Creative Age

Inspiring Older Adults!

Creative Age programs offer adults 55 and older participatory, professionally-run programming with a focus on new skills development and social connections with others who have similar interests.

Creative Age programs are unique because they embrace older adults as researchers, content creators, instructors and learners.

This Creative Age Series is funded by the New Horizons for Seniors federal grants and contributions program. It provides funding for projects that make a difference in the lives of seniors and in their communities.

Summer 2023 Programming

Let Music Be Your Creative Place

June 29, 2-4pm Wolf Performance Hall

Join accomplished vocalist Denise Pelley as she shares her insights on the importance of creativity in our lives as we age, and how music can help us through difficult times. Reception to follow.

Creative Age Summer 2023

DROP IN PROGRAMS

Music with Dunphy Smith
June 1

10am-12pm, Byron Branch Library
2 - 4pm, Masonville Branch Library
Join Tara Dunphy and Larry Smith for a musical morning or afternoon with some of your favourite sing along hits!

London Visual Artist, Tricia Edgar
June 2, 2-4pm Bostwick Branch Library
Listen and learn with London Studio Artist, Tricia as she shares her art and passion for colour, expression and love of painting.

A Voice for Ages
June 8, 10am-12pm Landon Branch Library
Sustaining a vibrant voice through illness and aging for singing, speaking and expressing all we have to share.

Flamenco Art, Culture and Dance

Flamenco Art, Culture and Dance

June 9, 3-5pm Beacock Branch Library
Experience and participate in the songs, dances, and musical instruments of Flamenco.

Fun with Ukuleles!
June 15, 10am-12pm Masonville Branch Library
Join the Southern Ontario Ukulele Players for a morning of music making! Come and sing along, bring your own instrument or just enjoy the music!

Introduction to Working with Paper as an Art Form
June 16, 2-4pm
Jalna Branch Library
Edward DeMarsh will share the history and contemporary applications of paper art and show you how to create your own paper art.

Guitar Through the Ages
June 22, 10am-12pm Sherwood Branch Library
Listen and learn beautiful music with classical guitarist, Kevin Love.

Mime with Dan

June 23, 2-4pm Crouch Branch Library
Dan will perform and then lead you on an educational discovery of this performance technique.

Let Music Be Your Creative Place
June 29, 2-4pm Wolf Performance Hall
Join accomplished vocalist Denise Pelley as she shares her insights on the importance of creativity in our lives as we age, and how music can help us through difficult times. Reception to follow.

Registered Workshops

Group Mural Painting
May 23, 24, 25, 1-3pm Landon Branch Library
Join local artist Kathy Smith to create a mural on canvas panels with water-based paints. All skill levels are welcome.

Sharing Our Life Stories
July 11, 18, 25, 1-3pm Byron Branch Library
Creative writers of all backgrounds and levels are welcome. Taylor Marie Graham will guide the group through writing exercises catered to the group’s interests. The goal of these sessions is to foster community and work those writing muscles, finding the vital stories that live in us all.

Community Singing, Music and Meditation
August 10, 17, 24, 10-11:30am Masonville Branch Library
Join multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Lucas Tensen for a morning of devotional songs and sound rituals that help us build resilience, release grief, and experience joy! There will be opportunities to try user-friendly instruments in community with others.