AFTA artists Marla Bush and Peter Burroughs dance the
Seguidillas, a folk dance from Spain, for AFTA seniors on a trip to the
Mexican Cultural Institute

 

Overview

Founded in 1988 by renowned sculptor Lolo Sarnoff -- now a non-agenarian at 94! -- AFTA’s visual, performing, literary and intergenerational arts programs are led by trained, professional teaching artists.  They take place in day care centers, nursing homes and community centers throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area impacting 1,000 seniors each year

Now in its third decade, Arts for the Aging is a pioneering organization that provides outreach programs specially designed to engage older adults in health improvement and life enhancement through the arts.  Research shows that regular participation in programs like AFTA’s helps to minimize age-related physical and cognitive impairments, and contributes to better physical, intellectual and emotional health.

Since AFTA believes in an individual’s inherent need to engage in self-expression and that older adults should have access to quality arts programs, its outreach is focused on those who are disadvantaged and living with impairments such as Alzheimer's disease.  Fully 74% of AFTA participants have memory loss or dementia.

200 youth take part in AFTA’s intergenerational workshops!  The knowledge children gain from seniors and the emotional boost seniors feel with youngsters bridge generations and create better communities.

AFTA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. Your generous pledge of support will help to sustain free, high-quality arts programs that improve the health and well-being of seniors. Contact AFTA to learn more about the mission, or visit the website at www.aftaarts.org.

Contributions to AFTA are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

 

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