Monthaven Art and Cultural Center

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Senior Art Program

Creative Aging

Art for Older Adults

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center is excited to present our Senior Art Program, which is now available to your senior center. Our highly trained instructors provide fun, creative, high-quality art activities for your seniors.

The Arts Help Seniors In Three Important Ways

Cognitive Health

Neurological research shows that making art can improve cognitive functions by producing both new neural pathways and thicker, stronger dendrites.

Stress Relief

Researchers found that 75 percent of people involved in art classes had lowered stress.These people had lower levels of cortisol, which is the hormone that regulates the body’s stress response.

Engagement

Seniors look forward to participating in engaging activities that give them a real sense of accomplishment.

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Senior Art Class Packages

Silver Program

By choosing the Silver Program, your residents will have their art exhibited at your facility curated by The MACC with an opening reception. Residents will gather with family, friends and staff to share stories about all the wonderful artwork they have created.

Gold Program

By choosing the Gold Program, your residents will have two curated exhibitions in the Fall and Summer. The exhibits will include opening receptions where your seniors will gather with family, friends, and staff to share stories and show off their creations. Residents will also be treated to two guided tours at the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center. For more information contact [email protected].

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For more information about our Senior Art Program, contact us.

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Kaylin Warden

External Affairs Coordinator

Kaylin Warden joined the Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center staff in 2024 as External Affairs Coordinator. In this post, she organizes special off-site events and manages the organization’s external communications. She also works with the development department by updating the MACC’s customer relations database, and she assists the executive director in setting up exhibitions. Above all else, Kaylin is passionate about the arts. It comes as no surprise, then, that she is now pursuing a master’s degree in art history. When she’s not at the MACC, you can find her reading her favorite books (especially ones dealing with maritime mysteries), cooking, gardening, playing with her cat and two dogs, and cheering for the Nashville Predators.

Ruth Chase

Regional Arts Director
Ruth Chase is the Regional Arts Director of Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center, joining the team in 2023. For Ruth, the job is all about community, bringing people together to uplift and educate artists and art lovers alike. Her role at Monthaven is to strengthen the local artist community and build connections that will enrich Hendersonville and our surrounding communities through art exhibitions, art education, and opportunities for regional artists.
 
Prior to joining Monthaven, Ruth worked in the arts for over 30 years and is a multimedia artist and graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute. Her artistic practice is inquiry-based and engages in community bridge-building. She was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Los Angeles, curated and juried exhibitions, and has taught at the Crocker Art Museum.
 
Ruth was awarded an Artist-in-Residence for Artist Activating Communities through a grant from the California Arts Council for three consecutive years. Her film Belonging screened at both the 18th Annual Nevada City Film Festival and Wild & Scenic Film Festival. She has received the Legendary Female Artist of Venice award, and she has exhibited in The Crocker Kingsley, the Museum of Northern California Art, and the Diego Rivera Gallery at the San Francisco Art Institute. Ruth also continues her work as a Curatorial Consultant and Art director for the Californian Indigenous Research Project, where she has worked with the local tribe since 2018.