Specialty Hospital - Crafts

Arts Learning Opportunities for Seniors

ArtStream offers arts learning opportunities specifically tailored for senior populations.  Classes are designed to fit your needs.  

Want to bring creative expression to your community? Contact Ermyn King at e.king@art-stream.org.

We offer dynamic arts sessions tailored to the needs of your community!

Creative for Life Arts Learning Workshops

Specialty Hospital of Washington and Capitol Hill Nursing Center

Since May 2010, ArtStream has offered hands-on, multi-arts sessions for the Specialty Hospital of Washington and Capitol Hil Nursing Center. Nursing Center residents engage in arts learning in such disciplines as music, dance and movement, visual arts, drama and puppetry, while strengthening social connections.

Creative for Life was included in the NCCA's Directory of Creative Aging in America »

 view photos from a Creative for Life session in December 2011 

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St. Paul's Prime-Time Players

St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Washington, DC

ArtStream offers bi-monthly workshops in music and movement. We are happy to lead these spritely senior citizens at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Washington, DC.

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59 Minutes 

ArtStream NC's improv comedy tour for seniors

59 Minutes explores the personal stories of audience members through improv comedy.  Audience members are asked to share a memory with the group and then they get to see it improvised onstage!

Contact Sally at s.kinka@art-stream.org if you are interested in bringing 59 Minutes and ArtStream NC to your senior community!

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Past Partners

Interactive Life Stories – Senior Drama Class

Spring 2010 at Reston Community Center, Hunter Woods

Spirited class for Seniors (55 and older) that focuses on the basics of improvisation and character development through life experiences and will allow the participants to grow creatively through a range of dramatic forms. 

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