Folk Art and Aging : Life-Story Objects and Their Makers /

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Growing old doesn't have to be seen as an eventual failure but rather as an important developmental stage of creativity. Offering an absorbing and fresh perspective on aging and crafts, Jon Kay explores how elders choose to tap into their creative and personal potential through making life-stor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kay, Jon (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Volkskunst
Psychologie
Kunsttherapie
Altern
Älterer Mensch
Memory in art.
Folk artists.
Folk art > Psychological aspects.
Art therapy for older people.
Aging > Psychological aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Folkcrafts.
ART > Folk & Outsider Art.
Artistes populaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Vieillissement > Aspect psychologique.
Art-therapie pour personnes âgees.
Art populaire > Aspect psychologique.
Folk artists > United States > Biography.
USA
United States.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bob Taylor : stories in wood and words
  • Gustav Potthoff : memory paintings
  • Marian Sykes : recalling memories and making rugs
  • John Schoolman : objects, life review, and sociability
  • Milan Opacich : life-story displays and narratives.

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