NEA Webinar Looks at Digital Storytelling in Native Aspirations

On Wednesday May 30, the National Endowment for the Arts will host a public webinar to extend the conversation of the Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development, an alliance of 15 federal agencies, offices, divisions, 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 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 on August 1 and October 3, 2012.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 2:00 – 3:00 pm, EST

Guests and speakers

• Sunil Iyengar, NEA Director of Research & Analysis, Webinar Moderator
• Michelle Carnes, Public Health Analyst, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
• Presenting on Digital Storytelling: Iris PrettyPaint, Director, and Jerry Crowshoe and Corrine Taylor, Project Coordinators, Native Aspirations

Instructions for joining the webinar

The webinar is free and open to the public. No registration is required. To join the webinar, go to http://artsgov.adobeconnect.com/artsdev2/, select the "Enter as Guest" radio button, then type in your name and click hit "Enter Room".