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How art supports healthy aging
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Art can help us reframe our perspective on aging and learn to view it as a gift.
The Arts & Health: Healthy Aging Through the Arts project creates collaborative spaces where seniors and Indigenous Elders work with artists to explore different art media.
Arts & Health is a Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation project, in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, and local organizations.
The project was founded 20 years ago and was influenced by Dr. Gene Cohen’s research on creative aging, the use of art-based learning and community-building to promote healthy aging in seniors.
Liffmann shared a testimonial from one of the participants: “Arts & Health brings out our happiness and sadness.