Envelhecer Sorrindo – An experience of artistic development: making the waiting room a creation enviroment

Abstract

“An experience of artistic development” has raised inside the “Envelhecer Sorrindo” program as a partnership between Odontology and Arts & Communication Schools at University of São Paulo, being such experience supported by Dean’s Office for Cultural and Extramural Activities, by means of the “Aprender com Cultura” scholarship. The idea popped up due to the artistic possibilities that may emerge in the waiting room of a Prosthesis Department. We thought that the creative process could benefit the total R oberto Chaib Stegun et alRevista Cultura e Extensão USPVolume 9104 health of the elderly besides promoting a didactic and cultural intersection among the students of both centers.This took place in two moments: the first was a theoretical study that searched to identify the place the elderly occupies in our society, as well as its specificities and possibilities and from this point owning the collected information should feel comfortable to dialogue with them. Based on the collected data we picked the memory as mean subject to be explored in the second moment of this project, which took place in the waiting room every week. During each meeting, it was proposed a new artistic experience, aiming on making them relaxed or more socialized besides trying to add health and exercises to that artistic moment.