ATIVIDADES ARTÍSTICAS NA TERCEIRA IDADE: UM RELATO DA EXPERIÊNCIA COM PAPEL MACHÊ

Abstract

The extension project "Renewing with art" organized by FAAC-UNESP promotes a series of artistic activities in order to improve quality of life, increasing knowledge of culture and arts, and social inclusion of senior people. Among numerous artistic activities known, paper mache is an interesting ludic and educative resource because there are many aspects that can be worked with it, such as: concepts about recycling, environmental consciousness, memorization, motor coordination, persistence and patience, as the person imagines and makes the transformation of the clay. This article reports an experience using paper mache with a group of senior people that have never had worked with this technique before. Important information was obtained during the activities, through local observation and data provided by a questionnaire, such as their main difficulties and benefits.

Index Terms - aged person, paper mache, social inclusion, art.