos or presentations.
Power Outlets: Near the setup for charging a laptop or powering additional equipment.
Facilities
Access to a sink with running water: For washing brushes, hands, or light cleanup.
Trash & Recycling Bins: Easily accessible for disposing of used materials and packaging.
For Virtual Sessions:
Room Setup & Technology, Smart Screen or Large, Monitor, Speakers or Audio System, Computer or Laptop with Zoom Installed, Reliable Wi-Fi or wired access to internet
Tables & Chairs, Good Lighting, Trash & Recycling Bins
Room Tech Assistant or Staff Member
Material kits can be shipped in advance for remote participants.
Note: Additional items will be listed within the program agreement.
To bring this series to your organization, let’s schedule a call and make a plan.
Full Cycles Creative Aging Series
This series engages older adults in storytelling, artistic exploration, and cultural reflection through visual arts, music, and literature fostering well-being, connection, and lifelong creativity.
Tuition
Duration
3 months – 1 year
CUSTOM ARTS EDUCATION
To book events and programs for your organization or school, submit an inquiry.
Art Lives Studio’s Virtual Arts Education Series is made possible in part by the generous funding of the
Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and Marrazzo Family Foundation
(winner of Teaching Artist Micro-Grants winter 2023)
Teaching Artists of the Mid Atlantic
