Barbara Hauptman Sally Gaskill Carly Rush AAAE June 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.

Leadership National Advisory Board Barbara Hauptman, Member Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research Sally Gaskill, SNAAP Associate Director Vanderbilt University Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy Steven J. Tepper, SNAAP Senior Scholar Carly Rush, Project Associate

Funding Surdna 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 working In 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 artists 51% currently work as professional artists

Satisfaction with Employment Most arts alumni are satisfied with their jobs 87% of respondents are satisfied with the job in which they spend the majority of their time

Percent of All Arts Graduates Satisfied with Aspects of Primary Job…

Relevance? = 62% of those who work outside the arts say their arts training has relevance to their job

Satisfaction with Education Most 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 1 st job to training: 78% closely or somewhat related 22% not related All disciplines: 75% say 1 st job closely or somewhat related

Arts administration majors 96% 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

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-Employment Over 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 Administration Job spent most of time in N= 1,157

Overall Job Satisfaction 90% 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 and Non-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.

Strategic National Arts Alumni Project Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research Sally Gaskill snaap.indiana.edu