Creative Options for Wellness

As a champion of Cohen's creative aging movement, Julie has made it her life's work to promote arts engagement as a wellness initiative. In 2017, Julie became a certified trainer for Expressive Arts in Long Term Care, a health care quality initiative of the Indiana State Department of Health and the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community. Her presentations are interactive and include lots of examples of creative projects that can be duplicated. Presentation can be customized to your specific needs.

In The Art of Expression: Story Matters

This presentation is largely about sequential learning strategies, and understanding the adult learner.

​It includes an overview of creative aging research and provides hands on demonstration of best practice arts and aging programming.

Life Enrichment from a Holistic Perspective
In this presentation Julie walks you through the nuts and bolts of developing a Life Enrichment program built around best practice arts engagement. 

Topics include; artist collaborations, community outreach, volunteer recruitment, multi-generational programming, and environments that promote active engagement.