Creativity, Arts and Older People
A blog by David Slater
Over four hundred and twenty species of butterfly have been recorded in Taiwan and suddenly it feels as if they are all in the room. A large group of residents from the Da-long Senior Home in the north of Taipei are sitting together in a circle and by some strange alchemy it is as if… Continue reading Butterflies in Taipei
A week ago today eight older performers from Entelechy Arts performed their street art work ‘Bed’ in and around the terraces of Southbank Centre London as part of the (B)old Festival celebrating the work of older artists. Last year the Gulbenkian Foundation published their Phase 1 report of their inquiry into the civic role of… Continue reading Conversations between passing strangers
For the last couple of weeks the office at Entelechy Arts has, once again, disguised itself as a rehearsal studio as members of our elder’s company prepare for a revival of their live art performance ‘Bed’ for Southbank Centre's (B)old Festival at the end of the week. My desk is littered with revised and… Continue reading Out of the ordinary
Guest blogger Danny Elliot writes about his visit to one of Entelechy's 21st Century Tea Dances earlier in this year. This article was originally published on Age UK London’s blog. Please visit http://www.ageuklondonblog.org.uk for more quality blogs on the age sector, including older people and the arts. Earlier this year, I was invited to go to… Continue reading Iced Tea
We walk slowly around the beautifully restored gardens of Eltham Palace in south London. Unexpectedly the sun shines. ‘Let’s go slowly’, says Dahlia, ‘I need all the vitamin D that I can get’. The sight of us arriving in the entrance lobby had excited great curiosity. ‘Are you all social workers?’ asked a man with… Continue reading In praise of the ordinary: a day trip to Eltham Palace
Guest Blogger and Meet Me member Maurine Catchpole describes how joining Meet Me at the Albany helped her catch up with a lifetime ambition When I was 14 my mother was working in the café of the Horniman Museum serving teas. Rosa Dawson ran the children’s room at the museum and asked my mother if… Continue reading A pity it’s only once a week
For the last few days, I have been trying (and failing) to write about the process of co-creation. In a recent blog François Matarasso sets out to explore the different ways in which artists work alongside, and with, participants. He talks about three degrees of relationship citing Entelechy’s recent work 'Bed' as an example where… Continue reading Making it up together
I have only once been truly lost. It was after midnight and for complicated reasons I was alone in the depths of a Caledonian pine forest. I remember the moment when I realised that I had absolutely no idea where I was and then running blindly into the darkness. Finally, I stopped, breathing slowly out… Continue reading Lost Without Words
"What Next?" and the "National Campaign for the Arts" recently came together to create the Hearts for the Arts Awards, a new initiative to reward and thank Councils, Councillors and Council officers who are overcoming financial challenges to ensure the arts stay at the centre of community life. London Borough of Lewisham won Best Local Authority Arts Project… Continue reading Small Moments
Monday afternoon with our elder’s performance group. We are creating LOVE an immersive theatre experience to be disguised as a 21st Century Tea Dance in October of this year. We find ourselves dissecting the anatomy of a relationship. Twelve of us huddled around a table encircling a vast expanse of white unmarked paper. It’s another 'starting out'… Continue reading Making it up as we go along
Creativity, Arts and Older People 