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Creative Aging: Healing Through Art aging arteducation artprogramsforelders creativeaging elder elder artists elderhealth healthandwellness healthcareforelders olderadult olderadultartist sciencebased seniorartists Jul 13, 2022

What is creative aging?

In general, creative aging emphasizes the importance of nurturing creativity in older adults through meaningful engagement with the arts to produce a higher quality of life. In particular, creative aging programs, such as BREAM classes, aim to promote social engagement and...

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7 Creative Exercises for When You're Feeling Stuck artistic process artists artprocess bream creative growth daily creative elder artists inspiration play process sparkcreativity Jun 03, 2022

Feeling stuck? Try some of these simple exercises to free your imagination!

  1. Scribble freely on paper for 15-30 seconds. When complete, observe what forms you see take shape in the scribbles. Draw and color in those shapes to create a new composition.
  2. Or try the opposite - Start with color...
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Why We Welcome All Art Experience Levels art experience bream methodology elder artists meritocracy myth older adult artists outsider artist outsider artists seasoned artists Apr 21, 2022

Bream welcomes folks without art experience and seasoned artists to our platform. This is core to our platform, methodology and curricula.

“Outsider Artists”

Within art history, the term outsider artists is used for artists who are self-taught or supposedly naive artists with...

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