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Creativity and the Elder Artist

Creativity and the Elder Artist

Creativity and the Elder Artist

Art | The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center | College of Arts and Humanities | David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora | School of Music Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Join panelists as they discuss the aging process and creative activities of brains and bodies in this Creative Dialogue.

CREATIVITY AND THE ELDER ARTIST

Featuring:

Rinde Eckert, writer, composer, librettist, musician, performer and directorDavid Driskell, UMD Professor Emeritus of ArtSharon Simson, UMD Research Professor, Center on Aging and Department of Health Services AdministrationA.B. Spellman, poetKojo Nnamdi, moderator

Numerous studies reveal that older adults who engage in creative activities can slow down the aging process by maximizing the use of their brains and bodies.

Join Rinde Eckert, creator of And God Created Great Whales, as he talks about the process of making a work about an artist who is slowly losing his memory while continuing to write music.

Other panelists include octogenarian visual artist David C. Driskell, poet A.B. Spellman and Sharon Simson, associate director of UMD's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Rinde Eckert most recently appeared at the Center with eighth blackbird and Steve Mackey in Slide (2009-2010).

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Join panelists as they discuss the aging process and creative activities of brains and bodies in this Creative Dialogue.

CREATIVITY AND THE ELDER ARTIST

Featuring:

Rinde Eckert, writer, composer, librettist, musician, performer and directorDavid Driskell, UMD Professor Emeritus of ArtSharon Simson, UMD Research Professor, Center on Aging and Department of Health Services AdministrationA.B. Spellman, poetKojo Nnamdi, moderator

Numerous studies reveal that older adults who engage in creative activities can slow down the aging process by maximizing the use of their brains and bodies.

Join Rinde Eckert, creator of And God Created Great Whales, as he talks about the process of making a work about an artist who is slowly losing his memory while continuing to write music.

Other panelists include octogenarian visual artist David C. Driskell, poet A.B. Spellman and Sharon Simson, associate director of UMD's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

Rinde Eckert most recently appeared at the Center with eighth blackbird and Steve Mackey in Slide (2009-2010).

Click here for additional information.