On February 7, 2020, Lifetime Arts, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging, and LiveOn New York convened NYC arts, senior service organizations, and city officials at the Ford Foundation in New York to celebrate Creative Aging in NYC and to share findings from the New York City Creative Aging Initiative.
Watch Convening Videos
In the link above, you’ll find a playlist of video clips showcasing the dance, dramatic, and spoken word performances featured during the event; short talks by invited speakers; a delivery of the findings and recommendations from the initiative; and insights into what makes Creative Aging programming so meaningful for the individuals it serves and the organizations and agencies that partner to deliver it.
Browse Speaker Photos
Melissa Aase, Executive Director, University Settlement 
Margaret Chin, NYC Council Member, District 1; Chair, Committee on Aging 
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez, Commissioner, NYC Department for the Aging 
Ruth Finkelstein, Rose Dobrof Executive Director, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College 
Kathleen Hughes, Acting Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs 
Maura O’Malley, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lifetime Arts
Browse Awardee Photos
Corey Johnson, Speaker, NYC Council, Creative Aging Innovator Award (Accepted by Walter D. Algarin) 
Margaret Chin, NYC Council Member, District 1; Chair, Committee on Aging, Creative Aging Innovator Award 
Excellence in Creative Aging Awardees left to right; Carolyn Clark, Naomi Goldberg-Haas, and Rhynna Santos 
Creative Aging Leadership Awardees left to right; Nikki Odlivak, Anya Herasme, Laura Marceca, and Lisette Sosa-Dickson
Browse Performance Photos
Dances for a Variable Population Performers 
Louise Duke, Storyteller 
Gloria King (front) and Jarahn Cosby (back), Acting Out Performers 
Viva Voce Chamber Ensemble Singers 
Participant Artwork from Greenwich House Art Show 
Participant Artwork from Greenwich House Art Show
Browse Creative Aging Influencers
Rachel Pardoe, Program Officer, Older Adults, People with Disabilities, Animal Welfare, New York Community Trust (Left) 
Freddie Gershon, CEO of Music Theater International (right) with wife, Myrna Gershon. 
Susan Burden, Brookdale Advisory Board and Bill Dionne, Executive Director, Carter Burden Network 
Left to right; Lauren Weisenfeld, Deputy Director; Julio Urbino, Vice President and Director, Healthy Aging Program, Fan Fox Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; and Maura O’Malley, Co-founder and Executive Officer, Lifetime Arts 
Michelle Bay, Program Officer, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund; and David Levinthal, Founding Teacher/Program Director, Dance for PD 
Gay Young, Vice President, Donor Services, NYCT 
John Leland, New York Times and Ruth Finkelstein, Rose Dobrof Executive Director, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging at Hunter College 
Brian Glover, Deputy Director of Grants and Programs, Bronx Council on the Arts and Shannon McDonough, Deputy Director, Lifetime Arts