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To date, the Task Force has met quarterly to share ideas and information about research gaps and opportunities for understanding the arts' role in improving health and educational outcomes throughout the lifespan. The Task Force has conducted a series of public webinars on compelling research and practices. Additionally, the group has begun a literature review of research on the arts and human development. And in November 2012, four Task Force member agencies hosted a first-ever convening at the National Academy of Sciences to review the current state research on the arts, health, and well-being in older Americans. Participating federal agencies and departments
See the complete list of Task Force members. Reports and Relevant Publications The Arts and Aging: Building the Science. Summary of a National Academies Workshop, "Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship of the Arts to Health and Well-Being in Older Adults." February 2013 Foundational white paper sponsored by the NEA and HHS: The Arts and Human Development: Framing a National Research Agenda for the Arts, Lifelong Learning, and Individual Well-Being (November 2011) Kate de Medeiros, PhD and Anne Basting, PhD, "Shall I Compare Thee to a Dose of Donepezil?": Cultural Arts Interventions in Dementia Care Research, The Gerontologist Advance Access. The cultural arts have gained attention for their potential to generate social and behavioral changes in people with dementia. Although individual cultural arts intervention studies have reported positive outcomes, most are excluded from systematic reviews because of methodological weakness. Report reveals findings from 27 systematic and integrative reviews of pharmacologic, psychosocial, and cultural arts interventions to identify promising outcomes as well as limitations in current approaches. (June 2013) Webinars November 30, 2011 - Webinar announcing the launch of the Federal Interagency Task Force February 29, 2012 - Webinar on The Gamelan Project and collaboration between an ethnomusicologist/composer and neuroscientists that explores cognitive development September 14, 2012 - National Academies Workshop on Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship between the Arts and Health and Well-Being in Older Adults (consponsored by the NEA and NIH) September 19, 2012 - Webinar presentations by the U.S. Department of Education and The Center for Arts Education October 4, 2012 - Webinar presentation on new funding opportunity from the National Institutes of Health to support research on the relationship between culture and health February 20, 2013 - Webinar on arts and aging research including an NIH funding opportunity and current research on the effects of choral singing on older adults April 17, 2013 - Head Start director and other federal agency representatives discuss how they incorporate arts education into early childhood development programs Related content November 11, 2012 - Task Force Press Announcement February 27th, 2012 - Meet Our Arts and Human Development Task Force Partners May 29, 2012 - Create and Relate June 25, 2012 - The Hidden Benefits of Participating in the Arts July 31, 2012 - ARTLAB+, the Hirshhorn’s YOUmedia Space, Ushers in a New Conception of the Museum for Teens September 17th, 2012 - The Arts Experience Gap September 18, 2012 - Is Art the Fountain of Youth: A Wrap Up on NEA/NIH conference on arts and aging October 10, 2012 - Teaming Arts/Humanities Researchers with Basic Scientists: A New NIH Funding Opportunity
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