Creative for Life: Planning and Delivering Intergenerational Art Programmes

Authors: Jodie Davidson and Miles Openshaw
Source: Community Arts Education , pp 298-307
Publication Date: October 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789387346_26
Language: English

This chapter reflects on the approaches of and findings from an intergenerational arts programme commissioned as part of the Amana Living Arts Festival. Working with a not-for-profit provider of care services for people as they age, our project brought together a metropolitan nursing home and a local independent primary school, where participants shared stories through creativity. Using applied arts approaches over an eight-week period, the project brought together a group of twelve older people with twelve Year 5 and 6 students, demonstrating that community art programmes offer new ways to communicate, experiment and celebrate together.

Keywords: community art ; data evaluation ; intergenerational ; methodology ; process

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MacCallum, J. , Palmer, D. , Wright, P. , Cumming-Potvin, W. , Brooker, M. , & Tero, C. (2010). Australian perspectives: Community building through intergenerational exchange programs. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 8(2), 113–127. https://doi.org/10.1080/15350771003741899
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Mayo, S. , McAvinchey, C. , & O'Dair, C. (2012). Detail and daring research into the art and the craft of intergenerational work. Magicme.co.uk. https://magicme.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Magic-Mes-Detail-and-Daring-Report_lores.pdf
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