Direct [Message]: Access to Engagement of the Arts was a three-year, multi-phase digital strategy research project that explored and developed new digital models to improve and transform the aging community’s access to and engagement with the arts.
This project included developing a digital prototype that’s adaptable to support the inclusion of members of the older community living with disabilities, such as loss of memory, hearing, sight, and/or mobility.
Through the use of community arts and evidence-based research methods, our goal was to create and iteratively test and evaluate a digital prototype that provides interactive moments and experiences for senior populations within Hamilton, Guelph and London. We hoped to create an open-source digital prototype that is not only low-cost and sustainable, but will ultimately promote intergenerational inclusivity, address social isolation, and promote creative re-engagement in our aging population.
Seniors Art Link was built as a place to share what we’ve learned, to invite input and collaboration, to and respond to some of the needs older adult participants identified.
