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Growing Old With The Elderly Project Seeking Funding and Participants. Join Barbara Bridges for our next chapter

Growing Old With the Elderly will empower and give purpose and community to a group of 6-10 author/artists.  They will embrace and celebrate their lived experiences both in the past and as they look toward the future.

The first session will center on writing a 1000-word illustrated comedic essay. Participants will be paid $300 for this work of art. The essays are meant to honor and celebrate the comedy of the human condition by drawing on the participants’ experiences with the  elderly – themselves or others. These will be general works that will include strategies for coping and may serve as inspiration to others.

We plan to publish the collected works and stage an Exhibition and book signing event.  Each author will receive a $300 participation fee and two copies of the book. Books will be available to buy at cost, with no profits sought.

An ongoing writing group led by Barbara and other ACW members will continue to build community after the Exhibition event. Art To Change The World will also seek funding for moderators and guests to inspire and encourage ongoing participant access and success. There will be many opportunities for current ACW members to serve as both paid and volunteer consultants for the various components of the program.

Interested in getting involved (or funding!)  this project? drb@bridgescreate.com

Project Image created by Bryce Mason

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