Staying Gold: How a group of university students created intergenerational connections through art museum programming and community collaboration

Authors

Eli Burke, University of ArizonaFollow
Carissa DiCindio Ph.D, University of ArizonaFollow

Abstract

In this article, we examine ways in which an intergenerational art program, Stay Gold, helped build relationships between queer youth and elders in an art museum to combat loneliness, isolation, and disconnection. This museum program was initially designed by university students in a graduate art education course to help form connections between queer youth and elders through art-making, sharing stories, and conversations about art. Participants play a large role in shaping the direction of the program, and the program continues to grow and evolve to include more opportunities for collaboration between youth and elders through group projects and dialogue. Although this is not a formal study with IRB approval, the participants mentioned here are all over the age of 18 and gave written permission to use their words and art in the article.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25889/tfh2-jp45

Rights

© The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Recommended Citation

Burke, Eli and DiCindio, Carissa Ph.D (2019) "Staying Gold: How a group of university students created intergenerational connections through art museum programming and community collaboration," International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education: Vol. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol2/iss1/7