In this new post from the NEA Office of Research and Analysis looks at statistical evidence related to the positive benefits of living an artful life.

In this National Poetry Month research post, we take a look at the date on the audience for poetry—both IRL and virtually.

In this month's Measure to Measure, we look at how "well-being measures" might factor into assessing the health of the nation's GDP.

In this blog post NEA Research Director Sunil Iyengar looks at what happened when Alan Lomax turned a statistical lens on his ethnomusicological field work.

With the start of each new year, it’s salutary not only to make new plans but also to practice humility and take encouragement from what has gone before. Those of us who aggregate and analyze quantitative data about the arts can embark on 2023 with t...

In this month's Measure for Measure post, NEA Research Director Sunil Iyengar presents some cursory findings from the most recent Arts Basic Survey.

In the November research post, Sunil Iyengar looks at factors that complicate the collection of data on indigenous arts practices.

In this month's research post, we ponder the question: do people who earn degrees in the arts really have buyer's remorse?

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

NEA Research Director takes a look at research into the positive benefits of having arts education in early childhood.

In this month's Measure for Measure post, NEA Research Director Sunil Iyengar looks at a new study exploring the links between reading and violence coping and prevention.