A Story Montage
Click on the image to see the art created by our program participants.
Crown Point Community Library and Lifelong Arts Indiana
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Crown Point Community Library is proud to announce that we have received a $5,000 grant to host creative aging programming for older adults. We are one of 36 libraries to receive training and funding through Lifelong Arts Indiana, a program that promotes arts and creativity services for adults ages 65 and older. This activity is made possible by the Indiana Arts Commission in partnership with the Family and Social Services Administration.
The library will host A Story Montage taught by Indiana artist Jennifer Weinert. The program is free and invites participants, ages 55 and older, to create a unique multi-medium work of art expressing a personal experience, while they learn about and engage in the creative process through collage and assemblage techniques that inform their final piece.
The program will meet on Fridays from 10:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m. for six consecutive weeks beginning August 23. Registration opens August 5 and is for all six sessions.
Session #1: An Introduction to the Art and History of Collage & Assemblage
Session #2: Elements of Visual Art and Design
Session #3: Assembling Ideas
Session #4: Montage application
Session #5: Creative Solutions
Session #6: Presentation
About the Artist
Jennifer Weinert, a resident of Kewanna, Indiana and participant of the 2021 Lifelong Arts Indiana Cohort, has provided several creative aging workshops in partnership with service providers in Northern Indiana. As a trained and professional, multi-disciplined visual artist and storyteller, with over three decades of experience in arts programming, she uses her expertise alongside a process-oriented approach providing invitational and encouraging space for participants to express themselves fully, creatively and with confidence.
About Lifelong Arts Indiana
Lifelong Arts Indiana is a learning opportunity for aging services providers, arts organizations, and artists to develop their skills in providing creative experiences for older adults. The program is meant to empower participants to develop their own approach to sharing creative experiences with older adults, ages sixty-five and older, in their community— and provides access to the funds to help make it happen.
Lifelong Arts Indiana is split in three tracks, one for teaching artists, one for arts organizations, and one for aging services providers. See each of the following tabs for each program track.
About the Indiana Arts Commission
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) is an agency of state government that works directly with communities, creatives, and organizations to harness the power of creativity to strengthen Indiana. Through its programs and services, the IAC funds and supports arts experiences, arts education, and the arts economy to enhance the quality of life for Indiana’s people and places.
