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The Arts of Innovation

December 7, 2023 by Sunil Iyengar 1 Comment

Spillovers. Multipliers. Ripple effects. Value added. These are a few of the phrases we repeatedly use to discuss the arts’ benefits to commerce and industry. Mark how every one of them denotes a form of transfer—as if the arts cannot be fully appreciated in situ, but must be grafted to another field or domain (e.g., economics) to yield an extrinsic … [Read more...] about The Arts of Innovation

A Conversation with Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) YA and Children’s Author and Curator

November 23, 2023 by Josephine Reed Leave a Comment

Today, we are celebrating Indigenous Peoples Month with an interview with author Cynthia Leitich Smith.  A member of the Muscogee (Creek) nation, Smith is a bestselling, award-winning children’s-YA writer and the author-curator of the Native-centered Heartdrum imprint at HarperCollins Children’s Books. She also is the 2024 Southern Mississippi Medallion Winner and … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee) YA and Children’s Author and Curator

Marking Veterans Day: A Conversation with Sebastian Junger

November 9, 2023 by Josephine Reed Leave a Comment

To mark Veteran’s Day, we’re revisiting our2017 interview with author Sebastian Junger a journalist deeply engaged with war and the people who fight in them. As a contributing editor for Vanity Fair, he’s covered international stories including the war in Afghanistan, a region and subject he’s returned to over the course of his career. In this podcast, Sebastian Junger … [Read more...] about Marking Veterans Day: A Conversation with Sebastian Junger

Community vs. Commodity: Residual Benefits from Purchasing Arts Experiences

November 2, 2023 by Sunil Iyengar 2 Comments

In the May 2023 episode of the NEA’s Quick Study podcast, I alluded to some of the more promising studies about the arts’ positive relationships to social cohesion. While in Boston for a conference, however, I came across an article that made me rethink how the raw experience of arts participation can foster not just togetherness—because of the inherently social quality of … [Read more...] about Community vs. Commodity: Residual Benefits from Purchasing Arts Experiences

Meet Filmmakers and disability rights advocates James LeBrecht and Day Al-Mohamed

October 26, 2023 by Josephine Reed Leave a Comment

We’re marking National Disability Employment Awareness Month with a conversation with James LeBrecht and Day Al-Mohamed—two founding members of FWD-Doc-- a global, intersectional community of disabled creators and allies working in media to build a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable entertainment industry that cultivates and champions disabled media-makers, and elevates … [Read more...] about Meet Filmmakers and disability rights advocates James LeBrecht and Day Al-Mohamed

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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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