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 2011

Fall 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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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 Art

75.8% 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 Project

Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research

Sally Gaskill812-856-5824gaskill@indiana.edu

snaap.indiana.edu