Humanities and the Arts

The arts—from visual arts and literature to performing arts such as music, drama, and dance—provide benefits that extend beyond individual enjoyment and personal enrichment, to include exposure to new perspectives, sharpened learning skills among young people, expanded capacity for empathy, and stronger social bonds in communities. RAND studies have shown that the many benefits of arts education and involvement can be sustained and enhanced by strengthening public appreciation of humanities and the arts.

News Release
RAND Artist in Residence Giorgia Lupi Portrays Opportunities, Risks from 'Internet Of Bodies'
The latest visualization from the RAND Art + Data artist residency focuses on the Internet of Bodies. The artwork is inspired by RAND research and explores the benefits and risks of human body-centric and internet-connected technologies.
Jul 29, 2021
Blog
Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera
Kenneth Wells, a psychiatrist, librettist, and composer, has written a documentary disguised as an opera. He drew on Partners in Care, a 10-year RAND-UCLA study that was one of the first to use a multisite collaborative primary care approach to treat veterans and others experiencing depression.
Jul 6, 2021
Periodical
RAND Review: July-August 2021
One feature highlights how researchers apply an equity lens to projects on environmental racism, incarcerated parents, and the lives of Black service members; a second describes interventions to address disparities in infant mortality rates.
Jul 1, 2021
Blog
RAND Art + Data, 'Gray Market Care,' Supply Chains and Cyberattacks: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's new artist residency program, Art + Data; the prevalence of “gray market care” in the United States; supply chains' cyber problem; and more.
Jun 25, 2021
News Release
RAND Launches Art + Data Residency Program with Guest Curator Debbie Millman
The RAND Corporation is launching the RAND Art + Data Residency, its newest artist-in-residency program focused on merging the worlds of art and data to help us better understand public policy issues.
Jun 24, 2021
Content
RAND Art + Data: Artist Residency Program
Through RAND Art + Data, four groundbreaking artists used RAND research as their inspiration for visual storytelling. The result is a novel form of data expression that challenges how we think about policy analysis.
Jun 24, 2021
Content
Giorgia Lupi: RAND Artist in Residence
Giorgia Lupi was the inaugural artist-in-residence of RAND Art + Data. She is an information designer and partner at the international design consultancy Pentagram. In her work, Lupi focuses on designing engaging visual narratives that reconnect numbers to what they stand for: stories, people, ideas.
Jun 24, 2021
Content
Imaging Mental Health in America
To kick off our artist residency program, RAND Art + Data, information designer Giorgia Lupi created a visualization inspired by RAND research on reforming the U.S. mental health system. The piece illustrates key numbers and forces animating the discussion about mental health care today.
Jun 24, 2021
Commentary
Arts Policy During the Pandemic: What Are We Measuring, and What Can We Know?
Few data sources exist for the labor market for artists. Of the sources that do exist, each measures a different piece of a larger puzzle. Those studying the arts labor market will have to grapple with which data source to use and how “the arts” should be defined before undertaking any analysis.
Mar 8, 2021
Report
Arts-based approaches to public engagement with research: Lessons from a rapid review
This report shares findings from a rapid review of the evidence on the use and effectiveness of arts-based approaches for public engagement with research.
Jan 11, 2021
Report
Cultural and Historical Resources Recovery Planning in Puerto Rico: Natural and Cultural Resources Sector Report, Volume II
Many of Puerto Rico's cultural resources were devastated in Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The authors discuss their importance, the damage they endured immediately after the storms, and detail recovery actions in Puerto Rico's recovery plan.
Sep 30, 2020
Commentary
Industry Mix in L.A. Area Helps Explain Recent Record Unemployment Rates
The Los Angeles Combined Statistical Area reported more than 270,000 job cuts between March and early August. Considering which industries have cut jobs may provide a window into the area's unique labor market and help explain how the area currently has among the highest unemployment in the nation.
Aug 25, 2020
Commentary
The Pandemic Is a Disaster for Artists
The arts as we know them are likely to be shut down for the foreseeable future, and the vast majority of artists have likely lost some or all of their income. How many artists are out of work, and what could be done to help them?
Aug 4, 2020
Commentary
Arts and Cultural Workers Are Especially Vulnerable to the Pandemic
Workers in the arts and cultural industries could be especially vulnerable to the economic shocks of COVID-19. As the United States reopens and decides its future, it should recognize these vulnerabilities, as well as the benefits that the arts and cultural industries offer.
Jul 23, 2020
Commentary
We're Just Beginning to Grasp the Toll of the Islamic State's Archaeological Looting in Syria
During the Islamic State's rise, looted artifacts were said to be a significant source of income for the group. But no one had identified the value, using empirical data and systematic calculations, of the artifacts that were known to exist in Syria's archaeological sites. Until now.
May 15, 2019
Blog
RAND's Got Talent
Two RAND singers, Allison Elder and Jennifer Prim, performed with the Angel City Chorale on America's Got Talent. The choir earned a standing ovation and a “golden buzzer” from the judges on its way to the semifinals.
Oct 26, 2018
Report
How to Support More and Stronger Arts Education Partnerships in Allegheny County
This report presents findings from an exploratory study on arts partnerships in Allegheny County and identifies regional facilitators and barriers to forming, implementing, and sustaining them.
Aug 9, 2017
Blog
Why the Walls of RAND Are Filled with Contemporary Art
RAND's art collection is part of a culture that, not dissimilar to the art world, fosters creativity, inquisitiveness, and thinking outside the box.
Aug 3, 2017
Dissertation
Vibrant Symphony Orchestras: A Policy Analytic Perspective
Addresses American symphony orchestras and the unusual economic challenges they face, which are shared by many performing arts organizations.
Dec 12, 2016
Dissertation
Considering Cultural Integration in the United States: Empirical Essays on Immigrants' Arts Participation
Explores arts participation as a means of broader civic and social engagement facilitating immigrants' integration into the United States.
Sep 21, 2016

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Humanities and the Arts

RAND Artist in Residence Giorgia Lupi Portrays Opportunities, Risks from 'Internet Of Bodies'

Veteran Journeys: Where Mental Health Research Meets Opera

RAND Review: July-August 2021

RAND Art + Data, 'Gray Market Care,' Supply Chains and Cyberattacks: RAND Weekly Recap

RAND Launches Art + Data Residency Program with Guest Curator Debbie Millman

RAND Art + Data: Artist Residency Program

Giorgia Lupi: RAND Artist in Residence

Imaging Mental Health in America

Arts Policy During the Pandemic: What Are We Measuring, and What Can We Know?

Arts-based approaches to public engagement with research: Lessons from a rapid review

Cultural and Historical Resources Recovery Planning in Puerto Rico: Natural and Cultural Resources Sector Report, Volume II

Industry Mix in L.A. Area Helps Explain Recent Record Unemployment Rates

The Pandemic Is a Disaster for Artists

Arts and Cultural Workers Are Especially Vulnerable to the Pandemic

We're Just Beginning to Grasp the Toll of the Islamic State's Archaeological Looting in Syria

RAND's Got Talent

How to Support More and Stronger Arts Education Partnerships in Allegheny County

Why the Walls of RAND Are Filled with Contemporary Art

Vibrant Symphony Orchestras: A Policy Analytic Perspective

Considering Cultural Integration in the United States: Empirical Essays on Immigrants' Arts Participation

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