Lifetime Arts is a nonprofit arts service organization that aims to serve, inspire, and engage older adults in America. Founded in 2008, their mission revolves around three main components: encouraging creative aging by promoting professional arts programs for older adults, preparing artists to develop the creative capacity of older learners, and fostering lifelong learning through community-based arts programs. Lifetime Arts rejects outdated stereotypes of older adults as needy or frail and instead focuses on serving independent individuals interested in exploring creative expression in a social group setting.

Their cultural vision embraces positive aging by celebrating the potential for personal growth, well-being, and civic engagement in older adults. They envision networks of teaching artists and arts organizations trained to create meaningful programming for older adults in various settings. Through their programs and services, Lifetime Arts builds the capacity of organizations and institutions that serve older adults to plan, implement, and sustain arts education programming.

They also advocate for community-based programs that combat social isolation, build community partnerships, and expand the reach of arts and cultural organizations. Since 2008, they have provided professional development and training to over 3,000 teaching artists and 350 organizations across 42 states