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Arts for older people in Hull’s City of Culture year

Lucy Lyon (Hull 2017: UK City of Culture) looks back at a year of activities and events for older people in the city in 2017

Postcard from Korea: creative approaches to providing arts for a rapidly ageing society

David Cutler reports from a British Council conference and exchange trip to see how the Koreans are approaching delivering high-quality arts to their older population.

14 December 2017

Reflecting on the Elixir Festival – celebrating lifelong creativity at Sadler’s Wells

Alistair Spalding, Sadler's Wells

Alistair Spalding CBE, Artistic Director and Chief Executive, Sadler’s Wells, on what Sadler's Wells offers to the over-60s, including the Elixir Festival supported by the Baring Foundation.

22 November 2017

FabLab Belfast brings digital techniques, tea and community to older residents

Adam Wallace & Kerrie Hanna

The Digital Makers Collective run by FabLab in Belfast is bringing digital manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing to older artists and residents.

15 November 2017

What a difference a song makes: the Choir in Every Care Home project

This project's work at Nightingale House in London shows the life and health-enhancing benefits of communal singing for older people living in residential care.

8 November 2017

A feast of creative ageing

David Cutler reflects on the growth and popularity of creative ageing festivals, from the national to the local and across art forms.

26 October 2017

Late opening – does the wealth of creative ageing projects in Scotland augur a cultural change?

Andrew Eaton-Lewis

Andrew Eaton-Lewis was commissioned by Luminate - Scotland's Creative Ageing Festival to document some of the excellent creative ageing projects happening across Scotland.

11 October 2017

Postcard from Finland: the old couple

On the wonderful creative and cultural opportunities for older people in Finland at the start of its first creative ageing festival, Armas.

27 September 2017

How can high quality arts in care homes can become the norm and not the noble exception?

A version of a speech delivered to a conference held by Nottingham City Council and the Imagine programme on 6 September 2017.

27 September 2017

The role of local authorities and creative ageing

David Cutler introduces a new report on the contribution local authorities can make to ensuring that older people can age as creatively as they deserve.