AI Art — Seniors Program at RRCRC
- ** UPDATE ** (January 2025) New project with RRCRC Seniors. Illustrated storybook on universal themes that unite community.
- ** Update ** (January 2025) 7-week program featuring intergenerational engagement with local youth and seniors co-creating AI images for colouring activities. In partnership with 140 Den Haag. Supported by the Ontario Seniors Community Grants Program.
- (November 2024) The 2025 AI Art Calendar project is completed. The new calendar features a “light” version and what we termed a “dark” version! Our seniors decided that a “dark” version was a fun way to generate AI images that depict scenes that one would not think seniors would come up with.
- (Sept 2024) — FAB Fest Exhibit of RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective
- (May 2024) — Seniors AI Art Exhibition at RRCRC Annual General Meeting
- (February 2024) New Project: “Elder Fairy Tales” — Reimagining classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes with AI image generation and AI-assisted storytelling
- (December 2023) CBC News Ottawa Video Interview on RRCRC Seniors AI Art Program (archived link)
- (November 3 2023) RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective -Children’s Coloring Book Project
- (October 2023) Ottawa Morning with Robyn Bresnahan — “Never too old to learn about AI — Social group leads to laughter and learning while creating calendar and colouring book.” (archived link)
- (September 2023) We are thrilled to announce that our project has been awarded a microgrant from the Awesome Ottawa Foundation!
All AI art images produced and displayed below are the outcomes of the Seniors AI Art pilot project at the Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre (RRCRC). The program was designed to create a fun and playful group activity to stimulate imagination and creativity while addressing social isolation experienced by many seniors in our community.
2024 AI Art Calendar Project
The following images were generated using AI art platforms such as Leonardo.ai, Bing Image Creator and DreamStudio.
Below are samples of AI generated images co-created by the RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective for each calendar month.
January
February
March
April
May
June
a senior holding a diploma at graduation from university, in a beautiful rose garden, HD (images 1–6)
spring clean up near a canal, city park, community (images 7–9)
July
Elders at a Canada Day celebration on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, colorful fireworks in the sky, HD
August
seniors riding a roller coaster at a hot air balloon festival, HD
scared screaming seniors riding a roller coaster at a hot air balloon festival, HD
September
elders getting lost in a corn maze
October
Seniors wearing Halloween costumes in a field of pumpkins and jack-o’ lanterns, HD
November
seniors wearing poppies at a war memorial on remembrance day, HD
December
seniors with their walkers christmas caroling, in a snowy evening, HD
