SPRING 2006
Aging and the Arts

OUR GUEST EDITOR: Susan Perlstein Creative Expression and Quality of Life: A Vital Relationship for Elders Introduction By Susan Perlstein Research on Creativity and Aging: The Positive Impact of the Arts on Health and Illness The first national longitudinal study. By Gene D. Cohen CREATIVITY, ARTS, AND HEALTHCARE Arts in Dementia Care: 'This is not the end...it's the end of this chapter.' Success where rational language and factual memory have failed. By Anne Davis Basting Personal Archives: Why Professional Artists Work with Elders One man's conversation with his grandmother By Jaime Permuth Promoting Self-Expression Through Art Therapy So elders can recognize the strengths they have. By Raquel Chapin Stephenson Creativity and Coping in Later Life Pathways to managing pain. By Pamela Braverman Schmidt ARTS AND VITAL AGING The Grand Generation: Folklore and the Culture of Aging Rethinking memory, tradition, and age. By Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Mary Hufford, Marjorie Hunt, and Steve Zeitlin Building Intergenerational Bonds Through the Arts A powerful medium. By Renya Larson POLICY, ARTS, AND AGING Focus on Creativity and Aging in the United States Recommendations to policy makers on arts in healthcare and on lifelong learning and community By Gay Hanna
		As the Pendulum Swings: A Historical Review of the Politics and Policies of the Arts and Aging Public support for the arts has remained high. Where is the money? By Janice Blanchard PROGRAMS Elders Share the Arts: Transforming Memory into Art By Carolyn Zablotny Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts By Jeff Chapline Stagebridge: The Magic of Theater with Real Older Actors By Stuart Kandell Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: Superheroes and Everyday Dancers By John Borstel

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