Free Visual Arts Workshop for Teaching Artists. Yes, it's Free!

Creative Visual Arts Programming for Older Adults

Thursday, February 24, 2011
1:00-3:30 p.m.

Center for Emerging Visual Artists

1521 Locust Street, Philadelphia

"At the Bartol Foundation, we believe that

everyone deserves access to the arts."

Thank you to the Bartol Foundation for sponsoring this FREE workshop for teaching artists co-presented by the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and the Creative Arts & Aging Network.

Clearly, the research shows that high quality arts programs can improve both physical health and mental health for older adults. However, as a teaching artist, you may not have much experience instructing older adults. With Boomers turning 65 this year, "older adult" is a fast growing target audience.

In this workshop, you will be guided through the process of creating an artist’s book. This artist's book will be from the perspective of a facilitator as well as from the perspective of a student. Workspace and materials prep, finding a common language, and the steps for actually constructing the artist's book will be covered. Also in this workshop, you will examine some of the unique challenges and  wonderful possibilities presented when working with older adults. You will be able to share your questions and personal experiences with each other as you explore the potential of teaching visual art to elders.

To register for this workshop click here. And, please, remember not only to sign up, but to show up on February 24. Help keep these programs FREE!*

P.S.--You should bookmark Bartol Foundations' Workshops page to take advantage of their other useful, practical and FREE workshops such as:

Movement to Dialogue: Multiple Ways of Learning and Communicating

Tuesday, February 15th 4:30-6:30 p.m.

United Way Building, 1709 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia

*These Teaching Artist Programs are supported in part by the Samuel S. Fels Fund.

Substitute Teacher Artist
Photo by Todd Berman

Teaching Artists--It's FREE and it's for YOU !

Sign up for Full-Day Boot Camp - NOW!

Teaching Artists, here is an opportunity you just can't refuse! The Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance have joined forces to present: 

Marketing Yourself as a Teaching Artist

Full-Day Boot Camp

Sunday, November 7

9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Fleisher Art Memorial, 709 Catherine Street

Free parking available

Free of charge

Registration (and commitment) required!

The Bartol Foundation’s three-part workshop is being combined into a full-day Boot Camp:

#1 Creating Your Personal Brand

• Define what you are offering
• Articulate your mission as a teaching artist
• Outline a clear resume of your experience
• Define your "signature" programs
• Develop your Teaching Artist Packet

#2 Negotiating the Gig ~ led by Andrew Simonet, founder of Artists U, a career/life planning program for artists

• What is your time worth?
• What are the things you must have to provide a successful program?
• Where are you willing to compromise?
• Where’s the sink?
• Tools and templates for setting fees, defining roles and diplomatically negotiating

#3 Creating Your Marketing Plan

• Explore the components of a marketing plan – the 4 Ps
• Product
• Price
• Place
• Promotion.
• Tie in components of previous sessions
• Know your product(s)
• Understand the need for multiple price points
• Where do audiences exist?
• What specific tactics can you can employ to reach them?
• Websites
• Blogs
• Social media*
• Press releases
• Events
• The toolkit will include
• A sample marketing plan
• A sample press release
• A sample media planner
• A sample budget
• Links to relevant blogging and social media sites.

You must agree to attend for the entire day. But, hey--it's FREE and it's jam packed with great information! Did I mention it's FREE?! And jam packed with great information?!

To register, click here.

*Social Media? Yes, social media! Check out Artful Aging's posts about Facebook and Social Media:

• OK, Class, Let's Review Facebook . . .
• Facebook 4-5-6... Take Notes!
• 10 Really, Really Good Reasons to Care About Social Media
• When it comes to social media, IS ignorance bliss? Take Notes!
• 10 Out of 100 Thoughts on Social Media

Day 89 - Boot camp

Photo by tsheko

Experience Aging through Art at the ASA East Coast Conference here in Philadelphia

Creative Arts & Aging Network
is presenting

"Creative Connections: Experience Aging through Art."

at the American Society on Aging's (ASA)
East Coast Conference on Aging

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

at the
Philadelphia Corporation for Aging 

642 North Broad Street (Broad and Wallace Streets)

Center City Philadelphia.

This September ASA, in collaboration with the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, is offering cutting-edge programs and continuing education for professionals who work with older adults. And Creative Arts & Aging Network will be there! “Creative Connections: Experiencing Aging through Art,” will feature two sessions:
Morning Session:* Experiencing Aging through Art Part I (9:30-12:30)
The morning intensive is designed to help staff working in the aging field find and develop the resources necessary to implement arts programming for older adults. A panel of arts, humanities and local professionals will discuss the opportunities available that provide professional arts programming and/or funding.
Afternoon Session:* Experiencing Aging through Art Part II (1:30-4:30)
During the afternoon intensive, professional teaching artists (experienced working with older adults) will explore the opportunities for to artists to bring creativity to aging services The need for older adults to nurture creative expression and find meaning through the arts will be explored from the vantage point of  artists as teachers. Adaptations for well elders will be the focus, but frail elders, and elders with dementia will be discussed as well. Workshop participants will also engage in a hands-on sensitivity learning activity focused on what it may be like to have diminished senses as part of the natural aging process.

Early Registration (Paid registration received on or before August 31, 2010)
Half-Day:  $70 each (Members) or $85 each (Non-Members)
Full-Day (includes box lunch):  $150 each (Members) or $170 each (Non-Members)

Late/On-site Registration (Paid registration received on or after September 1, 2010 and for on-site registrants, Last day for online registration is Sept 10, 2010 Midnight EST)
Half-Day: $85 each (Members) or $100 each (Non-Members)

*Yes, we know. The Conference Brochure (p. 13) lists our morning program as the teaching artists session and our afternoon program as the arts and humanties professionals panel. However, the session times ARE as listed above. What would a conference be without just a little confusion?!

5 Quick Reads About Art and Aging...

Art and Aging...are the very core of CAAN.

As you spend these last days of December reviewing 2009
and begin thinking about what 2010 may hold for you,
here are 5 interesting articles to read...

1. For some Aging accomplishments, read CAAN Board Member Judith Zausner's blog post about When Creative Success Comes Later in Life.
2. Intersted in Aging creatively? Read about Ellen McGowan, an 85 year old sculptor here.
3. About teaching Art...have you ever thought of compiling a Teaching Artist's Wish List? The Association of Teaching Artists has one here. Take a look and share your thoughts on it.
4. Worried about your Art income--that you are the only teaching artist who is struggling? Read this New York Times article and know that you are not alone.
5. Work on improving your 2010 Art income now! Go to Alyson B Stanfield's ArtBizBlog and read Art Marketing Action: Hone Your Artist Statement.

Happy Holidays and Be Creative!

Art
Photo by eqqman