Checklist: Barriers to Artistic Engagement
To help turn knowledge into action, we’ve created this checklist based on what they said. This is not an exhaustive list, but it’s intended to help you and your team think about ways that older adults can feel included (or excluded) in how you develop, advertise, and run your arts and cultural programs.
We can research: The time and tools it takes to ask seniors how you’re doing
When you ask ten people what their favourite colour is and four say blue, that’s something you can put in a chart. If you asked ten people to describe the last time they felt proud of something they’d created themselves, how would you chart that?
Art on Zoom, Step-by-Step
Five Essential Lessons
We’d like to share five key findings from this research and our recommendations to artist-run centres and other cultural organizations that seek to serve older adults.
Arts Experience and Needs Survey
Arts Experience and Needs Survey direct[message] Research Team — October 2023 We had conversations with 30 older adults in three Ontario communities to understand their experience of arts and crafts, their preferences and goals around “artistic engagement”, and how their lives and social locations influence their interest in and the accessibility of the arts. If […]
