Creative Aging Webinar Series
member exclusive
Expanding arts in health training for care teams across South Dakota.
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Creative Aging Principles with Older Adults
Tuesday, May 19 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Description: Learn the core principles of creative aging and how arts engagement supports wellbeing, cognitive stimulation, and social connection for older adults. This session focuses on simple, practical ways to design engaging, accessible programs.Objectives:
- Understand the impact of creative aging on wellbeing
- Learn how to design clear, accessible arts programs
- Explore creative modalities: visual art, writing, music, and movement
- Participate in a hands-on Care Crate activity, Frozen Poem. -
Creative Self-Care for Caregivers in Aging Services
Tuesday, June 16 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Description: Explore how creative practice can support caregiver wellbeing. This session offers simple tools to reduce stress, prevent burnout, and strengthen team connection through creative expression.
Objectives:
- Recognize stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue
- Learn simple creative practices for reflection and renewal
- Explore ways to support staff wellbeing through the arts
- Participate in a hands-on Care Crate activity, Barn Quilt Designs. -
Arts Approaches for Memory Care, Hospice, and Assisted Living Settings
Tuesday, July 14 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Description: Discover how the arts can support individuals in memory care, hospice, and assisted living settings. Learn practical strategies to encourage engagement, reduce agitation, and support identity and connection.
Objectives:
- Understand how arts engagement supports cognitive change
- Learn simple, flexible facilitation strategies
- Explore activities that support expression and connection
- Participate in a hands-on Care Crate activity, Wish Vases.
Target audience: Caregivers and staff in long-term care, assisted living and hospice
If you didn't pick up a Care Crate at the Post-Acute Partners in Care Conference, below is a list of materials needed for each session.
Creative Aging Principles with Older Adults | Tuesday, May 19 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Hands-on activity - Frozen Poem.
Materials List:
- blank watercolor greeting card & envelope
- watercolor paint set & brush
- small cup or container with water
- paper towel
- #2 pencil & writing paper
- colored pencils or pens (optional)
Creative Self-Care for Caregivers in Aging Services | Tuesday, June 16 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Hands-on activity - Barn Quilt Designs
Materials List:
- Glue stick (or white glue, the best? Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue)
- scissors (not included in Care Crate)
- scraps of scrapbook or decorative paper
-magnets (upcycled Sanford Health provided in Care Crate)
- ruler, pencil & 1 sheet 8.5 x 11 construction paper (optional)
Arts Approaches for Memory Care, Hospice, and Assisted Living Settings | Tuesday, July 14 | 1:30–3:00 PM CST
Hands-on activity - Wish Vases
Materials List:
- Upcycled heparin bottle (clean, empty)
- tissue paper scraps, multi colors
- Glue stick (or white glue, the best? Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue)
- scissors (not included in Care Crate)
- #2 pencil & writing paper
Registration includes all three sessions and must be completed by the registration deadline on May 15. Connection information for each session will be sent separately in advance of the session dates.
Ariadne (air ee odd knee) Albright, MFA is the Creative Aging SD Coordinator for the South Dakota Arts Council, and a visual artist and arts-in-health consultant working across healthcare, academic, community, and correctional settings. Through Creative Care, LLC, she designs arts-based programs that center on personal expression, resilience, and artist-led collaboration, with a current emphasis on working alongside incarcerated individuals. From 2013–2025, she coordinated arts programming at Sanford Health–Vermillion, and from 2016–2026 developed and taught arts-in-health curriculum at the University of South Dakota. She was awarded the CDC Arts & Vaccine Confidence Grant (2023) and received the Teaching Artist Guild Service Award (2024). She contributed to the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) Core Curriculum, Code of Ethics, and Standards as a founding board member (2016– 2022). Her books, Creative Care: An Artist in Healthcare and Creative Care: Projects, support creatives entering the arts-in-health field.