Break out session on Arts and older people in care which was part of the Cultural Commissioning National Seminar in London on the 6th June 2014. Find out more about Cultural Commissioning Programme. http://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/public-services/cultural-commissioning-programme

1. Imagine
Arts and older people in care

22. Kate Organ from the Barings Foundation wrote:Kate Organ from the Barings Foundation wrote:
““Artistic expression can particularly explore and Artistic expression can particularly explore and
challenge stereotypes and assumptions, challenge stereotypes and assumptions,
revealing the glorious complexities of getting revealing the glorious complexities of getting
through life. Older peoplethrough life. Older people’’s perspectives, as s perspectives, as
they create new works of art, bring a wealth of they create new works of art, bring a wealth of
possibilities of subjects, forms and contexts that possibilities of subjects, forms and contexts that
can enrich the cultural offer for very many can enrich the cultural offer for very many
peoplepeople””..

23. “Man does not cease to play because he
grows old; man grows old because he
ceases to play.”
George Bernard Shaw