Connecting Through Creativity
Project Added: November 28, 2020
![A person sits smiling, holding a painting of themselves.](/sites/default/files/styles/project_database_node_header/public/projects/Connecting-Through-Creativity-scaled-uai-1032x1376%20-%20Serena%20Sela.jpg?itok=nn-pyfSy)
A participant holding a colored-in photo of herself
Arts for the Aging
Arts-and Intersections:
AgingCollaborators:
Location:
Rockville, MarylandRegion:
Genre/Discipline:
Visual artLarge Intended Impact Area:
Multi-State RegionFoundations:
Project Website:
https://aftaarts.org/programs/OVERVIEW
Using visual art, poetry, story and movement in various combinations, participants in Connecting Through Creativity use their imagination to learn about poets and artists while engaging in discussions, writing collaborative stories and poems, and making individual artworks.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
PROJECT EVALUATION
Data was collected from 633 multidisciplinary AFTA artist-led programs over a 12 month period in 2018 at 33 AFTA partner sites throughout Greater Washington DC. https://aftaarts.org/by-the-numbers/