Please join us to celebrate the fine work of our talented resident artists!
This event is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and by Meta Housing Corporation.
~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director
The Eisner Foundation announced today that it would award $925,000 through eight grants in the second quarter of 2018. These grants follow last week’s release of a new Eisner Foundation/Generations United report on intergenerational shared sites, which demonstrated the large benefits of and need for sites that bring old and young together on a consistent basis. Two such sites, EngAGE and ONEgeneration, are among this quarter’s grantees.
EngAGE received $150,000 in program support to improve quality of life programs for more than 750 children and 750 low-income seniors through intergenerational arts and mentoring collaborations between affordable senior housing residents and schools in Southern California.
“We’re pleased to see high-quality intergenerational work happening in L.A. County,” said Trent Stamp, CEO of The Eisner Foundation. “Our recent report shows that intergenerational programs, especially shared sites, are both needed and wanted in communities across the country.”
EngAGE thanks The Eisner Foundation for its generosity!
Vermont Family Apartments
Technology users of all ages appreciate the opportunity to learn more about computers, tablets, smart phones, and anything else tech-related at our Technology Classes.
The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments
The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments
The Metro at Hollywood Senior Apartments
~ Sandra Vargas, Program Director
Pac Arts in San Pedro, CA, hosted the closing reception of Novel Concepts, a solo exhibition by resident artist, Regina Argentin. The First Thursday Arts Walk tour group visited us for the event, including author Jim Krusoe (The Sleep Garden) who resides in San Pedro. The kids from the Art Makers class surprised Regina with their own collaborative mural, commemorating the novel concept of this show.
Regina Argentin, left with Art Makers mural; Jim Krusoe, center right
Regina with EngAGE Program Director Helene Weinberg, left; Regina chats with visitors, right.
~ Helene Weinberg, Program Director
Residents of Magnolia at 9th Senior Apartments in San Bernardino, CA continue to incorporate yoga and meditation in their daily routine.
Yoga has been shown to:
Yoga Provides Physical Benefits for Seniors – AgingCare.com
~ Alma Wright, Program Director
New Medicare cards are in the mail now to residents of California, Oregon, and several other locations. You may have received yours already. The purpose of the new cards is to replace your Social Security number identifier with something different in order to help prevent identity fraud.
Remember: Medicare will never call you uninvited and ask you to give personal or private information to get your new Medicare Number and card.
Click here to go to Medicare.gov and get details about the new cards as well as other important information. You can sign up for an account, too, if you haven’t already done so. Stay informed, stay safe!
Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:30 PM PDT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations! Experience Talks is produced by the non-profit EngAGE, Inc.
Miss the show? You can always hear it as a podcast on our website! You’ll also find an archive-in-progress of all of our previous shows there for you to enjoy. New shows are usually posted within 48 hours after broadcast.
Stanley Rosenberg has been a pioneer in the field of body-mind therapies. He was one of the first cranio-sacral therapists, the first therapist trained as a Rolfer in Denmark, and he has trained with some of the greatest osteopaths and energy practitioners of the last fifty years. He has also developed his own unique methods of face-lifting massage, breath training, and acting. He developed applications of the Polyvagal Theory, and has taught with Stephen Porges in Denmark and the USA. He will be taking precious time away from his professional work at the Stanley Rosenberg Institute in Denmark to be with us. His book is entitled, Accesing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism.
Thor Philipsen has a BA in psychomotricity therapy, which is a practical method of applying psychological theories and the understanding of the physiology of the nervous system into therapeutic group exercises/movements/games and hands-on therapy. He wrote his thesis on the Polyvagal Theory in relation to an approach in the treatment of autism. He has practiced and taught martial arts for 30+ years. Twenty years ago he began learning massage and traditional herbal medicine. His journey took him to the Stanley Rosenberg Institute, where he studied with Stanley and his guest teachers for 17 years. He says, “I have had the pleasure of having Stanley as my mentor for almost half my life.” In the last few years, he studied at the European School of Osteopathy and has been a guest teacher several times at the SriSri University in Cuttac, India, conducting the M.Sc. education in osteopathy. He has also taught yoga for the Art of Living Foundation for more
than a decade and has been doing hands-on work with autistic kids at a municipal foster home.
Stanley Rosenberg and Thor Philipsen will be in the Los Angeles area, and in North Carolina, teaching the science and application of Polyvagal Theory. The workshop is called ACCESSING THE HEALING POWER OF THE VAGUS NERVE. They will be joined by Judith Johnson in the Los Angeles area on June 21st – 25th, and in Asheville, June 28th – July 2nd. Workshop information here. Email: judithajohnson@mac.com
