Podcast appearances and mentions of sunil iyengar

Theaters, opera halls and concert venues were all hit hard by the pandemic. People didn't want to gather in close quarters. To get a gauge on how and where people might be participating in the arts again, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) focused on that topic in its most recent five-year survey. For more on the methodology and how the results guide NEA activities, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with the agency's director of research and analysis, Sunil Iyengar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Theaters, opera halls and concert venues were all hit hard by the pandemic. People didn't want to gather in close quarters. To get a gauge on how and where people might be participating in the arts again, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) focused on that topic in its most recent five-year survey. For more on the methodology and how the results guide NEA activities, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin talked with the agency's director of research and analysis, Sunil Iyengar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we reflect on the past year of The HPP Podcast's first season. Enjoy a discussion on cultural kitchens by Dr. Maria Jackson from Ep. 15 Exploring Arts in Public Health with Dr. Jill Sonke, Dr. Sandro Galea, Dr. Maria Jackson, Sunil Iyengar, and David Leventhal. A few other episodes that talked about different ways of knowing were Ep. 11 Exploring Youth Citizen Science with Dr. Katherine Kim, Ashley Michael, and Lisa Morehead-Hillman, Ep. 20 Exploring What Arts Count as Scholarship in Public Health with Shanaé Burch and Dr. Ryan Petteway, Ep. 21 Exploring Black Pastor's Perceptions of their Role in Sex Education: More with Dr. LaNita Wright, Ep. 31 Exploring the Decolonization of Human Design with Dr. Elizabeth Chen, Ep. 43 Exploring Maori Frameworks in Aotearoa New Zealand and Abroad with Dr. Christina Severinsen, Angelique Reweti, and Cynthia Begay, and Ep. 44 Exploring Food Sovereignty and Community Based Participatory Research with Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Cynthia Begay. These are just a few of the episodes that encompass this week's theme, so go back and listen to them all over again! Have a favorite episode? Tweet @TheHPPJournal and let us know! If you have a moment, please provide your feedback here on what we are doing well and where we can improve.

Summary: In this episode, our host Adrian Ellis speaks with Sunil Iyengar, Director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts in the US, about the increasing global demand for research, information and statistics to demonstrate the value of the arts. They also discuss the need for more longitudinal and qualitative research, especially community-based participatory studies.  Thereafter, Adrian is joined by fellow host Criena Gehrke to discuss key takeaways. They concur on the importance of meaningful qualitative research, especially collaborative and cross-sectoral projects. DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPTReferences:  National Endowment for the Arts  Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account NEA Research Labs Artists' Use of Technology as a Creative Medium The Diversity of Performing Arts Audiences: Weighing Organizational Factors and Business Decisions National Endowment for the Arts Research Agenda: FY 2017‐2021 Bio: Sunil Iyengar is the Director of Research and Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which is an independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Under his leadership, the NEA has produced dozens of research reports, hosted periodic research events and webinars, led strategic plan development for the agency, and established research and data partnerships with the U.S Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. His office also conducts program evaluations and performance measurement for the Arts Endowment. Working with his team, Iyengar has created and pursued a long-term research agenda (based partly on an arts “system map” his office helped to design), founded a national data repository for the arts, and launched two awards programs for arts researchers, including the NEA Research Labs initiative. He chairs a federal Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development. For nearly a decade, he has contributed a monthly research post (titled “Taking Note”) to the agency's official blog. Prior to joining the agency as research director, Iyengar worked as a reporter, managing editor, and senior editor for a host of news publications covering the biomedical research, medical device, and pharmaceutical industries. He writes poems, book reviews, and literary essays. Iyengar has a BA in English from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

In this episode, guest host Dr. Jill Sonke is in conversation with four authors from HPP's Arts Supplement. They talk about how art has a key role at the heart of what public health is trying to do, go beyond the physical benefits of dance, and elevate cultural kitchens. This metaphor sparks a deep conversation the validity of art and its ability to build trust with communities. Dr. Sonke is in conversation with Dr. Sandro Galea from the Boston University School of Public Health, Maria Rosario Jackson from Arizona State University, Sunil Iyengar from the National Endowment for the Arts, and David Leventhal from the Dance for PD program.

Sunil Iyengar of the National Endowment for the Arts joins Mark to discuss current trends in Americans’ engagement with theater, visual arts, music, and literature.

For May’s Alzheimer’s Talks, USAgainstAlzheimer's partnered with The National Endowment for the Arts and its Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development to examine how the arts, and specifically poetry and storytelling programs, can help improve quality of life for those with Alzheimer's disease. Support the show (https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/ways-donate)

A report published last week by the National Endowment for the Arts contained this telling statistic: 31 million American adults said they wanted to go to an arts event in the past year but chose not to. The study's purpose was to examine the motivations behind this data. Why do audiences participate in arts activities and what keeps them away? In this week's Conducting Business, Sunil Iyengar, the NEA’s director of Research and Analysis, walks us through a few of the key barriers including: Time: A significant proportion of the respondents to the survey were parents with young kids and who couldn't find family-friendly arts options (cited by 47% of respondents). Access: Another percentage of the survey participants said they couldn't get to venues or museums, whether because of disabilities, other health issues or simple inconvenience (cited by 36% of respondents). Lacking someone to go with: 73 percent of the people who went to an event said it was primarily socialize, which, said Iyengar, "was not something we were prepared to see." The NEA's General Social Study, as the report is called, also cited cost as a significant barrier (cited by one in three respondents). Some class distinctions appear to be tied up in these barriers. Americans who say they are in the "upper" or "middle" class were much more likely to have attended an artistic presentation in the past year, than those who say they’re "lower" or "working" class – regardless of actual income. Those who self-identify as lower or working class are more likely to attend events in order to "support the community" or "explore their cultural heritage;" upper classes often attend the arts "as a marker of their good taste, cultural capital and social identity." Iyengar tells us about trends in online access to the arts, and how the data can be useful for arts presenters and advocates. A Symphony Orchestra Rocks the Club In the second part of the episode, we hear about one orchestra's effort to reach a completely new audience. Earlier this month, the National Symphony Orchestra played a concert in a packed nightclub of around 2,000 patrons in Washington DC – and totally rocked the joint. At least that's according to our guest Greg Sandow, a music consultant, Juilliard faculty member and blogger at Artsjournal.com. Sandow said the NSO developed the project while "looking to do something new to engage a new audience." It included an electric cellist's riff on a Bach cello suite that became an exercise in audience participation: "When it came to a notable rising passage that's right out of Bach," said Sandow, "the crowd started shouting and their shouts rose with the music. So you could tell they were really, really into this." The event wasn't without its shortcomings but as Sandow notes, "maybe, and this is scary for people in our field, [traditional] Kennedy Center concerts become more like this." Listen to the full segment above and tell us in the comments below: What are the major barriers to attending arts events in your view?

National Endowment for the Arts’ Sunil Iyengar discusses a government report on the value of arts and culture. He speaks with Sandra Aistars on the Copyright Alliance Podcast.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Cultural policy expert John Holden frames the symposium, offering insight on how to think about different modes of valuing arts and culture in the modern city. He is joined by key experts to discuss strategies for assessing and enhancing the cultural life of global cities, including Chicago. Introduction by Betty Farrell, Executive Director, Cultural Policy Center at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and NORC; Senior Lecturer, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies John Holden, Associate, DEMOS; Visiting Professor in Cultural Policy and Management at City University, London; Writer and speaker Alan Freeman, Principal Economist, Greater London Authority; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manitoba; Author, Creativity: London’s Core Business and London: A Cultural Audit Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace Moderated by Sunil Iyengar, Director, Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Cultural policy expert John Holden frames the symposium, offering insight on how to think about different modes of valuing arts and culture in the modern city. He is joined by key experts to discuss strategies for assessing and enhancing the cultural life of global cities, including Chicago. Introduction by Betty Farrell, Executive Director, Cultural Policy Center at the Harris School of Public Policy Studies and NORC; Senior Lecturer, Irving B. Harris School of Public Policy Studies John Holden, Associate, DEMOS; Visiting Professor in Cultural Policy and Management at City University, London; Writer and speaker Alan Freeman, Principal Economist, Greater London Authority; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manitoba; Author, Creativity: London’s Core Business and London: A Cultural Audit Carol Coletta, Director, ArtPlace Moderated by Sunil Iyengar, Director, Office of Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts