AI Art — Seniors Program at RRCRC

• ** UPDATE ** (February 2024) New Project: “Elder Fairy Tales” — Reimagining classic fairy tales and nursery rhymes with AI image generation and AI-assisted storytelling
• UPDATE (December 2023) CBC News Ottawa Video Interview on RRCRC Seniors AI Art Program (archived link)
• UPDATE (November 3 2023) RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective -Children’s Coloring Book Project
• UPDATE (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)
• UPDATE (September 2023) We are thrilled to announce that our project has been awarded a microgrant from the Awesome Ottawa Foundation!

Seniors AI Art Collective at the Rideau-Rockcliffe Community Resource Centre (Sept 2023)

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.

AI art generation activity — RRCRC Seniors Program

2024 AI Art Calendar Project

The following images were generated using AI art platforms such as Leonardo.ai, Bing Image Creator and DreamStudio.

Cover image of 2024 Calendar created by RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective

Below are samples of AI generated images co-created by the RRCRC Seniors AI Art Collective for each calendar month.

January

Leonardo.ai — snowman riding a snowmobile on New Year’s Day

Leonardo.ai — snowman riding a snowmobile on New Year’s Day, big fluffy snowflakes

Bing — snowman riding a snowmobile on New Year’s Day || ClipDrop SDXL (right image)

February

Leonardo.ai — two human seniors on a date, on Valentine’s day

Leonardo.ai — chocolate reindeer on Valentine’s day, two human seniors on a date

Leonardo.ai — chocolate reindeer on Valentine’s day, two seniors

Bing — chocolate reindeer on Valentine’s day

March

Leonardo.ai — Shamrocks in a vase, green beer on a table, in an Irish pub with seniors, leprechauns as waiters

Leonardo.ai- Shamrocks in a vase, green beer on a table

DreamStudio — Shamrocks in a vase, green beer on a table, in an Irish pub with seniors, leprechauns as waiters

DreamStudio — Shamrocks in a vase, green beer on a table, in an Irish pub with seniors, leprechauns as waiters

April

Leonardo.ai — A senior wearing an Easter Bunny costume catching a clownfish

Leonardo.ai — A senior wearing an Easter Bunny costume catching a laughing fish

Bing — A senior wearing an Easter Bunny costume catching a laughing fish

DreamStudio — A senior wearing an Easter Bunny costume catching a laughing fish

May

Leonardo.ai — an elder at the tulip festival, very colorful, high definition

Leonardo.ai — an elder grandmother at a very colorful tulip festival, high definition

Bing — an elder grandmother at a very colorful tulip festival, high definition

DreamStudio — elder grandmother at the tulip festival, very colorful, high definition

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

Leonardo.ai — a beautiful oil painting of a multicultural group of smiling elders, male and female, holding a corncob, getting lost in a corn maze, a mix of caucasian and diverse ethnic

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

DreamStudio — A compelling image of grandparents and children gathered in a cemetery honouring veterans of past wars, a sunrise with soft lighting in the background, wispy clouds after a storm, a red poppy field in the foreground, Silhouette lighting, shot on Fujifilm Pro 400H

December

seniors with their walkers christmas caroling, in a snowy evening, HD

Leonardo.ai — a diverse and multicultural group of seniors, christmas caroling, in a snowy evening, HD

Leonardo.ai — two seniors skating on a frozen lake, Christmas tree in the background, soft fluffy snowflakes falling, intricate details, realistic faces

an elderly woman flying on an albatross, sunset in the background, palm trees