Click here to read David Silva’s article in the current issue of Life After 50, both in print and online. He reports about the benefits of the many creative programs offered by EngAGE at Burbank Senior Artists Colony and other EngAGE communities:
Participants discover the hidden artists within themselves through a broad array of fine arts classes, including drawing, painting, sculpting, mask-making and collage. They write, stage, direct and perform in plays, learn to dance and perform and sing in front of audiences, write movie scripts and produce short films.
EngAGE programs are based on a three-pronged approach to what Maureen Kellen-Taylor, the organization’s chief operating officer, describes as “successful aging.”
“We have a rubric that we use as a programming guide,” she says. “It’s based on successful aging. Some of the factors of successful aging are to be creative, to have a network of social relationships, to learn new things and to be physically active. Each of these is a subset of our three focuses. We focus on creativity, lifelong learning and community building.
That sums it up nicely!
