Co-creativity and Dementia: a development day for artists.
In recent years, use of the term co-creativity seems to be steadily growing – this despite the fact that it …
Category Archives: The Arts
Creative Ageing Practice: Hear and Now
In the first of the BSG Creative Ageing SIG’s series on creative ageing in practice, Stuart Bruce (Senior Creative Producer …
Introducing the BSG Creative Ageing SIG steering group – Interview with Dr Robyn Dowlen, Vice Chair
In the run up to the BSG 2019 conference, where the BSG Creative Ageing SIG will run their inaugural symposium, …
Introducing Karen Gray – BSG Creative Ageing SIG secretary
In the run up to the BSG 2019 conference, where the Creative Ageing SIG will run our inaugural symposium, we …
Interview with Emily Bradfield – BSG Creative Ageing SIG Chair
In the run up to the BSG 2019 conference, where the BSG Creative Ageing SIG will run their inaugural symposium, …
#TalkCreativeAgeing Research Seminar Series 18/19
The University of Derby’s Creative Ageing Research Cluster (Arts & Health Centre of Excellence) has been running since 2016 . …
Dress, age and men
Dress, age and men – not subjects that have an obvious affinity. But I think they reveal important things about …
Final reminder: Abstract deadline (24th January) for the 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology, Manchester, 4th – 6th July 2018
Present a paper, poster or symposium at the 47th Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology in Manchester, UK, 4th …
BSG Conference 2017: Thoughts on the arts, care and dementia
A good conference can help you re-assess your own work. Perhaps not in an extreme way. Perhaps more as if …
Everyman Theatre’s ‘Do Not Go Gentle’
At Chapter Arts Centre on 17 May 2017 Louise Osborn facilitated an intense and rewarding three hour session addressing dementia.
This blog reflects on excerpts of the Do Not Go Gentle play performed by Everyman Theatre and which was combined with workshops and discussions with a group of attendees.
This blog explores three ideas: (1) the power of the arts to explore complicated social issues such as dementia; (2) understanding that generation groups experience society differently and (3) that we need to engage more deeply with the politics of care.
