Arts Research Quarterly
Spotlighting Secondary Data Analysis in the Arts
Issue 15, December 12, 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
Jatin P. Ambegaonkar Holly Matto Emily S. Ihara Catherine Tompkins Shane V. Caswell Nelson Cortes Rick Davis Sarah M. Coogan Victoria N. Fauntroy Elizabeth Glass Judy Lee Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil Niyati Dhokai (2022) Dance, Music, and Social Conversation Program Participation Positively Affects Physical and Mental Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Dance Medicine & Science Volume 26, Issue 4
As the world population ages, practitioners use community-engaged interventions to help older adults stay healthy. Engaging in arts programs (e.g., dance or music) reportedly improves physical and mental health, but little research exists examining…
Briesch, Richard; Haruvy, Ernan; Voss, Glenn B.; Voss, Zannie Giraud (2024) The countervailing effects of spatial competition in the performing arts: examining local versus traded market performance Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 48 pages 527–574
Intense competitive pressure in a local geographic market may diminish an organization’s revenues in that market but increase its innovation output and revenue opportunities in other geographic markets. This trade-off between local and traded market performance…
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Arts Attendance, Art-Making, and Social Connectedness: Spring/Summer 2024
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: November 21, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Loui, Psyche; Parrish, Corinna; Wu, Xiaotong (Eva); Lee, Jethro; Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth (2024) Sequence Generation and Evaluation: A Novel Assessment of Musical Creativity Creativity Research Journal 1–15
- Spingler, Landa; Lindsay, Jim; Ruiz, Roman; Yuan, Nancy (2024) Curtains Up: Critical Factors Influencing Theater Resiliency National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center, National Endowment for the Arts
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) We Know What You Did Last Summer National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: October 17, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Pina, Ilaria; Britten, Laura; Astill, Sarah (2024) “We’re still seeing people on the screen, we still keeping our bodies moving”: exploring the transition from face to face to online dance classes for community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic Arts & Health 1–14
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Federal Data on Reading for Pleasure: All Signs Show a Slump National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: September 19, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Joschko, Ronja; Klatte, Caroline; Grabowska, Weronika A.; Roll, Stephanie; Berghöfer, Anne; Willich, Stefan N. (2024) Active Visual Art Therapy and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis JAMA Network Open 7(9):e2428709
- Spee, Blanca T. M.; Leder, Helmut; Mikuni, Jan; Scharnowski, Frank; Pelowski, Matthew; Steyrl, David. (2024) Using machine learning to predict judgments on Western visual art along content-representational and formal-perceptual attributes PLoS ONE 19(9): e0304285
- Snyder, Thomas; Lindsay, Jim; Roberts, Ashley; Spingler, Landa (2024) 50 States of Arts Participation: 2022 National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center, National Endowment for the Arts
- Wagner, Gary A. and Portillo, Javier E. (2024) Cashing in on culture: local employment effects from art and cultural district designation Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 48 pages 645–684
- Briesch, Richard; Haruvy, Ernan; Voss, Glenn B.; Voss, Zannie Giraud (2024) The countervailing effects of spatial competition in the performing arts: examining local versus traded market performance Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 48 pages 527–574
- Vissers, Nathalie; Wagemans, Johan (2024) Photographs that repulse or entice: Sense-making and emotional experiencing of artistic photographs Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(5) 790–814
- Zhang, Na; Chen, Shuoxin; Li, Qing; He, Zhiqiang; Jiang, Wenhui (2024) Efficacy of art therapy in enhancing mental health of clinical nurses: A meta-analysis Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Volume 31, Issue 5 729-741
- Thapa, Stuti; Vaziri, Hoda; Shim, Yerin; Tay, Louis; Pawelski, James O. (2023) Development and validation of the Mechanisms of Engagement in the Arts and Humanities scales Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(5) 679–698
- Jatin P. Ambegaonkar Holly Matto Emily S. Ihara Catherine Tompkins Shane V. Caswell Nelson Cortes Rick Davis Sarah M. Coogan Victoria N. Fauntroy Elizabeth Glass Judy Lee Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil Niyati Dhokai (2022) Dance, Music, and Social Conversation Program Participation Positively Affects Physical and Mental Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Dance Medicine & Science Volume 26, Issue 4
- Barrett, Karen Chan; Limb, Charles J. (2020) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and the Neural Correlates of Artistic Creative Production Encyclopedia of Creativity (Third Edition) Pages 526-533
- Loui, Psyche; Parrish, Corinna; Wu, Xiaotong (Eva); Lee, Jethro; Margulis, Elizabeth Hellmuth (2024) Sequence Generation and Evaluation: A Novel Assessment of Musical Creativity Creativity Research Journal 1–15
- Pina, Ilaria; Britten, Laura; Astill, Sarah (2024) “We’re still seeing people on the screen, we still keeping our bodies moving”: exploring the transition from face to face to online dance classes for community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic Arts & Health 1–14
- Joschko, Ronja; Klatte, Caroline; Grabowska, Weronika A.; Roll, Stephanie; Berghöfer, Anne; Willich, Stefan N. (2024) Active Visual Art Therapy and Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis JAMA Network Open 7(9):e2428709
- Spee, Blanca T. M.; Leder, Helmut; Mikuni, Jan; Scharnowski, Frank; Pelowski, Matthew; Steyrl, David. (2024) Using machine learning to predict judgments on Western visual art along content-representational and formal-perceptual attributes PLoS ONE 19(9): e0304285
- Wagner, Gary A. and Portillo, Javier E. (2024) Cashing in on culture: local employment effects from art and cultural district designation Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 48 pages 645–684
- Briesch, Richard; Haruvy, Ernan; Voss, Glenn B.; Voss, Zannie Giraud (2024) The countervailing effects of spatial competition in the performing arts: examining local versus traded market performance Journal of Cultural Economics Volume 48 pages 527–574
- Vissers, Nathalie; Wagemans, Johan (2024) Photographs that repulse or entice: Sense-making and emotional experiencing of artistic photographs Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(5) 790–814
- Zhang, Na; Chen, Shuoxin; Li, Qing; He, Zhiqiang; Jiang, Wenhui (2024) Efficacy of art therapy in enhancing mental health of clinical nurses: A meta-analysis Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Volume 31, Issue 5 729-741
- Thapa, Stuti; Vaziri, Hoda; Shim, Yerin; Tay, Louis; Pawelski, James O. (2023) Development and validation of the Mechanisms of Engagement in the Arts and Humanities scales Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 18(5) 679–698
- Jatin P. Ambegaonkar Holly Matto Emily S. Ihara Catherine Tompkins Shane V. Caswell Nelson Cortes Rick Davis Sarah M. Coogan Victoria N. Fauntroy Elizabeth Glass Judy Lee Gwen Baraniecki-Zwil Niyati Dhokai (2022) Dance, Music, and Social Conversation Program Participation Positively Affects Physical and Mental Health in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial Journal of Dance Medicine & Science Volume 26, Issue 4
- Barrett, Karen Chan; Limb, Charles J. (2020) Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and the Neural Correlates of Artistic Creative Production Encyclopedia of Creativity (Third Edition) Pages 526-533
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Arts Attendance, Art-Making, and Social Connectedness: Spring/Summer 2024
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: November 21, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Spingler, Landa; Lindsay, Jim; Ruiz, Roman; Yuan, Nancy (2024) Curtains Up: Critical Factors Influencing Theater Resiliency National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center, National Endowment for the Arts
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) We Know What You Did Last Summer National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: October 17, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Iyengar, Sunil (2024) Federal Data on Reading for Pleasure: All Signs Show a Slump National Endowment for the Arts Blog: Measure for Measure
- National Endowment for the Arts (2024) Quick Study: September 19, 2024 Monthly Podcast
- Snyder, Thomas; Lindsay, Jim; Roberts, Ashley; Spingler, Landa (2024) 50 States of Arts Participation: 2022 National Arts Statistics and Evidence-based Reporting Center, National Endowment for the Arts