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We received an interesting request from an artist in the UK, Jos Forester-Melville, who works on the HenPower Project at Equal Arts. HenPower encourages “older people to care for chickens. They then facilitate arts sessions using the chickens as a stimulus eg, art, film making, movement, photography etc.” HenPower is a project of Equal Arts which aims to “improve older people’s access to the arts.”
She is interested in learning about Seniors Arts initiatives in Canada and learning “how care staff can be supported to engage in the delivery of arts-based activities, developing practical approaches to encourage the improvement of health and well-being for older people.”
If you are aware of any arts organizations/arts and health initiatives/artists working with seniors or if you know of care farms within Canada, please send us an email at info@artbridges.ca or email Jos at jos@henpower.org!
Please visit HenPower’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/
Let’s take this opportunity to highlight some amazing community-engaged arts initiatives in Canada that work with seniors!:
- Arts Health Network Canada (National, based in Vancouver).
- Arts + Seniors Health Project in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Blue Print for Life based in Ottawa, working in Northern Québec, across the Territories, and many other regions.
- Eglinton Hill Centre/St. Clair West Services for Seniors in Toronto, Ontario.
- Learning Elders Arts Program in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
- Scarborough Arts’ “Seniors Write Program“ in Toronto, Ontario.
-Lisa, ArtBridges
photos and video posted with permission from Jos, HenPower
