The 2025 Training Institute

for Arts-in-Healthcare and creative aging

The 2025 Training Institute

Creating a culture of connection through the artS

This year's attendees can anticipate immersive days featuring experiential skill-building, embodied learning, and insightful discourse.

Through a diverse range of talks, panel presentations, and art workshops, our team of experienced staff and presenters will offer contemporary knowledge, first-hand experience, and expert insight into this exciting field.

By the end of the program, participants will have gained valuable knowledge on implementing and sustaining high-quality arts programming in settings for individuals living with cancer, chronic illness, their caregivers, and older adults across the aging spectrum.

Leaders in the field will share presentations covering an array of topics, including:

  • Innovation at the Intersection of Art and Medicine with NYC Health + Hospitals and The Creative Center

  • Hospital Artist-In-Residence Programming & Best Practices

  • The Utilization of Storytelling for Transformation in Arts, Culture & Health

  • Developing Your Work with People Living with Dementia and their Care Partners: The Arts & Minds Approach

  • Honest Aging: Your Body, Mind and Soul

  • Coordinating Engagement and Education in Museum Access Programming

  • Full 4-day program (online and in-person)

    March 3 & 4 : 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

    March 8 & 9: 10 00 am to 4:00 pm ET

    Lunch on in-person days will be provided

    $500

    2-day virtual program

    March 3 & 4: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm ET

    $200

Registration is open through January 10th - Spaces are limited!

For more information please contact:

Sheila Fontanive at  info@thecreativecenter.org