Reimagining Ageing
through the Power of
the Arts Together
St Luke’s ElderCare (SLEC) and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), University of the Arts Singapore (UAS) have been collaborating to bring together arts education and community care to promote innovative approaches in engaging seniors and supporting their well-being.
The two organisations formalised their partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2025, and the Ageing Artfully Conference is one of the partnership highlights.
At its heart, Ageing Artfully reimagines ageing as a stage rich with potential—for creation that affirms identity, connection that nurtures belonging, and contribution that sustains purpose.
We move toward a vision of ageing that honours not only well-being, but the enduring human desire to create, relate, and celebrate.
Through interdisciplinary dialogue among artists, academics, eldercare professionals, community partners, and older adults themselves, the conference aims to:
Shift the narrative
from arts as therapy to arts
as living practice
Deepen dignity
and agency-centered
approaches in ageing
Inspire sustainable
community-integrated
creative ecosystem
Elevate older adults
as active contributors
to cultural life
About St Luke’s ElderCare
(SLEC)
For over 26 years, SLEC has been using art to bring meaning, joy and connection to seniors across 33 locations.
About Nanyang Academy
of Fine Arts (NAFA)
NAFA is Singapore’s pioneer arts institution and a founding member of the University of the Arts Singapore (UAS).
