PROGRESSIVE CONVERSATION: Designing for Equitable Access to Creative Aging at the State Level

2023 Creative Aging Institute
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
PROGRESSIVE CONVERSATION: Designing for Equitable Access to Creative Aging at the State Level
As public funders of the arts, state arts agencies have long played a role in facilitating equitable access to the arts, especially for communities with sparse infrastructure or historically limited access to resources. Hear from five state arts agencies on their approaches to designing and implementing creative aging programs that take into account older adults' multidimensional experiences of aging and solve for potential barriers to access in their unique state contexts.
Presenters: Anne Alston, Program Specialist, Nebraska Arts Council, Rebecca Cruse, Deputy Director, South Dakota Arts Council, Sheila Dean Ross, Program Officer, Arts Education and Accessibility, Delaware Division of the Arts, Stephanie Haines, Arts Education and Accessibility Program Manager, Indiana Arts Commission, Kim Johnson, Director of Arts Access, Tennessee Arts Commission, and Christine Leahy, Program Director, Arts Education and Literature, New York State Council on the Arts
Moderator: Susan Oetgen