Interesting Article on Creativity & Aging

Studies Suggest There's An Art to Getting Older
Creative Activity May Have Health Benefits

By Beth Baker
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday, March 11, 2008; Page HE01

In the Greenbelt Community Center, 25 elders sit in a circle, watching professional storyteller Candace Wolf. She moves around the circle, smiling, giving someone's shoulder a gentle squeeze, making eye contact. The artist, on the faculty of the nonprofit Bethesda-based Arts for the Aging (AFTA), enlists the group's help in creating a story, based on a silly photo she has passed around of a stocky older couple arm-wrestling...Before long, a narrative has been spun, with threads offered by participants...

Read the full article recently featured in The Washington Post that highlights the NCCA, our new Toolkit, and our work to promote creativity among older adults.