JACKSON, Wyo. — This fall and winter, several local arts organizations are leaning into providing more creative learning opportunities for adults 55 and older.
The classes, which are funded in part by creative aging project grants, are intended to provide the opportunity for adults to try something new. Offerings range from learning the ukelele and playing in a concert band to tap dancing, writing poetry, and experimenting with paint and collage.
Grants were awarded by the Wyoming Arts Council to three local arts organizations: Dancers’ Workshop, Jackson Hole Writers and Teton Music School. Painter and collage artist Miga Rosetti was also awarded a grant to teach two experimental classes this fall. The courses are designed to be sustained and sequential and will result in participants sharing completed works with the community.
At Teton Music School, one participant recently picked up an instrument for the first time at age 66 after never having the opportunity to take lessons as a child. After finishing her Uke55 class, she summed up the experience in one sentence: “My lifelong dream came true.”
No previous experience is required for many of the programs, and several are offered at reduced or pay-what-you-can rates.
