OPEN TO ALL GRADUATE
AND UPPER-LEVEL
:
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
SAVING THE LEGACY Fall 2012 – Spring 2013 www.creativeaging.org/artcart Information Sessions:
Friday, November 18 at 2pm
IONA Senior Services
4125 Albemarle St. NW
Washington, DC 20016
Saturday, November 19 at 10am
Katzen Arts Center, Room 128, American University
4400 Massachusetts Ave.
Washington, DC 20016
What is Art Cart?:
• will connect aging professional artists with
Art Cart is an intergenerational arts legacy project that
teams of graduate student fellows to undertake the preparation and documentation of their creative
work, offering both groups an educational experience
that will help shape the future of our cultural
legacy.
Why Art Cart?:
The recent study, Above Ground, revealed that artists are in many respects a model for society,
maintaining strong social networks and an astonishing resilience as they age. Yet 61% of
professional visual artists age 62+ have made no preparation for their work after their death; 95%
have not archived their work; 97% have no estate plan; 3 out of every 4 artists have no will and 1 in 5
have no documentation of their work at all. For more information, see www.creativeaging.org/rcac and
click on the 10-minute film.
Join Art Cart:
This two-semester project is designed for graduate student fellows in many disciplines including Arts
Administration, Art Education, Art History, Nursing, Oral History, Public Health, Public History and
Occupational Therapy. From fall 2012 through spring 2013, students from multiple universities in
Washington, D.C. will discuss issues of working with aging artists, will document their legacies in oral
and electronic form and will engage in new curriculum and practice which will be replicated in other
cities. Please email us at rcac@creativeaging.org to let us know which information session you would
like to attend to learn more:
November 18, 2pm at IONA Senior Services or November 19, 10am at American University.
Please RSVP by November 15 with an email to MarisaK.artcart@gmail.com
You can help. This is an invitation to be part of the solution.
This project is sponsored by The Research Center for Arts and Culture (RCAC), an affiliate of
The National Center for Creative Aging.