2026 Creative Aging Summit
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- Current: 2026 Creative Aging Summit
The Indiana Arts Commission is excited to announce the Lifelong Arts Indiana Creative Aging Summit. Please save the date for March 23, 2026 from 10AM to 5PM ET.
The Summit, in partnership with the UIndy Center for Aging and Community, will be hosted at the University of Indianapolis campus in Indianapolis. This free, one-day in-person learning opportunity will bring together aging service providers, libraries, arts organizations, artists, and experts on creative aging to support expansion of arts learning for older adults in Indiana based on the Lifelong Arts Indiana model.
Summit participants will learn about creative aging and its impacts, participate in artist demonstrations, and access tools to begin planning creative aging programs using the Lifelong Arts Indiana model.
More information to come along including the full Summit agenda and speakers in March 2026.
The full agenda is below:
| Time | Session and Details |
|---|---|
| 9:30 AM ET | Registration Opens |
| 10:00 AM ET | Welcome |
| 10:15 | Fireside Chat: Perspectives on Creative Aging Peggy Taylor, Lifelong Arts Indiana Artists Dr. Jon Kay, Associate Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology and Director of Traditional Arts Indiana, Indiana University |
| 11:00 AM ET | Movement Moment |
| 11:15 AM ET | Introduction to Creative Aging and the Impact of Lifelong Arts Indiana Eric Ashby, Director of Programs, Indiana Arts Commission Leah Jones, Project Director, UIndy Center for Aging & Community |
| 11:45 AM ET | Lunch |
| 12:35 PM ET | Lifelong Arts Indiana Creative Aging Alumni Panel |
| 1:20 PM ET | Movement Moment |
| 1:30PM ET | Using the Lifelong Arts Indiana Toolkit |
| 2:45 PM ET | Arts Programming Breakout Sessions with Lifelong Arts Indiana Artists Melissa Gallant, Harpist Paula Scott-Frantz, Fiber Artist Portia Jackson, Storyteller |
| 3:45 PM ET | Starting your Creative Aging Program |
| 4:45 PM ET | Closing Information: Additional Resources & Upcoming Funding Opportunities |
Registration is free but seating is limited and all attendees must register in advance.
Registration will close on March 9, 2026, or when all available seats are filled.
For information about the Creative Aging Summit, please contact Anna Ross, Lifelong Arts Indiana Program Manager at AnRoss@iac.IN.gov.