Take Notes! Don't be afraid to fail in social media.

Don’t be afraid to fail. Then why start the conversation? Because you want your community to take an action.

The Foundation Center just finished up an event, Social Media for Social Good. Jereme Bivins put several videos together and you can check out these great interviews with the experts! Listen to the panel discussion below and go to Storify to listen to the Keynote presentation and individual interviews.

A Conversation With...Farra Trompeter of Big Duck

Still not sure you need to be involved with social media? Download IdealWare's The Nonprofit Social Media Decision Guide. The Decision Guide includes a workbook that walks you through:

• What social media is
• Why social media might be useful for you
• How to look at your goals and audiences
• How to choose the social media mix that's right for you

(Can't see the video? Go to Artful Aging and enjoy!)

It's Monday! Go out and "rediscover the poet within..."

"I am not done with my changes."  ~ from "The Layers"

The most recent Human Values in Aging newsletter has a bit of poetry from Stanley Kunitz's "The Layers." Kunitz won many awards for his poetry and continued writing until his death at the age of 100. He was a mere 63 when he won the Pulitzer Prize for his work and became Poet Laureate at 95. In his 100th year, he published "The Wild Braid: A Poet Reflects on a Century in the Garden," a collection of poems, photographs and thoughts on gardening.

At the time of his death, the Washington Post shared this quote:

"Essentially," he once said, "what I try to do is to help each person rediscover the poet within himself. I say 'rediscover,' because I am convinced that it is a universal human attribute to want to play with words, to beat out rhythms, to fashion images, to tell a story, to construct forms."

Hear Kunitz read his own poetry, "Touch Me."



Happy Monday! Now go out and "rediscover the poet within"!
(Can't see the video? Go to Artful Aging and enjoy!)

AARP Office of Academic Affairs e-newsletter Human Values in Aging is "for those interested in humanities, ethics and aging." (You can subscribe for free here.)

How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?--right here in Philly!

You have 5 days left to see the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)  French exhibition entitled “How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” This exhibition, on view since April 1 running through May 29, is presented in partnership with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA), inspired by the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts.

PAFA is presenting an installation of art from the 1910s and 1920s showing American artists’ connections with France. This exhibition includes works from PAFA’s permanent collection. The title, “How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?” is taken from a World War I-era popular song alluding to an entire generation being turned on to cosmopolitan temptations in Paris, exposed to avant-garde styles and fruitful artistic exchange.

The installation centers on Florine Stettheimer's sumptuous scene of artist friends (including the three Stettheimer sisters, Marcel Duchamp and Elie Nadelman) enjoying a picnic idyll at the tail end of World War I. The Stettheimers were instrumental in fostering exchange between European modernists and Americans during the teens. Other prominent PAFA modernist paintings are included to bring out the influence of Parisian modernism on American art.

“How ‘ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen Paree?”

PA Academy of the Fine Arts
Gallery 7, Historic Landmark Building
118 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia
April 1 through May 29, 2011
Adults $10, Seniors (60+) and Students $8

Children ages 13-18, Free for children 12 and under
More info: www.pafa.org

Picnic at Bedford Hills, 1918,

oil on canvas by Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944) ,

40 5/16 x 50 1/4 inches, gift of Ettie Stettheimer, 1950.12

It's Monday! Start the week listening to Isabel!

Wow--has it really been a week and a half since "Creative Conversations" at the Free Library of Philadelphia?

We promised and delivered a Creative Conversations Panel for you to enjoy listening to Older Artists share their stories. What? You couldn't make it to our Event on May 4th? Well start your Monday right here listening to artist Isabel Shapiro share her story...

P.S.--Isabel is a member of Surrey at Havertown Center
Happy Monday!

(Can't see the video? Go to Artful Aging and enjoy!)

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who came out to "Creative Conversations" last night! What a great crowd! Thanks also to our volunteers who helped make the night a success, and for our wonderful artists and panelists! We are already looking forward to next year....pictures from last night to come soon!

See you for "Creative Conversations" on May 4th!

Our 2nd Annual “Creative Conversations”

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

at

the Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Branch

1901 Vine Street

(between 19th and 20th Streets on the Parkway)

Philadelphia, PA 19103

5:00-6:00 p.m. Reception and Art Viewing

Refreshments!

6:00-7:30 p.m. Creative Conversations Panel

Enjoy listening to Older Artists share their stories.

Find out more about the Event here or just go to Eventbrite and RSVP right now.

See you at the Free Library of Philadelphia,
Central Branch on May 4th!

   

                      

Creative Conversations is on Philly Fun Guide!

Our May 4th "Creative Conversations" Event has top billing on the Philly Fun Guide's Featured Events for Senior Works! Swing by here and take a look!

5:00-6:00 p.m. Reception and Art Viewing

Refreshments!

6:00-7:30 p.m. Creative Conversations Panel

Enjoy listening to Older Artists share their stories.

And, while you're at it, check out all the other Celebrate Arts & Aging Events planned for the month of May!

See you at the Philadelphia Free Library on May 4th!

P.S.--Did you RSVP on Eventbrite yet? Well...what are you waiting for?