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Barbara Hauptman Sally Gaskill Carly Rush AAAE June 1, 2012
Barbara HauptmanSally GaskillCarly Rush
AAAEJune 1, 2012
What is SNAAP?Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
On-line annual survey of arts graduates
Investigate educational experiences and career paths
Provide findings to educators and policymakers to improve arts training, inform cultural policy, and support artists.
LeadershipNational Advisory Board
Barbara Hauptman, Member
Indiana University Center for Postsecondary ResearchSally Gaskill, SNAAP Associate
Director
Vanderbilt University Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public PolicySteven J. Tepper, SNAAP Senior
ScholarCarly Rush, Project Associate
FundingSurdna Foundation: $2.5 million
National Endowment for the Arts – total $280,000 4 consecutive leadership grants
4 Regional foundations – total $1.5 million
Total Support to Date: $4 million
Who is Surveyed?Individuals with degrees
in the arts (undergrad and grad, plus arts high schools)
All arts disciplines including arts administration
250 institutions to date have participated
What Questions Do We Ask? 1. Formal education and degrees
2. Institutional experience and satisfaction
3. Postgraduate resources for artists
4. Career
5. Arts engagement
6. Income and debt
7. Demographics
SNAAP 2011Fall 2011 survey
First fee-paying cycle (fees range from $1,300 - $7,800)
36,000 respondents from 66 institutions
Some major findings.
Wherefore Art Thou? Most respondents who want to work, are workingIn 2011: 4% unemployed and looking for work
Identical to national rate for college graduates
Wherefore Art Thou? 72% of respondents have ever worked as professional artists51% currently work as professional artists
Satisfaction with EmploymentMost arts alumni are satisfied with their jobs
87% of respondents are satisfied with the job in which they spend the majority of their time
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100%83% 83% 81% 78% 75%
Relevance?
= 62% of those who work outside the arts say their arts training has relevance to their job
Satisfaction with EducationMost arts graduates are happy with their arts education. 92% rate their education good or good or excellent
Arts Administration majors (2011 data)Unemployed and looking for work: 4%
Closeness of 1st job to training:78% closely or somewhat related22% not related
All disciplines: 75% say 1st job closely or somewhat related
Arts administration majors96% have supported the arts in
the last 12 months (volunteering, donating)
53% make art in their personal time
Working Arts Administrators
Alumni “working (either full- or part-time) managing or administering programs or people for an arts or arts- related organization or business”
N= 4,944
Majors
Income
Income
US 2010 Median Income=$29,730 US 2010 Median Income w/
Bachelor’s= $43,143
Arts Administration Median Income= between $40,001 and $50,000
The Wage Gap
Self-EmploymentOver 80% of arts administrators have been
self-employed at one point in their lives.
All Alumni: 75%
Avocational Art75.8% of arts administrators make or
perform their own art in their personal time.
All Alumni: 72.4%
“How often do you make or perform art in your personal time?”
60% of those individuals who make perform their art in their personal time do so several times a week or more.
All Alumni: 57%
Job Satisfaction
Primary Occupation: Arts AdministrationJob spent most of time in
N= 1,157
Overall Job Satisfaction90% are either somewhat or very satisfied
with their jobs as arts administrators overall.
All Alumni: 80.1%
Income Satisfaction 58% are satisfied with their income as arts
administrators.
All Alumni: 60%
Balance between Work andNon-Work Life
71% are somewhat or very satisfied with the balance between their work and non-work lives.
All Alumni: 69.5%
Opportunities to be Creative
84% of are either somewhat or very satisfied with the opportunities to be creative in their jobs as arts administrators.
All Alumni: 75.5%
Relevance of Arts Training 96% of alumni say their arts training is
relevant to their current careers as arts administrators.
http://snaap.indiana.edu/snaapshot/
Strategic National Arts Alumni ProjectIndiana University Center for Postsecondary Research
Sally [email protected]
snaap.indiana.edu
