‘Artists & Elders’ Project Inspires Art and Friendship Across Generations

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🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Amid the isolation of shelter-in-place restrictions last year, three artists --Erika Chong Shuch, Rowena Richie and Ryan Tacata --responded by creating “Artists & Elders,” a project connecting artists with senior citizens to create and exchange art. Informed by Richie’s work with people with dementia, a disease which counts isolation as a risk factor, "Artists & Elders" sought to be a source of creative social engagement, fueled by imagination and pleasure. More than 80 artist-elder pairs around the world have joined the project, and participants share that even more impactful than the works of art have been the lasting bonds they’ve created. We hear from some of the project’s participants and reflect on the power of art and friendship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:59.0	Coming up on forum, amid the isolation of shelter and place restrictions last year, three
1:04.0	artists responded by creating artists and elders, a project connecting seniors with art makers to create new work.
1:12.6	More than 80 artist elder pairs around California and even the world have now joined the project.
1:19.6	Producing much more than moving works of art, they've created lasting intergenerational friendships.
1:25.6	We'll learn more after this news.
1:28.2	Join us. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. When shelter and place orders came down across California last year, beginning with seniors most vulnerable to a chaotic new coronavirus,
1:59.0	Erica Chongchuk, Rowena Richie, and Ryan Takata sprang
2:03.0	into action. They created the project, artists, and elders. And their mission, they say,
2:08.4	was simple. Connect elders with artists, while everyone was isolating, create and exchange art,
2:14.5	and inspire new forms of distant socializing. This hour will meet some of the more
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