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Sunil Iyengar

Quick Study: Local Arts Agencies as Creative Connectors

October 21, 2021 by Sunil Iyengar Leave a Comment

To celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month, this episode of Quick Study looks at the critical role of local arts agencies in a post-COVID-19 environment. A transcript of this podcast is available at the NEA website. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Local Arts Agencies as Creative Connectors

Agents for Recovery—Going Local with Federal Arts Spending

October 4, 2021 by Sunil Iyengar 1 Comment

Back in January, the NEA published The Art of Reopening: A Guide to Current Practices Among Arts Organizations During COVID-19. Then as now, arts organizations have enlisted community partners and patrons in the bid for survival—especially given the body-blow to travel and tourism. “Aligning arts programming with local community needs is paramount,” the guide states, before … [Read more...] about Agents for Recovery—Going Local with Federal Arts Spending

Quick Study: Rethinking Theater Arts

September 16, 2021 by Sunil Iyengar 1 Comment

For this entry, I'm sharing the latest episode of Quick Study, the NEA's research podcast. This month, we discuss Emerging from the Cave, a study commissioned by the Sundance Institute and authored by Jesse Cameron Alick. The report captures the most pressing challenges and opportunities for today’s theater artists—in their own words. A transcript of this podcast is available … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Rethinking Theater Arts

But What About the Artists?

September 2, 2021 by Sunil Iyengar 2 Comments

An occupational hazard of the social sciences is that we tend to generalize. Even when writing about the dynamic and complex system of arts and culture, it becomes tempting to treat the component parts as monoliths. Thus, when attempting to quantify the arts’ benefits to individuals and society, we often overlook the roles and relationships of different units that work in … [Read more...] about But What About the Artists?

Quick Study: Drawing and Brain Plasticity

August 19, 2021 by Sunil Iyengar 2 Comments

For this entry, I'm sharing the latest episode of the NEA's research podcast, Quick Study. This month, we discuss brain functional changes that Auburn University researchers detected in students enrolled in a 16-week observational drawing course. The NEA-funded study results were published recently in the journal Neuropsychologia. A transcript of this podcast is at the NEA … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Drawing and Brain Plasticity

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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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