Creative Aging
Art Is Essential
Inspired by founder Duncan Phillips’s belief in the “joy-giving and life-enhancing” power of art, Creative Aging reflects The Phillips Collection’s commitment to art, wellness, and lifelong learning.
Creative Aging is designed for older adults living with memory loss. For more than 13 years, the Phillips has partnered with local organizations to create meaningful art experiences that foster connection through close looking, conversation, and artmaking. In recent years, our public program, Reframing Care, has expanded these experiences to care partners and a broader community.
Every Creative Aging session begins in the galleries, where participants share observations, explore emotions, and connect with works of art. These conversations continue through hands-on artmaking, resulting in the artworks featured in this exhibition. This exhibition celebrates curiosity, creativity, resilience, and joy. Together, these artworks remind us that art is essential.
ON VIEW
- Iona Wellness & Arts Center
- Iona Washington Home Center at Congress Heights
- Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center with Arts for the Aging
- Congress Heights Senior Wellness Center
- Capitol Hill Village Memory Studio
- Reframing Care
The Phillips Collection is grateful to Paul and Terri Balaran and to the Dosal Family Foundation for their support of the museum’s Creative Aging initiatives, which include Reframing Care programs.
