NEVER TOO LATE - SEPT 2019

PCOA In-house Specialists in LGBTQ Elder Care: Sarah Bahnson LGBTQ Community Liaison Elizabeth Reeves Community Services System Director Bridget Roads Neighbors Care Alliance Outreach Coordinator John Chihak Intake Specialist Jennifer Caragan Intensive Services Specialist Maddy Bynes Public Policy and Advocacy Coordinator

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Our Featured Artist: Sara Heitshu

The Drawing Studio is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, creative learning organization that brings art and

My first art class was at the Figg museum in Davenport, Iowa when I was about 10. I kept on drawing through college and even after but as my career as a librarian becamemoreconsuming I did less and less. My sister Kathryn Hird became the

the benefits of creating art to the entire community. The Drawing Studio offers affordable fee-based and free classes and workshops, hosts events and exhibits, and fosters awareness of the positive effects of creativity on individuals. The mission is to inspire people of all ages and backgrounds to embrace art practice as a pathway to person growth and healthy community. PCOA and The Drawing Studio proudly partner to feature original work by older artists in Pima County in Never Too Late , celebrating and showcasing the creativity of older adults in our community.

artist in the family. Luckily, someone at the UA library suggested I try a mini-vacation by taking a weekend class at the Desert Museum, and The Drawing Studio came next. I have found something in myself that I thought was lost but now it is front and center again. I still love reading, walking, folk dancing andmy beagle Dalton, but art can trump them all!

The work featured on this issue’s cover, Neighbors Delight (full image above), is a pastel, 8.5” x 11.5”.

PCOA Board of Directors Robert Bell, Chair Adaline Klemmedson, Vice Chair Agnes Poore, RN, Secretary Sarah Lennartz, Treasurer Members: Steve Borden Elizabeth Davidson

Richard Elias, Pima County Board of Supervisors Maxine Goldstein Amy Levin George Mairs (Advisory Council Chair) Ron Meck Marisa Menchola, Ph.D. Denise Richerson-Smith Beth Smith

Amanda Sokan, Ph.D. Carol M. Swango R. Wayne Wood. M.D. David Yarger

Karla Bennington John James Duncan Frederick R. Eisele Kathleen McCormack Karen Wulff PCOA President & CEO W. Mark Clark

Title III Programs Advisory Council George Mairs, Chair John James Duncan, Vice Chair Wendy Ascher

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Pima Council on Aging

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