The George Mason University Arts Research Center is a multidisciplinary research center involving the expertise of three faculty members at George Mason University, with a focus on arts engagement, child development, and education. The overarching goal of the Mason Arts Research Center is to investigate the role and effects of arts engagement, across all art forms, on social and emotional development in educational, out of school, and other contexts. This center is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of its Research Labs program. For more on the NEA Research Labs program, click here.


Principal Investigators

Dr. Thalia Goldstein

 Dr. Goldstein is Assistant Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology at George Mason University.  More…

Dr. Adam Winsler

Dr. Winsler is a Professor of Applied Developmental Psychology and Associate Chair for graduate studies in the Psychology Department at George Mason University.  More…

Dr. Kimberly Sheridan


Dr. Sheridan is an associate professor with a joint appointment in Educational Psychology and Art Education at George Mason University. More…

Recent
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An Interview with Juliet Hess
Tevis Tucker November 17, 2021
from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research   Tevis Tucker: Tell me a little bit about your background with music education and music research. Juliet Hess (Associate Professor of Music Education, Michigan State University): I grew up in a musical family that had a White…
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An Interview with Lesley Currier and Dameion Brown of Marin Shakespeare Company
Tevis Tucker November 9, 2021
from MasonARC’s Interview Blog Series: The Impact of Covid-19 on Arts Programing, Practice, and Research Lesley Currier and Dameion Brown were interviewed together to talk about the work they do at Marin Shakespeare Company. Alenamie Alegrado: Could you tell me about your background in the arts and your current role at Marin Shakespeare…
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Thank you to all who attended MasonARC19!

The MasonARC 2019 conference was held on October 18th, 2019 to great success! More than 70 attendees including 12 panelists from the worlds of academic research, arts policy, artists and arts organizations, and grant makers met on the George Mason campus for a day of talks, panels, and collaborative activities. Please click here to view a summary of our post-conference survey, and please click here for our blog series from the conference. Please click here for the program and photos from the day.

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