Arts in Healthy Aging: Exploring Research, Policy, and Professional Practice

About Doug BlandyMargaret WyszomirskiPatricia Dewey Lambert

Patricia Dewey Lambert PhD is Professor in the University of Oregon's School of Planning Public Policy and Management. Her research and teaching specialize in arts administration arts in health cultural policy nonprofit management and international public policy. She was lead author for Arts Health & Well-Being in America published by the National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH). From 2021 to 2024 she served on the board of NOAH for which she oversaw national field advancement and professionalization initiatives and resources. Doug Blandy PhD is Professor Emeritus in the School of Planning Public Policy and Management and the Folklore and Public Culture Program at the University of Oregon. His research and teaching address art educational experiences in community-based settings within a lifelong learning context. Professor Blandy's research has been published in Studies in Art Education Art Education Visual Arts Research the Journal of Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education and the Visual Sociology Review among other journals. Margaret J. Wyszomirski PhD is Professor Emerita in the Department of Arts Administration Education and Policy at The Ohio State University. Previously she was the Staff Director of the congressionally-mandated bipartisan Independent Commission on the National Endowment for the Arts and then Director of the Office of Planning Research and Budget at the National Endowment for the Arts. Her research and teaching on cultural policy have focused on arts policy and public funding cultural diplomacy entrepreneurship and professionalism in the arts.