SPECIAL ISSUE: THE POWER OF CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
REBRANDING AGING®
A HISTORIC TOWN WHERE THE ARTS REALLY MATTER. SOMETIMES, IT’S THE CAREGIVERS WHO NEED CARE.
8 OVER 80
THESE VETERAN ARTISTS SAY THEY’RE BETTER THAN EVER. Harold Garde, 94, abstract expressionist
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LIFE DEPARTMENTS
FEATURES
5 | FROM THE EDITOR
24 | 8 OVER 80 Active octogenarians stay young through creativity.
30 | THE TAKEAWAY Through the arts, we can make meaning and memory across generations. By Margery Pabst Steinmetz
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BY MARC MIDDLETON
SPECIAL ISSUE: THE POWER OF CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT
REBRANDING AGING®
A HISTORIC TOWN WHERE THE ARTS REALLY MATTER. SOMETIMES, IT’S THE CAREGIVERS WHO NEED CARE.
8 OVER 80 WINTER PARK’S INSPIRING NEW MISSION Explore the city dedicated to bringing arts and culture to all. By Jackie Carlin and Michael McLeod
THESE VETERAN ARTISTS SAY THEY’RE BETTER THAN EVER. Harold Garde, 94, abstract expressionist
ON THE COVER: At 94, Harold Garde feels that his best work is still to come. Photo by Walter Smalling
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Creative engagement is shown to have lifeenhancing and lifeextending benefits.
FROM THE EDITOR
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Marc Middleton MANAGING EDITOR Jackie Carlin ASSOCIATE EDITORS Katy Widrick, Bill Shafer CONTRIBUTING WRITER Michael McLeod ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Walter Smalling, Rafael Tongol, Winter Park Pictures (winterparkpictures.com) DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION Jason Morrow, Pat Narciso, Josh Doolittle, Mike Nanus DIRECTOR OF CIRCULATION Jill Middleton
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WINTER PARKERS WANT TO STAY PUT
ne of the shared aspirations of aging Americans is to age in place. Nine in 10 adults over 65 say they’d prefer to stay in their current residences as they grow older. The key to successful aging in place is as much, if not more, about the community that surrounds and supports its residents as the architecture or amenities inside the homes. Every city in America should aspire to become a community in which older residents never want to leave — which is why we’re featuring the City of Winter Park, Florida, in this special issue of Growing Bolder Magazine. Winter Park is a unique and special place — a small, charming, world-class city of great natural beauty that exudes history, culture, art and opportunity. Not surprisingly, few who live in Winter Park are planning to move someplace else. Fortunately, the City of Winter Park and organizations such as the Winter Park Health Foundation and the Pabst Foundation work tirelessly to provide the kind of resources and support that make the aptly named “City of Culture and Heritage” one of the most desirable aging-in-place communities anywhere in the world. Of course, healthcare and caregiving services are critical to successful aging in place — but one research study after another is confirming that creative engagement is also foundational to healthy aging and active longevity. Seventeen nonprofit arts and culture organizations, all of which offer programming to the public, are the heart and soul of Winter Park’s extensive and diverse efforts to provide opportunities for such engagement. You’ve heard the old African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” It can appropriately be modified to, “It takes a village to age in place.” And we believe it takes a village like Winter Park, which is focused on opportunities for lifelong creative engagement. As Picasso famously said, “As one grows old, life and art become one and the same.”
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CREATIVE ENGAGEMENT IS SHOWN TO HAVE LIFE-ENHANCING AND LIFE-EXTENDING BENEFITS.
Harold Garde, who splits his time between his two homes and studios in Belfast, Maine, and New Smyrna Beach, Florida, works at all hours and is living proof that creative ability has no age limit. GROWINGBOLDERMAGAZINE.COM
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INSPIRING NEW MISSION Explore the City Dedicated to Bringing Arts and Culture to All.
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BY JACKIE CARLIN AND MICHAEL MCLEOD
ucked away just a few miles from the hustle and bustle of Orlando’s world-famous attractions and theme parks sits a charming, historic city that was once a winter escape for wealthy Northerners. With its brick streets, gorgeous chain of lakes and Spanish-moss draped trees, Winter Park, Florida, has long been beloved for its charming shopping districts and award-winning restaurants. Now, the city is an internationally renowned destination for arts and culture. “It doesn’t matter where you go in our city, you’re going to see art,” says Clarissa Howard, the city’s director of communications who also coordinates promotional efforts among a consortium of local arts organizations. “Arts and culture have always been, and will always be, a key part of the Winter Park experience.” The city has long supported public arts and cultural experiences for its residents and visitors. At the heart of the city is Central Park, which runs most of the length of the Park Avenue shopping and dining district. The park itself 10 G R O W I N G B O L D E R
features several pieces of original art, including a sculpture by famed Czech-American sculptor Albin Polasek. A former resident also donated a rose garden within the park for all to enjoy. At the northern end of the park sits the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, which houses the world’s most intriguing collection of works by Louis Comfort Tiffany, the legendary glass artist. And nearby, the historic African-American community is celebrated at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center through photography, oral histories and public art works. JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH 2018
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Central Park’s Rose Garden has special significance apart from its sheer beauty. It’s where John Michael Thomas, a local Eagle Scout, spearheaded construction of a peacockthemed memorial statue to honor a childhood friend, Elizabeth Buckley, who died of brain cancer.
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8 OVER 80
THESE ACTIVE OCTOGENARIANS STAY YOUNG THROUGH CREATIVITY. Editor’s Note: One of the most tangible examples of the creative culture inspired by the City of Winter Park and facilitated by the extensive programming of arts-oriented nonprofits within the city is the large number of artists of all ages who live and work there. So we decided to feature “8 over 80” as a way of highlighting the health, social and longevity benefits of creative engagement. Visit GrowingBolderMagazine.com to learn more about each of the 8 over 80 artists featured here, including details on how you can see more of their art and performances. 24 G R O W I N G B O L D E R
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After a 31-year career in the Marines, Al Castellana had no idea how many adventures were still to come. His spiritual and creative life was about to flourish. He became a deacon at his church and immersed himself in his art. “My preference is realistic sculpture,” he says. “With as much detail as the medium, tools and my patience will allow.” Among Castellana’s most satisfying works is Stations of the Cross for Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Winter Park. The work took more than two years to complete, and was installed on his 80th birthday. Now, at 87, he’s still enjoying his craft and exercising his creativity more than ever. “The lack of deadlines changes everything,” he explains. “It allows me to be more relaxed, patient and willing to start over and over and over when I have to.” Castellana believes we all have talents — and developing and refining those talents often leads to finding meaning and purpose in life. “To start with nothing, and to watch something evolve from that still brings me sheer joy,” he says, adding that age does nothing to diminish that feeling. “Society believes we ‘octos’ (people over 80) should be sitting in a recliner with a remote in our hands,” says Castellana. “But it’s our age, wisdom, experience and patience — and our time, talent and desire to make our world a better place — that’s more than enough ammunition for us to make a difference, and enjoy every minute of it.”
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Anne Burst loves to paint — and many people are glad she does. Her paintings hang in galleries and private collections from Florida to California. She was also commissioned to create large-scale abstract paintings at the international airports in Miami and Key West, and for a commercial building in downtown Winter Park. Burst, a Winter Parker for 50 years, was the proprietor of Indies Landing, an interior-design studio, for 18 years. She also wrote articles and took photos of antiques, home interiors and architecture for various publications. She believes her works display “an artist’s sense of color, a graphic designer’s love of white space, a sculptor’s feel for texture, an architect’s eye for detail and an inherent understanding of the importance of light.” Art has been a part of Burst’s life since childhood. She has a fine arts and art history degree, and insists that now, at 84, art has never been more fulfilling. “As I get older, I have more time than ever to do what I want,” she explains. “I can decide if I want to go in my studio to paint, or into my office and write.” Burst has also completed a novel, which may soon become a movie, and is working on a second book. “Involvement in the arts gives you an interest beyond yourself,” she says. “Instead of focusing on what’s wrong, painting gets me focused on what’s right.”
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