The Arthur Guinness Foundation offers grants “to celebrate and reward the next chapter of Irish talent and creativity.” (Learn more here.) One proposed project would benefit EngAGE and our partner organization, Klawitter Theatre Group. Public voting helps determine which project will get funded. From EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter:
This project is a collaboration with our theater partners in Dublin (Klawitter Theatre Group) and would create an opportunity for our elder actor/writers to travel there to present on EngAGE programming, and perform monologues and music to theatre companies, other aging organizations, and residents and staff in care homes.
The Burbank Senior Artists Colony has been collaborating with this group by Skype-cast for a few years, creating across-the-pond comedy-dramatic productions such as “The Boyfriend,” a soap opera about an elder lothario practicing his wiles on older dames who stand no chance against his charms. Klawitter also brought a troupe to the states, performing 23 shows in partnership with us here. (Click here and scroll down for details.)
So please go to the Arthur Guinness Projects website below and vote for EngAGE in Creativity as many days as you feel like, through the August 23rd deadline, using this link:
https://www.arthurguinnessprojects.com/arts/engage-in-creativity
Thank you!
(Voting is free and anonymous, but you’ll be asked to verify your age before being taken to the project page to vote.)
