Arts Research Quarterly
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 13, April 18, 2024
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
Narrowing the Gap: Implications of Arts Business Training on Artist Labor Market Outcomes
From this article: This paper investigates whether entrepreneurship training subsequently impacts artists’ labor market outcomes. Collecting data from major universities, we find that only 9.7% have arts entrepreneurship certificates; just 11.4% have any required arts entrepreneurship classes. An…
Addressing inequity in arts education: the potential of a systems perspective
From this article: Access to arts education in the United States continues to be inequitably distributed as a function of socioeconomic status and race. In response, arts practitioners and policymakers have worked to expand access to arts education among children from lower-income households and …
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Performing Arts “Crossover” Strategies Fail to Diversify Core Audiences, According to New Report National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Holochwost, Steven J., Palmer Wolf, Dennie, Brown, Eleanor D. (2024) Addressing inequity in arts education: the potential of a systems perspective Arts Education Policy Review 1–17
- Smees, R., Rinaldi, L. J., Simner, J. (2024) Autism-Linked Traits and Creativity: Empathy and Sensory Sensitivities in Children Predict Creative Activities and Openness Creativity Research Journal 1–15
- MacRitchie, Jennifer, Christensen, Justin, Fishwick, Ellie, Timmers, Renee (2024) Digital adaptations to arts programme delivery for people living with dementia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Arts & Health 1–18
- Makridis, Christos, Kuuskoski, Jonathan (2024) Narrowing the Gap: Implications of Arts Business Training on Artist Labor Market Outcomes Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Art 12(1)
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: March 21, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Asquith, Sarah L., Wang, Xu, Quintana, Daniel S., Abraham, Anna (2024) Predictors of Change in Creative Thinking Abilities in Young People: A Longitudinal Study The Journal of Creative Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Creative Education Foundation (CEF)
- Baştürk, Sultan, Ekici, Gamze, Kırteke, Fatoş, Durak, Ömer Faruk, Ekici, Berkay (2024) Therapeutic effects of line dancing in people with multiple sclerosis: an evaluator-blinded, randomized controlled study Arts & Health 1–13
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Can the Arts Fortify State Economies in Times of Financial Crisis? Yes, Apparently National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Özger, Can, Choudhury, Naseem A. (2024) Cultural frame-dependent differences in artistic appraisals between White and Black Americans. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 59–73
- Diamond, Shira, Lanskey, Caroline (2024) An Opportunity to Find Oneself at the End of a Paintbrush: Exploration of an Artist-Led Prison Intervention Model Bringing People From Prison and Local Community Together Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 3–13
- Yang, Ching-Ju, Yu, Hsin-Yen, Hong, Tzu-Yi, Cheng, Li-Kai, Li, Wei-Chi, Yeh, Tzu-Chen, Chen, Li-Fen, Hsieh, Jen-Chuen (2024) Embodied metacognition as strengthened functional connection between neural correlates of metacognition and dance in dancers: exploring creativity implications Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 18:1347386
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: February 15, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Prick, Anna-Eva J. C., Zuidema, Sytse U., Van Domburg, Peter, Verboon, Peter, Vink, Annemieke C., Schols, Jos M. G. A., Van Hooren, Susan (2024) Effects of a music therapy and music listening intervention for nursing home residents with dementia: a randomized controlled trial Frontiers in Medicine (Lausanne) 11:1304349
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) The Expressive Life of Institutions—and Other Observations from the #HealBridgeThrive Summit National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- Mansfield, Louise, Daykin, Norma, O’Connell, Neil E., Bailey, Daniel, Forde, Louise, Smith, Robyn, Gifford, Jake, Ashdown‐Franks, Garcia (2024) A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for children and young people at-risk of offending, or who have offended on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes: A systematic review Campbell Syst Rev 20(1):e1377
- Young, DaSean Lucas, Goldstein, Thalia R. (2023) Racial-ethnic minority participants in the marching arts: Intergroup experiences, perceptions of inclusion, and well-being. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 74–82
- Holochwost, Steven J., Palmer Wolf, Dennie, Brown, Eleanor D. (2024) Addressing inequity in arts education: the potential of a systems perspective Arts Education Policy Review 1–17
- Smees, R., Rinaldi, L. J., Simner, J. (2024) Autism-Linked Traits and Creativity: Empathy and Sensory Sensitivities in Children Predict Creative Activities and Openness Creativity Research Journal 1–15
- MacRitchie, Jennifer, Christensen, Justin, Fishwick, Ellie, Timmers, Renee (2024) Digital adaptations to arts programme delivery for people living with dementia in response to the COVID-19 pandemic Arts & Health 1–18
- Makridis, Christos, Kuuskoski, Jonathan (2024) Narrowing the Gap: Implications of Arts Business Training on Artist Labor Market Outcomes Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Art 12(1)
- Asquith, Sarah L., Wang, Xu, Quintana, Daniel S., Abraham, Anna (2024) Predictors of Change in Creative Thinking Abilities in Young People: A Longitudinal Study The Journal of Creative Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Creative Education Foundation (CEF)
- Baştürk, Sultan, Ekici, Gamze, Kırteke, Fatoş, Durak, Ömer Faruk, Ekici, Berkay (2024) Therapeutic effects of line dancing in people with multiple sclerosis: an evaluator-blinded, randomized controlled study Arts & Health 1–13
- Özger, Can, Choudhury, Naseem A. (2024) Cultural frame-dependent differences in artistic appraisals between White and Black Americans. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 59–73
- Diamond, Shira, Lanskey, Caroline (2024) An Opportunity to Find Oneself at the End of a Paintbrush: Exploration of an Artist-Led Prison Intervention Model Bringing People From Prison and Local Community Together Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 3–13
- Yang, Ching-Ju, Yu, Hsin-Yen, Hong, Tzu-Yi, Cheng, Li-Kai, Li, Wei-Chi, Yeh, Tzu-Chen, Chen, Li-Fen, Hsieh, Jen-Chuen (2024) Embodied metacognition as strengthened functional connection between neural correlates of metacognition and dance in dancers: exploring creativity implications Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 18:1347386
- Prick, Anna-Eva J. C., Zuidema, Sytse U., Van Domburg, Peter, Verboon, Peter, Vink, Annemieke C., Schols, Jos M. G. A., Van Hooren, Susan (2024) Effects of a music therapy and music listening intervention for nursing home residents with dementia: a randomized controlled trial Frontiers in Medicine (Lausanne) 11:1304349
- Mansfield, Louise, Daykin, Norma, O’Connell, Neil E., Bailey, Daniel, Forde, Louise, Smith, Robyn, Gifford, Jake, Ashdown‐Franks, Garcia (2024) A mixed methods systematic review on the effects of arts interventions for children and young people at-risk of offending, or who have offended on behavioural, psychosocial, cognitive and offending outcomes: A systematic review Campbell Syst Rev 20(1):e1377
- Young, DaSean Lucas, Goldstein, Thalia R. (2023) Racial-ethnic minority participants in the marching arts: Intergroup experiences, perceptions of inclusion, and well-being. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(1) 74–82
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Performing Arts “Crossover” Strategies Fail to Diversify Core Audiences, According to New Report National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: March 21, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Can the Arts Fortify State Economies in Times of Financial Crisis? Yes, Apparently National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: February 15, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) The Expressive Life of Institutions—and Other Observations from the #HealBridgeThrive Summit National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure