Episode 28, ACT 2: Ed & Maura - Art vs. Ageism: Rewiring Perceptions

Because we're committed to #KeepMakingArt in isolating times like these, we're comin' at you again with a brand new episode! We know the power of engagement through the arts in times of uncertainty, and so we’re committed to publishing new episodes of this podcast and stick to our mission. Our newest episode, Episode 28, Act 2: “Art vs. Ageism: Rewiring Perceptions,” continues the discussion with Maura O'Malley and Ed Friedman of Lifetime Arts. In this conversation, Courtney and her guests discuss the mission of Lifetime Arts, a New Rochelle-based entity that aims to “connect the people, funding, ideas and strategies necessary to increase the number and quality of professional arts programs for older adults." The biggest challenge to the arts education field, we have learned, is the exclusion of the folks in our society who have the most life experience from which to draw and, through that experience, create art! In this enlightening conversation, Courtney, Maura and Ed discuss topics like: changing the narrative around aging from a negative to a positive, strategies to combat ageism and the idea of “creative aging.”