Welcome to Luminate
Luminate, Scotland's creative ageing organisation, runs a diverse programme of creative events and activities throughout the year. Our projects bring together older people and those from across the generations to celebrate our creativity as we age, share stories of ageing and explore what growing older means to all of us.
Our nationwide creative ageing festival extended the length and breadth of Scotland in October 2017, with 330 events in communities from the Scottish Borders to Shetland. We are excited that 2018 sees a new approach for us, with lots more work developing creative activities with, by and for older people all year round. We will be supporting older people's creativity in different ways, for example care home artist residencies and training for older emerging artists.
To enable our growing year-round programme to develop we won't be running a festival this October, and instead we're working towards a biennial festival starting in 2019. We've already announced some new events this spring, and more details of our new programme will be announced in the next few weeks. Make sure you sign up for our e-newsletter to make sure you receive our news as soon as it's available.
What's on this spring
Seminar with Created Out Of Mind
Wednesday 25 April 6:00pm
Neuropsychologist Sebastian Crutch, Director of Created Out of Mind will talk about their interdisciplinary work around dementias, science and the arts.
We're sorry this event is now fully booked, however it will be live streamed online so we hope you can join us wherever you are.
Watch live on our Facebook Page from 6:00pm on Wed 25 April.
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Labs for Emerging Older Artists
The deadline for these events has now passed.
We're sorry this event is now fully booked, however if you're interested in future events, please make sure that you have signed up for our regular e-newsletter.
Unforgotten Forces
We have recently appointed artists Gill White and James Winnett for a 3 year residency in Erskine care homes as part of Unforgotten Forces, a partnership between 15 leading organisations which will deliver a range of new services and enhancements for older veterans living in Scotland. These services will cover areas such as advice, access to healthcare, social isolation, respite, along with creative activities and events for those in care settings.
Find out more about the partnership and our artists here.
