Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit

This site is an easy-to-follow guide for developing and enhancing arts programs for older adults. Essentially an online book with ten chapters, all of which are available as pdfs for easy printing, the toolkit is a good example of a “soup to nuts” approach to program design, including evaluation. Sections of particular interest to those in arts and civic engagement include chapter 2 (How Arts Participation Benefits Older Adults); chapter 5, section 2 (Identifying Outcome Goals); and chapter 8 (Evaluation). A glossary (on page 185) includes terms related to civic engagement as well as evaluation, which is a useful tool.