Meet Our Art Is Ageless® 2023 …
Meet Our Art Is Ageless® 2023 Calendar Cover Artist Wendy Rose
Wendy Rose was born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas. She is 73 years old. At the age of ten, sketching and painting were her favorite hobbies. Fifty-fo ...
Arkansas City resident named masterpiece-level winner …
Arkansas City resident named masterpiece-level winner in Art is Ageless® program
Robert Armstrong was recently named a masterpiece-level winner in PMMA’s Art is Ageless juried art program for his drawing, “Country Santa.” A rela ...
Resident Joan Butts is a master …
Resident Joan Butts is a master at getting things done
“I grew up with the attitude that you get things when you’re doing your best. In other words, you worked at it and perfected it and then the label ...
Talkin’ …
Talkin’ Turkey
Talkin’ Turkey Eldon Eastman’s painting on wood, titled Tom, is featured on the Art is Ageless® 2023 Calendar on the month of November. Eldon share ...
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 Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America are proving that art, in any form, is an ageless ambition.