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By Any Measure

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Quick Study: Arts and the Surgeon General’s Health Advisory

May 18, 2023 by Sunil Iyengar Leave a Comment

In this episode, we discuss arts programming in the context of the Surgeon General’s recent advisory on loneliness and isolation. A transcript is available here. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Arts and the Surgeon General’s Health Advisory

Meet Meg Medina

May 11, 2023 by Josephine Reed Leave a Comment

Author and Library of Congress’s 2023-24 National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature In this episode, we speak with Meg Medina, a Newbery Award-winning author  and the current Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. Meg Medina has written numerous books for kids and young adults, including "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass," … [Read more...] about Meet Meg Medina

How Green Is Your Thumb? Gardening, Crafts Linked with Greater Life Satisfaction Early in Pandemic

May 4, 2023 by Sunil Iyengar 1 Comment

According to results from the 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), 39.9 percent of U.S. adults, or 101.9 million, worked with indoor plants or gardened for pleasure in the course of a year. Despite population growth, this rate is comparable to the share of Americans who gardened five or ten years before. The consistently high rate of gardening, as a … [Read more...] about How Green Is Your Thumb? Gardening, Crafts Linked with Greater Life Satisfaction Early in Pandemic

Quick Study: Gender-Inclusive IP Creation Benefits Consumers

April 20, 2023 by Sunil Iyengar Leave a Comment

In this episode, we consider a study about the rise in women authors and what the trend means for innovation in book publishing. A transcript is available here. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Gender-Inclusive IP Creation Benefits Consumers

Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH).

April 16, 2023 by Josephine Reed Leave a Comment

In this podcast,  we meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the new executive director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH.) Wolde-Michael talks about her background growing up in the twin cities as a first-generation child born to Ethiopian immigrants, her pull toward history, and her desire to work in public history where she was able to do transformative … [Read more...] about Meet Tsione Wolde-Michael, the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH).

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About Sunil and Josephine

Sunil Iyengar directs the Office of Research & Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts. Under his leadership, the office has produced dozens of research reports, hosted periodic research events and webinars, led strategic plan development for the agency, and established research and … [more] about About Sunil and Josephine

By Any Measure

Aesthetics meets analysis in a monthly series of podcasts and blog posts from the National Endowment for the Arts.  Once upon a time, writers and artists were skeptical—if not morbid—about the application of science to questions of natural beauty, aesthetics, and arts and culture. Think of … [more] about By Any Measure

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