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On February 29, The National Endowment for the Arts hosts
a public webinar to extend the conversation of the Interagency Task Force on
the Arts and Human Development, a new alliance of 14 federal agencies and
departments to encourage more and better research on how the arts help people
reach their full potential at all stages of life. Task force members include representatives
from agencies and offices within the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation,
the U.S. Department of Education, and others.
This series of quarterly webinars will share compelling research and
practices along with information about funding opportunities for research in
the arts and human development across federal agencies. Future webinars will
take place May 30, Aug. 1, and Oct. 3, 2012.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, EST Webinar
will feature presentation on The Gamelan Project and collaboration between an
ethnomusicologist/composer and neuroscientists that explores cognitive
development
Guests and speakers
· Sunil
Iyengar, NEA Director of Research & Analysis, will moderate the
webinar
· Dr.
Soo-Siang Lim, Director, Science of Learning Centers Program, National Science
Foundation
·
Presenting The Gamelan Project: ethnomusicologist, performer, and composer
Alexander Khalil and neuroscientists Andrea Chiba and Victor Minces from
the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center, University of California San Diego.
The webinar is free and open to the public. No
registration is required.
Media may RSVP to Sally Gifford, NEA Public Affairs
Specialist at 202-682-5606 or giffords@arts.gov.
For details, visit http://bit.ly/wd8rhM
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