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Professor, art historian, and curator Dr. Nicole Fleetwood has spent years exploring the art of incarcerated people and how it is essential to our understanding of mass incarceration and the people it affects. A 2021 MacArthur Fellow, Fleetwood began this work as she reflected on her family’s and community’s history of imprisonment. The project grew into an award-winning book … [Read more...] about Art historian and 2021 MacArthur Fellow Dr. Nicole Fleetwood discusses the profound significance of the art created by incarcerated people.

In this episode, we consider art museums as venues for human flourishing, as tracked by NEA-supported researchers at the University of Pennsylvania. The source article is here. A transcript of this podcast is available at the NEA website. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Positive Psych Researchers Take on Art Museums

Andrew Krivak’s novel The Bear, which is a recent NEA Big Read title, is a story about the last of humanity. Yet the book somehow is remarkably hopeful. Set far into the future, it’s a fable that seems as old as time with a sense wonder that weaves throughout it. Without humans, or with the last of humans, nature has reclaimed its prominence and its rhythms once again … [Read more...] about A Conversation with Novelist Andrew Krivak

I am his Highness’ dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you? - Alexander Pope, “Epigram Engraved on the Collar of a Dog Which I Gave to His Royal Highness” Next month, the NEA will release a new strategic plan. For federal agencies, no less than for commercial or nonprofit entities, such documents are only as good as their owners. Who will monitor the resulting … [Read more...] about Sharing Ownership of a National Research Agenda for the Arts

In this month's episode, we consult an international study to learn how music-listening and music-making were affected in the first few months of the pandemic, and how these activities helped people better cope with their emotions. The source article can be found here. Go here for a transcript of this podcast on the NEA website. … [Read more...] about Quick Study: Music and Mood Regulation in the First Wave of COVID