The Crockett County Office on Aging Center for the Elderly is offering a wide range of art classes for seniors to explore their creative potential. From visual arts and jewelry making to music and theater, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved. Metro Parks Visual Arts is providing popular and affordable painting and ceramics classes at three locations in Nashville. The Tennessee Arts Commission is also encouraging requests for funding through various grant opportunities for creative aging projects.
All programs, services, and facilities sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission are fully accessible to all artists and citizens of Tennessee. The advanced sequence of four semesters of study and seminar for students pursuing a degree in Painting and Drawing culminates in the final year's thesis exhibition. As part of the project, final year students will tell their stories through interpretation, writing, or visual arts. Near the end of the project, they will contact young people in schools to share their stories. The historical development of art, formal elements, design principles, and important technical factors in the production of works will be emphasized. The Tennessee Arts Commission reserves the right to deny any request if the proposed activity is outside the scope or spirit of the agency's mission or the purpose of this grant program.
Projects not eligible for the Creative Aging Scholarship category include operational support to arts organizations or currently funded artistic programming, marketing and promotion materials, and the standard funding restrictions of the Tennessee Arts Commission. Lesson plans developed for the project may be included in the Tennessee Arts Commission's online lesson plan database. Through presentations, debates, excursions, readings, and writing, this class will impart a greater understanding of the history and contemporary issues of photography, film, video, performing arts, installation, sound, the web, and electronic art. This activity is possible thanks to a grant granted by the National Assembly of State Art Agencies in partnership with E. Development of sculptural works in relation to expanded concepts of place and context is also encouraged. Older people can participate in the project by helping to design, collect materials, and build sculptures together with young people in the community.
Periodically, the Tennessee Arts Commission will request that photographs be submitted for various purposes. Practical experience in a professional environment provides individuals with a supervised opportunity to work in an art-related agency. The Crockett County Office on Aging Center for the Elderly provides seniors with an opportunity to explore their creative potential through art classes. Metro Parks Visual Arts offers painting and ceramics classes at three locations in Nashville while The Tennessee Arts Commission provides grant opportunities for creative aging projects. Through presentations, debates, excursions, readings, and writing this class will impart a greater understanding of photography, film, video, performing arts, installation, sound, web and electronic art.
Older people can participate by helping to design, collect materials and build sculptures together with young people in the community. Practical experience in a professional environment provides individuals with a supervised opportunity to work in an art-related agency.
