Art Education for Older Adults: Rationale, Issues and Strategies

Authors

Melanie G. Davenport, Georgia State UniversityFollow
Pamela H. Lawton, Maryland Institute College of ArtFollow
Marjorie Manifold, Indiana University, BloomingtonFollow

Abstract

The authors assert that not only can older adults benefit from engaging in art education, but that art education can benefit from engaging with older adults.

Rationale, issues and strategies of facilitating art education for older adults is described through several vignettes.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25889/6je7-jd90

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

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Recommended Citation

Davenport, Melanie G.; Lawton, Pamela H.; and Manifold, Marjorie (2020) "Art Education for Older Adults: Rationale, Issues and Strategies," International Journal of Lifelong Learning in Art Education: Vol. 3, Article 7.
Available at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/ijllae/vol3/iss1/7