Arts Research Quarterly

Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts

Issue 11, October 26, 2023

Arts Research Quarterly is a sampler of research articles on the arts ecosystem and on the arts’ value and impact for individuals and communities, based on data housed at NADAC and elsewhere. New issues are released quarterly. Arts Research Quarterly and NADAC are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Featured Publications

Receptive and participatory arts engagement and subsequent healthy aging: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Rena, Melinda, Fancourt, Daisy, Bu, Feifei, Paul, Elise, Sonke, Jill K., Bone, Jessica K. (2023) Receptive and participatory arts engagement and subsequent healthy aging: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study Social Science & Medicine

From this article: Rationale: Arts engagement is associated with prolonged longevity, but it remains unclear whether it is also associated with increases in the portion of people’s lives for which they remain healthy. We investigated whether receptive and participatory …

Arts and Culture Nonprofits as Civic Actors: Mapping Audience, Community, and Civic Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations

Kim, Mirae, Benenson, Jodi (2023) Arts and Culture Nonprofits as Civic Actors: Mapping Audience, Community, and Civic Engagement in Nonprofit Organizations The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society 53:4 247-265

From this article: The term “community engagement” has been a buzzword in the arts and culture sector, but it has been used interchangeably with “civic engagement” and “audience engagement” without a clear understanding of arts and culture nonprofit organizations. Using original survey data …