Author Archives: EngAGE Editor

EngAGE25 Celebration: Creating Crafts and Community for Mother’s Day

EngAGE marks important holidays like Mother’s Day with inclusive activities and celebrations. In this case, residents at several communities created special projects to honor mothers and those serving as mothers! Here’s an example of residents at The Remi enjoying “Let’s … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Intergenerational Connections

EngAGE believes in the value of intergenerational connections. Five years ago, we had the opportunity to collaborate with Getty Unshuttered, a teen photography program of the J. Paul Getty Museum, inspired by Genesis Motor America. Mimi, one of thousands of … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Crafting Creativity

Over the years, our arts programming has always been eclectic, embracing music (vocal and instrumental performance and music appreciation), writing (including poetry and screenwriting), acting (including improv), dance (including hip-hop), visual arts (including sculpture and painting), and crafts (including pottery, … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Burbank Senior Artists Colony Opens in 2005

Located just south of downtown Burbank, California, the Burbank Senior Artists Colony was a breakthrough senior housing model when it opened in 2005. EngAGE Founder Tim Carpenter and John Huskey of Meta Housing Corporation formed a partnership that brought the … Continue reading

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EngAGE25 Celebration: Art in Older Age

We thought it would be interesting to see what we posted about on this date ten years ago and discovered it was an article in ArtNews titled, “You Become Better with Age.” Here’s an observation from the article: “At what … Continue reading

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“Naturally EngAGEd” Contest Winner!

Congratulations to the winning community in our “Naturally EngAGEd” photo competition: ACE/121, our intergenerational arts community in Glendale, CA! The challenge for residents was to explore nature in their own neighborhoods. We received photographs ranging from expansive landscape views to … Continue reading

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Programming Highlights: Spring 2024

We hope you’ll enjoy these highlights from recent programming at our communities. ENGAGE CALIFORNIA Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: Resident artists collaborated with Working Artist/Instructor Trinh Mai to bring a visual art exhibit to the LBSAC gallery space. The exhibit … Continue reading

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