1. 2015 Mountain West Arts Conference Utah Cultural Celebration Center May 2015 Ken Crossley Greg Finch

2. When I think of aging I imagine…

4. Honorees of the NCCA & DSM Beautiful Minds Campaign courtesy of DSM Nutritional Products Envision a world where all individuals flourish across their lifespan through creative expression… www.CreativeAging.org Winners of the 2014 Beautiful Minds Campaign presented by NCCA and DSM Nutritional Products

5. “Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns of established patterns in order to look at things in order to look at things Edward de Bono (Francis Charles Publius, Maltese psychologist and writer, 1933) in a different way.”

6.  Positive Emotion  Positive Engagement  Positive Relationships  Making of Meaning  Mastery Martin Seligman, Flourish Gene Cohen, The Creative Age Flourishing

7. Imagine your last arts infused moment…

8.  Physiological  Psychological  Sociological  Community  Generational  Economic  Regeneration & Healing  Dialogue & Collaboration Creative Engagement Impact

9. So… what exactly does creative aging look like?

10. EngAGE Los Angeles CA Placemaking & Community Engagement

11. Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes Lifelong Learning & Community

12. ESTA Elders Share the Arts Brooklyn NY Lifelong Learning & Community

13. Stagebridge Senior Theatre Oakland CA Lifelong Learning & Engagement

14. Arts & Healing @ the VA Washington DC Health, Wellness, & Resilience

15. Meet Me at MOMA New York NY Revisioned Institutional Engagement

16.  Alzheimer’s Poetry Project | Gary Glazner | Poetry  Kairos Alive! | Maria Genné | Dance  Opening Minds through Art | Elizabeth Lokon | Visual  Songwriting Works | Judith-Kate Friedman | Music  TimeSlips | Anne Basting |Storytelling Arts Infused Economies

17. And how shall we make our way?

18. Collaboration.

19. Utah large population of older adults, 8 th fastest aging state Vibrant artistic community Artist roster/teaching artists Strong history arts education programs Leading volunteer state in nation Utah Arts and Museum’s commitment Utah’s Assets for Creative Aging

20. Communities of Practice in Utah  Art Access | Salt Lake City  Community Theatre of Sun River | St. George  Elder Quest | Utah Valley University Orem  Encore Institute | Salt Lake Community College  Encore Creativity Chorale | Salt Lake City  Jean's Golden Girls | Provo  Live2Sing | St. George  New Horizon Orchestra | Logan, Midvale, Provo  Lifelong Learning and Osher Institute | University of Utah, Salt Lake City  Preparatory Music Program | University of Utah, Salt Lake City  Road Scholars | St. George  Senior Theatre Project by Walk-Ons | Salt Lake City  Utah Old Time Fiddlers & Country Music Association | Salt Lake City  Utah Pioneer Heritage Arts  Utah Symphony | Cadenza

21.  National Endowment for the Arts  National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)  National Center for Creative Aging To support and empower arts agencies in creating infrastructure designed to help people creatively flourish across their lifespan. Communities of Practice

22. Inaugural cohort of SAA's outlined three critical issues to be addressed moving forward:  Building partnerships  Assuring internal readiness  State Asset Mapping Critical Issues | Year 1

23.  State-specific action plans | Ongoing  Expand the scope of the Initiative to address future obstacles towards establishing robust creative aging programs | Ongoing  Engage in peer-to-peer mentoring | Ongoing  Participate in the 2015 White House Conference on Aging | MAY 18-19 2015 Washington DC Critical Issues | Year 2

24. Now… what is mine to do?

25. Immediate Resources  Utah Division of Arts and Museums  ENGAGE Utah Networks  NCCA State Arts Agency Communities of Practice  Research Center for Art and Culture  Directory of Creative Aging Programs in America  Online Artist Training in Arts and Aging  Technical Assistance and Capacity Building  Grantmakers Partnership Creativity, Aging & Health  Beautiful Minds Campaign changing the faces of aging in America  Creative Caregiving Initiative contributing to quality days  Creative Aging Professional Development Institute www.CreativeAging.org

26. The NCCA Creative Caregiving Initiative © Flourishing through the Art of Caregiving A pioneering web-based and community-shared creative resource for family and professional caregivers of adults who live with Alzheimer’s disease and related cognitive disorders.

27.  National and State Advocacy  2015 White House Conference on Aging  Professional Development Institute  Leadership Exchange  International Ambassadors  Collaborative Planning for 2016 NCCA International Conference in Washington DC THE CREATIVE AGE: Creativity and Aging in America The Practice, Research & Business of Creative Aging 2015 National Leadership Exchange and Conference Washington DC | Arena Stage | May 18-21

28. Honorees of the NCCA & DSM Beautiful Minds Campaign courtesy of DSM Nutritional Products Envision a world where all individuals flourish across their lifespan through creative expression… www.CreativeAging.org Winners of the 2014 Beautiful Minds Campaign presented by NCCA and DSM Nutritional Products

29. Helping Older Adults Stay Healthy: The Benefits of Participation in the Arts  To explain the research evidence that older adults’ participation in visual and performing arts programs results in improved health and well-being  To gain knowledge of available resources for delivering evidence-based arts programs to older adults

30. Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts (2010) “Impact of Arts Participation on Health Outcomes for Older Adults,” Melissa Castora-Binkley, Linda Noelker, Thomas Prohaska, & William Satariano. Published Literature Review Arts’ Impact on the Health of Older Adults

31.  2,205 articles identified using specific search terms (creative, health, promotion, art, program, aging, perform, participatory, well- being, and health)  Publication dates 1978 through 2009)  42 were retained for review  11 met inclusion criteria and were retained Results of the Literature Search of Scientific Journals

32.  One year of participation in a professionally led chorale group: participants reported better overall health, used fewer over-the-counter medications, had fewer falls, fewer physician visits, and higher morale and decreased loneliness scores than those in the comparison group  Six months of individualized piano instruction: older students had better scores on perceptual speed and memory tests than the control group Selected Findings

33.  15 weeks of jazz dance instruction: pre- and post-tests showed improved balance  8 sessions of theatrical training over 4 weeks: students rated higher on recall, recognition, and problem solving tests than those in comparison groups Selected Findings

34. Noice, Noice & Kramer (2013) Participatory Arts for Older Adults, Gerontologist (doi: 10.0193/geront/gnt138) Findings from 31 articles reviewed:  8 studies of dance (contemporary, ballroom, choreographed): improvement in posture, balance, reaction time, cognitive tests, gait speed, and general health  3 studies of expressive writing: decreased depression, improved self concept, processing speed, verbal learning, and attention Findings from a Recent Literature Review

35.  10 studies of music (piano playing, choirs, instrumentals): decreased depression and anxiety, higher nonverbal memory recall, greater cognitive flexibility, improved social and emotional well being, increased human growth hormone  7 studies of theatre: improved cognition, confidence, self esteem, and reported better health  3 studies of painting and pottery: improved mental and psycho-social health, reduced negative emotions, higher self esteem, and perceptions of life as more meaningful and enjoyable Selected Findings