Easter …
Easter Greetings!
Share Easter greetings with someone you love using a free Art is Ageless® e-card. This needlework, “His Love,” is by Karen Endicott-Coyan of Fort Scot ...
Postcard: …
Postcard: “Smokey”
Joyce Huber of Farmington captured her German Shepard’s reaction to seeing his reflection in the water in this photo taken during a walk on her farm. ...
Peonies – Sunlit …
Peonies – Sunlit Luminescence
Naomi Ullum from Wichita, Kan. is the Best of Show – Professional winner in the 2025 Art is Ageless® calendar with her acrylic piece, “Peonies – Sun ...
“Happy Spring” by Karen …
“Happy Spring” by Karen Johnson
There’s so much happiness in this mixed media piece by Karen Johnson of Arkansas City, Kan.! To create “Happy Spring,” Karen combined strips of quil ...
Joey Giblin, Newton Presbyterian Manor
The creative process increases self-esteem, reduces depression, improves memory, promotes critical thinking, encourages playfulness, provides a sense of control, nurtures spirituality, and builds friendships between residents and people outside their generation.
In 2006, a study by George Washington University on behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, found that the arts have a positive effect on health and illness as we age. Current studies in art therapy, music therapy and other creative pursuits confirm that art can affect individuals in positive ways, whether they are creating art or enjoying the works of another.
Encouraging older adults to take up the arts and express themselves is a natural fit for PMMA’s philosophy of empowering older adults to live the way they want to live.
Through the Art is Ageless program, residents and friends of PMMA (Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America®) are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.