Creativity and the Elder Artist
Creativity and the Elder Artist
Writer, composer, librettist, musician, performer and director Rinde Eckert
UMD Professor Emeritus of Art David Driskell
UMD Research Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, Center on Aging Sharon Simson
Poet A.B. Spellman
Moderator Kojo Nnamdi
Event Attributes
Numerous studies reveal that older adults who engage in creative activities can slow down the aging process by maximizing the use of their brains and bodies.
Join Rinde Eckert, creator of And God Created Great Whales, as he talks about the process of making a work about an artist who is slowly losing his memory while continuing to write music.
Other panelists include octogenarian visual artist David C. Driskell, poet A.B. Spellman and Sharon Simson, associate director of UMD’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.