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"WHITNEY MUSEUM ART TELECONFERENCE TO
HOME-BOUND ELDERLY" PROGRAM

WHAT An opportunity for home-bound elderly to receive a glossy package of art work from the museum’s exhibitions and call in to access the accompanying lecture through a teleconferencing system.
WHYTo keep home-bound elderly involved in artistic activities and their interest in the arts.
WHEREWhitney Museum of American Art.
New York, New York, USA.


Program Description


"Extending the Whitney walls to homebound seniors, the Museum's Teleconference Courses are an illustrated, multi-part lecture series organized through Meals on Wheels."

-whitney.org

The Whitney Museum creates packets of art work from the museum’s exhibitions that are distributed to seniors with their Meals on Wheels deliveries.

Seniors can reference these art booklets as a visual aid during art lecture activities conducted over the telephone through The Whitney Museum's teleconference courses.

The museum also manages the:

Whitney Museum Senior Art Program - Senior art workshops providing the full experience of visiting museums, discussing artwork, and creating their own artistic forms of expression.

Participation in this senior arts program is limited to those affiliated with the museum’s community partners listed as:

Citizens Advice Bureau: Heights Center for Senior Citizens
DOROT
Encore Senior Center
Goddard Riverside: West Side NORC Program
Goddard Riverside Senior Center
Hamilton-Madison House
Hamilton-Madison House: Knickerbocker Village Senior Services NORC
Hamilton-Madison House: Smith Senior Services NORC
Henry Street Settlement
Hudson Guild Elliott Chelsea NORC
Hudson Guild Fulton Senior Center
Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement House
JASA Penn South Program for Seniors
JASA Roy Reuther Senior Center
Kew Gardens Community Center
Kingsbridge Heights Community Center
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Senior Center
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Senior Center at St. Peter’s Church
Lincoln House Outreach Center
Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center
Mosholu Montefiore Community Center
Queens Community House: Forest Hills Co-op NORC
Queens Community House: Forest Hills Senior Center
Rego Park Senior Center
Riverdale Community Center
SAGE Queens
Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center
Sunnyside Community Services
The Educational Alliance: 14th Street Y
Union Settlement: CORSI Senior Center
Union Settlement: East Harlem Coalition Senior Center
Union Settlement: East River Senior Center
Union Settlement: Gaylord White Senior Center
Union Settlement: Washington-Lexington Senior Center
University Settlement Society Senior Center
source:whitney.org

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