Blog Dec 01, 2022 Feasting on Arts Participation Survey Data—But First, Some Appetizers In this month's Measure for Measure post, NEA Research Director Sunil Iyengar presents some cursory findings from the most recent Arts Basic Survey.
Blog Nov 03, 2022 Making Space for Indigenous Arts Practices in Government Data about the Arts In the November research post, Sunil Iyengar looks at factors that complicate the collection of data on indigenous arts practices.
Blog Oct 06, 2022 Buyer’s Remorse in Higher Education—Some Questions for the Arts In this month's research post, we ponder the question: do people who earn degrees in the arts really have buyer's remorse?
Blog Sep 08, 2022 The Tenth Anniversary of an Arts System Map: How Are We Doing? In this month's Measure for Measure, we revisit the original system map created for the NEA's first five-year research agenda and see how it stands up ten years later.
Blog Aug 04, 2022 Tracking Demographic Differences Among U.S. Artists and Arts Managers In this month's Measure for Measure, we look at three new NEA research briefs that can help cultural funders and administrators monitor and promote equitable access to arts labor opportunities.
Blog Jul 07, 2022 Dancers and Social Workers Unite: Recovering the Body Through Creative Movement In the new Measure for Measure, we're looking at an NEA-funded research study into how creative movement may or may not positively impact survivors of intimate partner violence.
Blog Jun 02, 2022 Structure vs. Improv: Thinking Like a Studio Artist A new paper by Kim Sheridan, and her colleagues at George Mason University looks at the different approaches of visual arts teachers, between giving specific “direction” or supporting greater “autonomy,” in fostering learners’ sense of themselves as ...
Blog May 05, 2022 Strength in Numbers: Validating Infrastructure Needs for the Folk Arts Subsector For this month's Measure for Measure arts research post, we're looking at the importance of supporting the infrastructure for the folk and traditional arts.