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OCTOBER 19, 2016 HOSTED AT HISTORIC ANDERSON HOUSE ARTS FOR THE AGING 28 TH ANNUAL GALA RECEPTION Giving Voice to Lifelong Creativity
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OCTOBER 19, 2016

HOSTED AT HISTORIC

ANDERSON HOUSE

ARTS FOR THE AGING 28TH ANNUAL GALA RECEPTION

Giving Voice to Lifelong Creativity

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“IF YOUR ACTIONS INSPIRE OTHERS TO

DREAM MORE, LEARN MORE,

DO MORE, YOU ARE A LEADER”

— John Quincy Adams

Congratulationsto my wife, best friend and constant joy

Nancy Peery Marriottfor being honored with

the Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Award

You are an inspiration and example to us all

Richard E. Marriott

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GREETINGS FROM THE GALA CHAIRS

Dear Friends,

With great pleasure, we welcome

you to Arts for the Aging’s Annual

Gala. We celebrate 28 years

during which AFTA has brought

the richness and healing power

of the arts to an aging population,

especially those experiencing

physical and cognitive impairments.

Our dear friend, Lolo Sarnoff, was truly a pioneer in the now burgeoning

field of creative aging. And medical research is now confirming what she

studied with colleagues at NIH in the 1980s, and that AFTA’s teaching

artists instinctively understood-- that artistic expression in its many forms

enhances the quality of life for those experiencing the challenges of aging.

Your support enables AFTA to continue its nationally recognized, ground

breaking programs throughout the metropolitan Washington area, bringing

joy, creativity, and dignity where it is most needed. For this we are most

grateful. We congratulate Nancy Peery Marriott for being the recipient of

the 2016 Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Award. We look forward to spending a

fun filled evening together in the historic Anderson House.

With deep appreciation,

Don and Nancy Bliss

Gala Chairs

Cover Art: Footsteps of the Ballerina by the late Helen Wilson, Alexandria Adult Day Services Center

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FROM THE AFTA BOARD CHAIR AND CEO

On behalf of the Board of Trustees of Arts for the Aging and the entire AFTA family, welcome to tonight’s Gala celebration, Giving Voice to Lifelong Creativity. This year marks AFTA’s 28th, and we are happy to report that Arts for the Aging is progressing with vitality,

carrying out the mission created by our founder, Lolo Sarnoff; one that is now more fully entrusted to us all. The “esprit of AFTA” is in that transformation we experience when we witness or engage in the arts. Even the most prosaic or impulsive ways we may sing, dance, paint, draw or write, can bring to light our most extraordinary selves, our lifelong potential.

In the U.S., and beyond, the exponential growth of older adult populations living longer and not necessarily healthier lives is driving an imperative shift: one that is generating public and private sector partnerships in healthcare, aging and the arts, and building more pathways for accessible, affordable and creative arts interventions in caregiving. Today, and every day in our work, Arts for the Aging brings the freedom of creative self-expression to older adults -- especially those who are losing the independence of good health.

We could not do this without the generosity of AFTA’s many partners and donors. Thank you for sharing this evening with us, and for your support of this dynamic and pioneering program. We are especially grateful to Gala Chairs, Don and Nancy Bliss, our fellow AFTA Board Members, the Gala Host Committee, and our staff, teaching artists, and dedicated supporters and volunteers.

Congratulations to Nancy Peery Marriott, recipient of the 2016 Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Award, for her humanitarianism and philanthropy, and her lifelong dedication to the arts.

We hope you have a wonderful evening, and we thank you, once again, for empowering AFTA to fulfill its mission.

Sincerely,

Ryan Wilson, Chairman, Board of Trustees

Janine Tursini, Director and CEO

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GALA LEADERSHIP

GALA CHAIRS

Ambassador Donald T. Bliss (Ret.) and Mrs. Nancy Bliss

GALA HOST COMMITTEE

Gloria Buckberg, Nancy Burgess Black, M.D., COL (Ret.), Peter Colosante, Jan Du Plain, Paul du Quenoy, Ph.D. and Irina du Quenoy, Søren and Pernille Elbech, Carolyn Laurenzano, Ambassador Connie Morella (Ret.), Liliana Pulvirenti, Rhoda Maria Septilici, Judith Terra, Vladimir and Suzanne Tolstoy

Here is what participants say about AFTA programs:

“I have a hard time connecting with others in the group who have dementia, but today I felt like we were all connected.”

“It’s important to take time for yourself and learn something new. To not think about your health issues, or sit alone in your apartment.”

Weaving Our Stories, with teaching artists Marcie Wolf Hubbard and Annetta Dexter Sawyer and the Housing and Opportunities Commission (HOC) of Montgomery County

Stephanie Williams Images

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GALA SPONSORS

PREMIER – $20,000

Marriott Daughters Foundation

GOLD – $5,000+

The American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati at Anderson HouseGeppetto Catering, Inc.Kensington Park, A Senior Living Community

SILVER - $3,500

Azar Foundation for Children of the WorldDon and Nancy BlissBNY Mellon The Hon. and Mrs. William T. Coleman, Jr.The Ravenal Foundation / Carol and Earl Ravenal

BRONZE - $1,000

David and Sue Beddow Nancy Burgess BlackEagleBankWilson Felder and Laura Stottlemyer

Marla and Clayton Foulger Annie Simonian TotahThe Hon. and Mrs. Timothy TrudeauMartha Vicas

FOUNDING CIRCLE -$500

Caroline A.A. BakerMarla BushJennifer and Craig CampbellEvent & Media TechnologiesElinor GinzlerCarolyn and William Ingersoll

Joan Ronnenberg Joyce S. Hagel-Silverman and Charles SilvermanSuburban FloristJanine TursiniRyan Wilson

ADMISSIONS SPONSORS

Gabriela ComanJoy Grey ShieldsClaire and Martin Koshar

As of 10/24/16

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AFTA BOARD OF TRUSTEES

T. Ryan Wilson, Esq., ChairmanAlan Hermesch, Vice-Chair, Development-CommunicationsKevin T. Bryan, Vice-Chair, Strategic Outreach and Partnerships; SecretaryNancy Havlik, Vice-Chair, NominationsGabriela I. Coman, Esq., TreasurerMarla Bush, Assistant SecretaryElinor Ginzler, Assistant TreasurerCaroline A.A. BakerDonald T. Bliss, Esq.Joyce S. Hagel-Silverman, Ph.D.Shahin MafiJumana QamruddinJoan RonnenbergDonald E. Wright

EX OFFICIO

Bruce E. Matter, Esq., General CounselJanine Tursini, Director and CEO

NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Jerome Barry

Marie A. Bernard, M.D.

Nathan Billig, M.D.

Elaine Kotell Binder

Robert B. Blancato

Lilian Thomas Burwell

Thomye M. Cave

Raquel Chapin Stephenson, Ph.D.

Yanira Cruz, Ph.D.

William R. Dunlap

Jehan El-Bayoumi, M.D.

Matthew Hastings

Peter Jablow

Karyne Jones

Dorothy Kosinski, Ph.D.

Beverly Lunsford, Ph.D., RN

Dorree Lynn, Ph.D.

William F. McSweeny

Susan Perlstein, M.S.W.

Carol Bird Ravenal, Ph.D.

Hans Riemer

Judy Rollins, Ph.D.

Judith Salerno, M.D.

Deborah Ratner Salzberg

Robert and Tricia Sarnoff

Susan J. Schumacher

Rhoda Maria Septilici

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WELCOME TO THE

Arts for the Aging28th Annual Gala Reception

Giving Voice to Lifelong Creativity

RECEPTION FOR SPONSORS IN THE OLMSTED GALLERY

6:00 – 7 :00 P.M.

Welcome–Don Wright, AFTA Trustee

Performance Introduction–Janine Tursini, AFTA Director and CEO

From Art Song to Zarzuela, a musical toast to this year’s Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Awardee, performed by the Rómez Trio, with tenor and AFTA Teaching Artist Peter Joshua Burroughs, soprano Fairouz El-Bayoumi Foty, and pianist Carlos César Rodríguez

MAIN GALA RECEPTION IN THE BALLROOM AND WINTER GARDEN

7:00 – 10:00 P.M.

Remarks and presentations, starting at 8:00 p.m.

Welcome–Ryan Wilson, AFTA Board Chair

Opening Remarks–Don and Nancy Bliss, Gala Chairs

Presentation of AFTA’s new video, made possible through a generous grant from The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, and with support and production by Castle Gate Media

Presentation of the 8th Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Award to Nancy Peery Marriott Conferred by Dominic Cossa

Performance by the Rómez Trio of selections from Rifiorirà (You Will Re-Blossom), with lyrics set to melody from the opera, La Traviata and written by AFTA program participants from Kensington Park Senior Living

Exhibition of original works created by older adults in Arts for the Aging programs with remarks from AFTA participant Karla Kombrink

Gift Commitment for AFTA and Closing Acknowledgments–Janine Tursini

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2016 LOLO SARNOFF FOUNDER’S AWARD

The spark behind the award is the Swiss-German artist, scientist, philanthropist and AFTA Founder, Lolo Sarnoff. A faithful supporter of those who are vulnerable, in 1988, at the age of 72, Lolo founded Greater Washington D.C.’s Arts for the Aging, Inc. (AFTA). She was inspired by studies

that showed less agitation and improved moods in seniors with Alzheimer’s disease who had taken part in art classes she conducted at the request of her long-time NIH colleagues. True to Lolo’s spirit, AFTA spreads joy, combats isolation, and improves the health and wellbeing of vulnerable older adults through the transformative power of arts engagement.

Because of Lolo’s vision and creativity, and that of outstanding recipients of the Award, our world is a better place for the arts and for humanity. Previous award winners are: Irving Fields, pianist, composer and arranger; Carmel Quinn, singer, storyteller and comedienne; Jerome Barry, performance artist, master teacher, founder of Embassy Series; Dorothy Kosinski, director of The Phillips Collection; Ambassador Donald T. Bliss (Ret.), author, humanitarian and philanthropist; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; and Trish and George Vradenburg, founders of Us Against Alzheimer’s.

“Social engagement … has been repeatedly found in major population studies to prolong life and enhance healthy aging. Clinically, the programs have been linked to lowered blood pressure, reduced levels of stress hormones, and increased levels of the ‘happiness hormones’ that are responsible for a runner’s high.”

— Personal health columnist Jane E. Brody, in an article from The New York Times featuring AFTA, March 7, 2016

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2016 LOLO SARNOFF FOUNDER’S AWARD

RECIPIENT: NANCY PEERY MARRIOTT

For humanitarianism and philanthropy, and lifelong engagement in the arts.

Nancy Peery Marriott was born in California and received a BS from the University of Utah. She has had a lifelong love of music, especially opera. After graduation, she continued her vocal studies at The Longy School of Music in Boston.

During her daughters’ school years, she devoted her time and energies to enhancing their educational and personal development, volunteering in the classroom, assisting with scholastic programs and even serving as

headmistress for a day! She also shared her love of and appreciation for the arts with her girls, coordinating local, national and international adventures to experience other cultures and heritages, visiting museums, theatres, musical programs and special events, such as the Olympics. She encouraged each child to pursue her individual musical interests and talents in song, instrument and dance, performing as a family at churches, nursing homes and cultural venues every year through high school. She was an exceptional example to them during their childhood, juggling her roles as mother and spouse, at the same time serving her church, being a community leader and pursuing her vocal studies. Her grandchildren have also been beneficiaries of her energy and enthusiasm, enhancing their musical experiences and continuing this tradition of commitment to the arts, public service and long-term educational pursuits.

Once her daughters left for college, there was more time to devote to her music, both educationally and in performance. She took master classes with Renee Fleming and Marlena Malas, further vocal development with the University of Maryland Opera Department, and intensive opera studies with the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria; the Alaska Summer Arts Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska; the Amalfi Coast Festival in Italy; and the University of Miami Frost School of Music in Salzburg, Austria.

She has performed at The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Carnegie Hall, Strathmore Hall, National Theatre, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Constitution Hall, with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a live international broadcast,

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in numerous leading roles with the Washington Savoyards and at local embassies. She has participated in the Arts Naples (Florida) World Festival, Opera International’s Gala Concert, and with the United States Air Force Symphony Orchestra, Heifetz International Music Institute, the Great Waters Festival Orchestra, National Chamber Ensemble and Ballet West, as well as overseas programs in Israel and Argentina. She is the recipient of the Camerata Award from the University of Utah, the Opera Theatre Award from the Alaska Arts Festival, a special award from Opera International, and the Achievement in Arts Award from the Washington Performing Arts Society.

She is also passionate about painting and spends what time she can refining her skill and perfecting her techniques. With exhibitions in the Washington metropolitan area and New England, she has been recognized and received awards for her stylistic landscapes in oil. She recently ventured into watercolors and is developing her talents in that medium.

In addition to being active with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where she has been teaching junior high Sunday School for more than 25 years, she enjoys her involvement with various community and civic organizations. She has been especially active with the Washington Metropolitan Area Red Cross chapter and is a member of the American Red Cross Tiffany Circle. She is also a past member of the boards of the Washington Performing Arts Society and the National Symphony Orchestra, and is presently serving on the board of First Media Corporation and several foundations.

Nancy and her husband Richard have four daughters, 13 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She and her family enjoy spending time together traveling, skiing, hiking and on personalized biking trips.

“I sometimes don’t remember where I am, but I remember these songs.”

“When I see this program on the schedule, I get excited those days, we discuss things that happen in the group afterwards at lunch.”

— Len, a program participant

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GALA PERFORMERS AND AWARD CONFEREE

GALA PERFORMERS

The newly formed Rómez Trio is the performing branch of Rómez3arts. This organization is dedicated to presenting the highest quality musical artists as both performers and mentors in concert venues, classrooms and community building projects. Searching for excellence in their craft through professional performance and meaningful engagement with audiences; they work to foster a culture of mentorship that is ongoing. The Rómez Trio practices the belief that art and life must intersect and that the artist must also be a teacher and a healer.

Peter Joshua Burroughs, tenor, holds a B.M. in Performance and Music Education from Ithaca College; an M.M. and a D.M.A. in Opera Performance from the University of Maryland, College Park. A versatile singing actor, Peter has appeared with Washington National Opera as Ezekiel Cheever in The Crucible, Anibal in Luisa Fernanda with Plácido Domingo, Remendado in Carmen with Denyse Graves, Maintop in Billy Budd with Samuel Ramey and Spoletta in Tosca with Juan Pons, among many other roles around the country. Peter leads the AFTA workshop “co-OPERA-tion” and collaborates with Marla Bush on “La Movida”. Recently he collaborated on AFTA the Conversations at The Kreeger Museum with Nancy Havlik and Donna McKee, and Rifiorirá at Kensington Park with Annetta Dexter Sawyer and Fairouz El-Bayoumi Foty.

Fairouz El-Bayoumi Foty, soprano, holds a B.M. in Music and African Studies from Lafayette College and an M.M. in vocal performance from Westminster Choir College. She made her debut with Carroll Opera as Micaela in Carmen, and has performed the roles of Helena in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, and Mimi in Act III of La Bohème. The daughter of former AFTA teaching artist Mona El-Bayoumi, Ms. Foty’s musical foundation began with Arabic music, and she is exploring the western-operatic qualities of 20th Century Arabic singers in order to build a fusion of these styles. Recently she performed the role of Voluptua in La Pizza con Funghi with Hubbard Hall Conservatory and will make her In Series debut as Rosario in Goyescas with Mr. Burroughs and Mr. Rodríguez. She collaborated on Rifiorirá for AFTA and continues to apprentice with AFTA Teaching Artists.

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Carlos César Rodríguez, pianist, made his recital debut in his native Venezuela at age 5, his orchestral debut as a soloist at age 11, and his Carnegie Hall debut at age 21. In 2005 Mr. Rodríguez received the prestigious Georg Solti Foundation U.S. fellowship for young conductors and as conductor, he has performed throughout the Americas. As collaborative artist Mr. Rodríguez has worked with Denyce Graves and Plácido Domingo. He is a member of the piano faculty at the Levine School of Music, Music Director of Word Dance Theatre, and guest artist/coach for the Domingo/Cafritz Young Artist Program with the Washington National Opera. He collaborated with AFTA Teaching Artists in AFTA the Conversations at The Kreeger Museum and provided the recorded musical accompaniments for Rifiorirá.

LOLO SARNOFF FOUNDER’S AWARD CONFEREE

Dominic F. Cossa

A professor of Voice at the University of Maryland, Mr. Cossa has sung as leading baritone with the Metropolitan, New York City, and San Francisco Opera companies, as well as the opera companies of Washington, Houston, Montreal, Vancouver and Philadelphia. His wide variety of roles include Germont in La Traviata, Zurga in The Pearlfishers, Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Pierrot in Die tote Stadt, and Yeletsky in Pique Dame. Mr. Cossa’s recording credits include complete operas with Beverly Sills (Julius Caesar: RCA), Joan Sutherland (Les Huguenots: London), and Luciano Pavarotti (Elixir of Love: London).

“Although ‘Creative Aging’ does not solve society’s concerns with aging, it offers an important suggestion on how to make the most of life after retirement. In the future, there is a possibility that organizations like AFTA will spread rapidly across the world.”

— says columnist Akira Saito in his article published July, 6 2016 for the Yomiuri Shimbun, one of Japan’s national newspapers

Translated by Ms. Misa Mori, Georgetown University Student, Class of 2017

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AFTA’S TOP BENEFACTORS

We express profound gratitude to these most generous benefactors, whose cumulative giving, since our inception in 1988, demonstrates a shared belief that creative expression combats isolation and brings joy, community, and better health to seniors who need it most:

PIONEERS, $1 MILLION+

The late Lolo Sarnoff (Founder)

VISIONARIES, $300,000 - $999,999

Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County

CATALYSTS, $200,000 - $299,999

The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation The late Martha Healy Maryland State Arts Council

INNOVATORS, $100,000 - $199,999

Clark-Winchcole FoundationDon and Nancy Bliss/The Bliss Family Trust United Way of the National Capital Area

CREATORS, $50,000 - $99,999

Julia and Michael Connors/The Connors Family FoundationThe Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Inc.John Edward Fowler Memorial FoundationPhilip L. Graham FundWilhelmina and the late Wallace HolladayAlidz and Zaven KhachaturianNancy Peery Marriott FoundationThe Meredith FoundationMontgomery County Department of RecreationJeanne Ruesch and the late Otto RueschThe Shaman Charitable FoundationJulia SomozaWeissberg Foundation

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PARTNERS, $25,000 - $49,999

Mildred Winslow Ashcraft TrustWilliam and Lovida ColemanSusanne and Clayton EisingerHarman Family FoundationTheresa Heinz/Heinz Family FoundationTania and James HosmerInvestcorp InternationalJ. Willard & Alice S. Marriott FoundationKunihiro MatsudaDorn McGrath

Mead Family FoundationMetropolitan Life FoundationHenry E. Niles Foundation, Inc.Carol and Earl RavenalRenah Blair Rietzke Family and Community FoundationDeborah Ratner Salzberg and Michael SalzbergSusan and Richard SchumacherThe Ada and Albert Weibel FoundationMary Weinmann

FACILITATORS, $15,000 - $24,999

BB&TPat BushCastle Gate Media, LLCDorothy Jordan Chadwick FundCherrie Wanner DoggettRichard DreyfusNancy DuntonThe Samuel R. Dweck FoundationForest City WashingtonJulius and Ann KaplanGlaxoSmithKlineThe late Harold Keshishian and Melissa Keshishian

Dorree LynnShahin D. Mafi/Azar Foundation for Children of the WorldThe Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer FoundationThe National Endowment for the ArtsRolls-Royce Motor Cars, Inc.Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond FoundationRobert Sarnoff and Dana BargeziDebby Toll and the late John TollAdrienne VasJoy Marzilli Willing

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PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS

Donations from these centers help to support AFTA’s weekly and bi-weekly programs:

East County Community Center Friends ClubIona Senior ServicesRockville Nursing Home The Support Center (Family Services, Inc.)Walter Reed Adult Day Services Center

“Bertha shared the story of how she always sang gospel music in church but was not allowed to sing the blues growing up. Sometimes she snuck outside and sang in the yard. I said she could sing blues now. She couldn’t remember what song she had sung. She is after all, 101. Yvonne remembered that she sang ‘Stormy Weather’. Bertha started singing immediately and did a beautiful rendition of

‘Stormy Weather’ for us. She said that her favorite singer had been Pearly Bailey.”

— Nancy Havlik, AFTA Teaching Artist

Dance and Blues with Teaching Artists Miles Spicer and Nancy Havlik

Stephanie Williams Images

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AFTA MISSION

Arts for the Aging, Inc. (AFTA) offered its first program in 1988. It was conducted by founder and sculptor Lolo Sarnoff for a group of older adults in a local medical day health center. Since then AFTA has grown to bring a faculty of 15 teaching artists into 26 partner agencies and cultural institutions across the D.C. metro region; 62 over AFTA’s lifetime, locally, nationally and internationally. Now, practitioners nationwide are part of a growing field called creative aging, and AFTA has been named a trailblazer and a model for lifelong learning. Through frequent delivery of high-quality, participatory arts programs, AFTA combats isolation and spreads joy to over 700 older adults each year in weekly and bi-weekly workshops.

An artistic faculty grounded in diverse disciplines brings our workshops into community-based settings. Teaching artists are trained in AFTA’s nationally recognized best-practices and supported for their facilitation and expertise. Our curricula, specially designed to provide health improvements and quality of life enhancements, includes painting, poetry, live instrumental music, dance, storytelling, intergenerational programs and more. Service is primarily focused on groups of seniors living with a broad range of physical and cognitive impairments in underserved adult day care centers, nursing homes, assisted living and community centers in the D.C. metropolitan area. To these groups, AFTA services are free of charge. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, community support is vital to Arts for the Aging’s cost-effective and innovative access to the transformative power of arts engagement.

IMPACT

AFTA partnerships are designed to be lasting, reliable, and embedded in communities. They help care partners raise the bar on their services. Nearly all AFTA participants live with significant cognitive impairments, most having Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. One-third need assistance to walk, and half need verbal or physical assistance to take care of daily activities. As a result, many of these older adults are experiencing social isolation, which is closely correlated with loneliness and depression, and now understood to accelerate mental and physical decline. Despite these health challenges, AFTA flips the paradigm of old age by using creativity to turn isolation, loneliness, and loss into community, access, and joy.

Workshop outcomes show:

■■ more smiles, from resurging feelings of joy and self-worth, 59% increase;

■■ upright posture, with attention and strengthened confidence, 14% improved;

■■ heightened interaction with one another, 39% increase;

■■ overall participation at 90%, including showing appreciation and social connection;

■■ the sharing of memories or imaginative stories at 80%.

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Immersion in visual, musical, performing, literary, and intergenerational arts programs sparks physical and mental stimulation, lifts spirits, and creates social bonds, which are vital to generating a sense of well-being and better health. A growing body of research shows that regular participation in professionally conducted arts workshops strengthens older adults’ health, increases social engagement, and reduces risk factors driving the need for long-term care.

“We have often heard Kensington Club members report that they feel ‘inspired, happy, energized, educated’ and have an ‘overall good feeling’ after a program [by AFTA] teaching artists. With Anthony’s magical violin playing, Nancy and Donna’s mesmerizing ‘Moving Art’, Peter’s operatic storytelling, Marcie’s upcycled art curiosities to share, Candace’s interesting tales that engage, how can our members NOT have an overall good feeling?”

— Colleen Kemp, CTRS

Performers in the Kensington Kabaret at Kensington Park Senior Living

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AFTA TEACHING ARTISTS

Our artistic faculty is vital to fulfilling AFTA’s mission. They share their unique talents and professionalism in various art forms by demonstrating that art-making is accessible to us all, giving new form to ideas, experiences and inner images. Compassion, humor, improvisation and flexibility are tools that enable AFTA teaching artists to bring the gift of music, dance, painting, drawing, storytelling, poetry and more to older adults who have a wealth of history, stories and pictures in their minds and hearts to share. Perhaps the greatest gift older adults experience in working with our faculty is the exploration of life’s experiences through creative techniques that bring new form and expression to them.

Peter Burroughs, Opera and Spanish Dance

Marla Bush, Spanish Dance

Annetta Dexter Sawyer, Healing Movement, Visual Art, and Theatre Improv

Joan Hampton Fraser, Creative Movement and Drama

Nancy Havlik, Dance, Quicksilver Co-Director

Anthony Hyatt, Music and Dance, Quicksilver Co-Director

Donna McKee, Visual Art

Sandy Roachford, Dance

Carol Siegel, Expressive Arts

Miles Spicer, Music

Karen Webber Gilat, Music

Tobias Werner, Music

Candace Wolf, Storytelling

Marcie Wolf-Hubbard, Visual Art

Wall Matthews, Music

Quicksilver Senior Improvisational Dance Company: Jaya Adiga, Judith Bauer, Dorothy Britt, Gloria Buckberg, Sachiko Chang, Ruby Chapman, Susan Coco, Gretchen Dunn, Margaret Easter, Roberta Geier, Nancy Harris, Dorothy Levy, Jenean McKay, Naomi Morse, Peg Schaefer, Betty Shuford

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AFTA PROGRAM PARTNERS

Washington, D.C.: Chevy Chase Community Center, Downtown Clusters Geriatric Day Care, Family Matters of Greater Washington*, Iona Senior Services, Terrific Inc. Asian and Pacific Islander Senior Center Wellness and Arts Center

Maryland: East County Community Center, Friends Club, Greenbelt Adult Day Care Center, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC), Kensington Club @ Parklawn, Kensington Park Senior Living*, Long Branch Community Center, Misler Adult Day Services Center, Rockville Nursing Home, Sacred Heart Home, The Support Center/Family Services, Inc.

Virginia: Alexandria Adult Day Services Center, Insight Memory Care Center, Lewinsville Adult Day Health Care Center, Walter Reed Adult Day Health Care Center

* All AFTA programs are free of charge to seniors. Select (*) partner sites contribute fee-for-

service to underwrite our programs.

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WHO WE ARE

AFTA STAFF & ASSOCIATES

Janine Tursini, CEOBrandi Rose, Program DirectorJennifer Campbell, Development DirectorAudrey Adams, Administrator

Bit Transformation, TechnologyBright Light Media, Website DevelopmentCapacity Partners, Strategic PlanningChris Carr, C.P.A. and Maureen Carr, FinanceElevate, LLC, Development/Grant-writingMelanie Jarratt Wolfe, Philanthropy Consultant

FOUNDER

Lolo Sarnoff (1916 - 2014)

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Tom DiGennoLinda FertalAmi GnatikoAnne GunsteensGlenn HennesseyHilary KidwellCarolyn LaurenzanoSharon Mastroni

Jackie McCordBridget MiskellLiliana PulvirentiValerie SasserCarol SiegelNancie SuzukiKimberly TaylorStephanie Williams Images

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Lolo’s concept of AFTA has inspired generations

of marginalized individuals to express their

uniqueness with renewed joy in life.

Congratulations to awardee Nancy Peery Marriott

and all the teachers whose aid and work in this

endeavor is essential.

Dr. Carol Bird Ravenal

Professor Emerita, College of Arts and Sciences

American University

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[email protected] | 301.255.0103 | WWW.AFTAARTS.ORG

We inspire older adults – many of whom live with physical and cognitive challenges -- to discover

their undiminished creative spirit.

Our faculty of professional Teaching Artists lead participatory arts programs in dance, music, visual art,

and storytelling in community and residential care settings, and cultural centers in the Washington Metro Area.

Join with many generous community partners to foster increased vitality and better health through AFTA’s innovative

creative aging programs.

More ways to connect with us:

VISIT OUR BLOG

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The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation

Congratulates Nancy Peery Marriott

Lolo Sarnoff Founder’s Award Recipient

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Congratulations toNANCY PEERY MARRIOTT

A lifetime of supportfor our family and the Arts


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