Arts Research Quarterly

Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts

Issue 14, September 19, 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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ARQ Issue 14

Featured Publications

Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing

Creating arts and crafting positively predicts subjective wellbeing

 

From this article: This study explored whether engagement with Creating Arts and Crafting (CAC) predicted subjective wellbeing and loneliness, above and beyond known sociodemographic predictors.

Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles

Participation and Persistence in High School Elective Music Ensembles

 

From this article: In this study, we examined demographic patterns of participation and persistence in high school elective music ensembles. We extend prior research that has only compared music and non-music students by explicitly modeling persistence across multiple years of ensemble enrollment…