Vendor Training

For Maryland organizations looking to host Creative Aging programming

Organizations can send one (1) representative.

Upon successful completion, vendors will:

·       Receive a $1,500 grant for a Creative Aging residency

·       Be featured in the Maryland Creative Aging Directory

·       Be invited to attend the Creative Aging Provider Showcase in February 2022

Training Goals

This 6-hour training will take a cohort of creative aging vendors through the Lifetime Arts Creative Aging Foundations course. Topics include:

  • Current research on arts and aging

  • Inherent biases about aging

  • Best practices in the field

  • What’s different about adult learning

  • How to apply K-12 arts ed expertise to 55+

  • How to develop responsive programming that is inclusive, diverse, and equitable

  • The planning, implementation, and sustainability of successful programming

  • Developing impactful cross-sector and community partnerships

  • How to deliver both in-person and remote programming

Successful completion of the Creative Aging Vendor Training attendance at the three sessions. Grants will be awarded to all vendors upon successful completion.

Grant details: Vendors will be required to submit a budget and overview of the project for approval by the Maryland State Department of Education. Once approved, vendors and artists can proceed. Once work is completed, vendors will share an artifact from the project and complete a brief evaluation survey. Then payment will be distributed. All funds must be liquidated by June 30, 2022.

 

Creative Aging Arts Vendor Cohort A
Virtual Fall 2021/Winter 2022 cohort Dates/Times
Three-day course:
January 18, 19 & 20, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

 **Registration Opens November 1, 2021 and closes on December 17, 2021 at 12:00 p.m.
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