Artists and the Recession Survey Results

Preliminary results from the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey are now available.

 

The recession has impacted all professions, and artists are no exception. As of 2001, there were more than 2.5 million working artists in the United States, representing a critical part of the entrepreneurial, independent workforce. In the summer of 2009, LINC, in partnership with Helicon Collaborative and Princeton Survey Research Associates International, developed the Artists and the Economic Recession Survey to provide high-quality and timely information to funders and artist service organizations. Issued more than a year into the recession, the survey sought to understand artists’ financial circumstances, their strategies for adaptation, and their needs and concerns at this time.

 

35 arts service organizations across the U.S. invited their members to take the electronic survey in either English or Spanish. The response was phenomenal: 5,380 artists nationwide completed the survey between July 20 and August 17, 2009. Click here to download the preliminary Selected Findings, and stay tuned to this website for the January release of the full report, featuring results captured from July through November 2009.