FREE Online Class: Intro to Creative Aging for Teaching Artists

Image courtesy of Phoenix Art Museum. Photo by Airi Katsuta.

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Free Online Class: Introduction to Creative Aging for Teaching Artists

An Online Training with Tess Windt

Saturday | October 7, 2023 | 10 – 11:30 am AZ time

This online session for artists teaching in all media aims to provide an experiential, reflective and practical introduction to the role of teaching artists in the field of Creative Aging. This is an invitation to consider among peers how to translate your creative and teaching practices to new populations, new contexts and new perspectives.

Attendance at Heather Mulder’s talk is a pre-requisite for this session. Click here to sign up for her free, in-person presentation at Sedona Arts Center on October 3, 2023.

Materials list:

8.5/11″ sheets of paper – a few
18/24″ newsprint or similar
Variety of black and white mark-making materials: Charcoal, pencil, ball point pen, markers, ink/brush, black water-based paint of any kind/brush, conte, gesso, eraser, grease pencil…

Note: This class will be delivered via the Zoom online meeting platform. Be sure to have Zoom installed on your device before the day of the class. You will receive a Zoom meeting invitation via email before October 7th from Bernadette Carroll. If you don’t receive the email with the Zoom link, please contact Bernadette Carroll either via email or phone.

Tessa Windt has worked for over two decades at both the community and individual levels on such issues as aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, family caregiving, veterans and adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury. Tessa has designed and implemented results-oriented programs for older adults for more than a decade, using creative engagement to address the isolation that so often accompanies aging and increase long-term physical, social and emotional health and wellbeing. Tessa has facilitated groups and individuals aged 55 to 103, from active retirees to individuals facing physical and cognitive challenges and their family caregivers, in settings as broad as adult day centers, long-term care facilities, and arts venues. She has developed and implemented community-based programs that exemplify best practices in the field of Creative Aging, as well as moved the field forward as a mentor, professional development consultant and conference speaker and panelist.

Questions: Contact Bernadette Carroll, Sedona Arts Center COO,
602-618-9989 or email her at bernadette@sedonaartscenter.org

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Tess Windt

Tessa Windt has worked for over two decades at both the community and individual levels on such issues as aging, Alzheimer’s Disease, family caregiving, veterans and adolescent Traumatic Brain Injury. Tessa has designed and implemented results-oriented programs for older adults for more than a decade, using creative engagement to address the isolation that so often accompanies aging and increase long-term physical, social and emotional health and wellbeing. Tessa has facilitated groups and individuals aged 55 to 103, from active retirees to individuals facing physical and cognitive challenges and their family caregivers, in settings as broad as adult day centers, long-term care facilities, and arts venues. She has developed and implemented communitybased programs that exemplify best practices in the field of Creative Aging, as well as moved the field forward as a mentor, professional development consultant and conference speaker and panelist.

Materials list:

8.5/11″ sheets of paper – a few
18/24″ newsprint or similar
Variety of black and white mark-making materials: Charcoal, pencil, ball point pen, markers, ink/brush, black water-based paint of any kind/brush, conte,
gesso, eraser, grease pencil..

Cancellation Policy

Registration & Cancellation:

Each student must enroll individually.
Individuals may sign up online or by calling the Sedona Arts Center’s Office at 928-282-3809, ext 1.
Cancellation: Please contact Debbie Winslow at the phone number above or email debbie@sedonaartscenter.org to cancel your registration so we have an accurate count.