Post-submission survey
Thanks for agreeing to answer additional questions after your submission. The questions will cover:
- Your art career
- About you
- This opportunity
- Your experiences during the cost of living crisis
The survey will take you about 12 minutes to complete.
Required questions are marked with an asterisk (*).
Data permission
* Required question
These answers cannot be linked to your submission and will not affect your submission in any way. All data is collected anonymously and stored on a secure server in the UK.
The data you provide in response to this survey is processed anonymously by Artquest (a public programme of University of the Arts London).
Anonymous results will be shared between Applied programme partners and may be used for reporting and published research.
Section 1 of 4
Your art career
We ask these questions to understand more about your career as an artist.
What is your MAIN area of art practice?
We ask these questions to understand the types of artists using our programmes, so we can adjust marketing and advertising to broaden our reach
How long have you been an artist?
How do you regularly earn money? (Select all that apply)
This question is only about your earned income, and does not include income from rents, pensions, benefits, income shared with a partner, or other private income. This is covered in the next question.
Where have you received income from over the past year? (Select all that apply)
Who else is dependent on your income? (Select all that apply)
How long would your savings last if you suddenly had no work?
Let us know how long your reserves or savings would last if you had no more work
What sources of any professional support, advice or information have you received in the last year in relation to your art career? (Select all that apply)
For example, if you received advice from a union or had mentoring regarding your employment, but not about your art career, this should not be included.
Would you say any of the below are barriers that have impacted your career in the visual arts in the last year? (Select all that apply)
Do you currently have a studio?
* Required question
How much time do you spend each week in your studio?
Do you share your studio?
Have you had a studio in the past?
Do you use social media for professional purposes?
How do you know that your art career is successful? (Select all that apply)
Please tell us your measures for success for your own art career. We ask this question to understand the types of projects and opportunities to develop in our programmes.
Section 2 of 4
About you
We ask these questions to measure the reach of our programmes to a wide and diverse population.
How would you describe your gender identity?
Is your gender identity different to the sex you were assigned to be at birth?
How old are you?
How would you describe your sexual orientation?
How would you describe your ethnicity?
Would you describe yourself as disabled?
* Required question
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 states that a person is disabled if they have a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
How would you describe the nature of your disability? (Select all that apply)
In which country do you live?
* Required question
Where in the UK are you currently based?
Which London borough are you based in?
In which country were you born?
* Required question
We ask this question to indicate migration patterns amongst the people who access our programmes.
In which part of the UK were you born?
Do you consider yourself to be a migrant?
* Required question
Considering yourself a migrant is about your lived experience regardless of legal, visa or citizenship status. It includes people who have direct experience of migration and those who are profiled as migrants because of the colour of their skin, accent or other characteristics. There are migrants who have been in the UK for a long time, those born of migrant parents, and those here for a shorter time.
How easy do you find it to use or access the following digital services?
We ask this question to understand what digital services we can provide that everyone can access.
| The internet - on a desktop device (e.g. a desktop computer or laptop) | ||||
| The internet - on a mobile device (e.g. a tablet or smartphone) | ||||
| Digital content (e.g. text articles, video and audio) | ||||
| Digital video calling (e.g. Zoom or Skype) | ||||
| Social networks (e.g. Facebook, Twitter or Instagram) | ||||
| Messaging services (e.g. WhatsApp or iMessage) | ||||
Do you experience any of the following barriers when accessing the internet, digital content or digital communications? (Select any that apply)
We ask this question to understand what digital services we can provide that everyone can access.
Do you use any of the following to access the internet or other digital services? (Select any that apply)
Do you have significant caring responsibilities, for example for a child, elderly relative or disabled person?
We ask this question to monitor access to our programmes by artist parents or those with caring responsibilities for elderly or disabled relatives and friends.
What type of school did you attend between age 12 and 16?
We ask this question to measure the socio-economic background of people who access our programmes, to tell us where we need to work more to broaden access.
Did you attend a higher education institution?
* Required question
A higher education institution is a registered educational provider at post-secondary school level. Higher education institutions include arts schools, universities and further education colleges that award academic degrees of professional certifications.
Which higher education institution did you attend? Please select from the list one you have attended most recently.
Please select from the list the one you have attended most recently.
| Please specify: |
Were you in the first generation of your family to attend a higher education institution?
We ask this question as an indicator of social mobility and socio-economic background. If you and a sibling both attended, but your parents did not, please select Yes.
What is your highest qualification?
What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were aged about 14?
We ask this question as a measure of socio-economic background to measure wide access to our programmes.
Section 3 of 4
This opportunity
We ask this question to understand the reach or our programmes and the ease/accessibility of our processes.
How did you get to this survey?
Where did you hear about the opportunity you applied for? (Select all that apply)
Why did you apply? (Select all that apply)
Thinking about the application process, which of the following statements would you agree with? (Select all that apply)
Section 4 of 4
Your experiences during the cost of living crisis
We ask these questions to understand how recent increases in costs in the UK are impacting artists and their careers.
To what extent has your workload related to your art practice changed over the past year?
To what extent has your workload outside of your art practice changed over the past year?
To what extent has income from your art practice (including sales, grants, and fees etc) changed over the past year?
To what extent has income outside of your art practice (including rents, shares income, benefits, and employment etc) changed over the past year?
To what extent has the amount you charge per day (your ‘day rate’) for your work as an artist changed since this time last year?
When working as an artist, who usually sets your day rate?
Do you use industry-standard guidance to set your day rate?
Examples include a-n 'guidance on fees and day rates' and Artist Union England's 'rates of pay' guide.
Please indicate which of the following statements you agree with (please select all that apply).
Being a member of a professional membership association / union is:
Being a member of a professional membership association / union is:
Over the past year, have you taken on more debt (bank loans, credit cards, personal loans from friends or family, etc) to support your art practice?
Over the past year, have you had to spend savings or reserves because your income has reduced?
Have you applied for or accessed any of the following emergency support in the last year? (Please select all that apply)
We are interested in the impact the cost of living emergency is having on artists in London. Please check which of the following situations most matches your experience and select all that apply.
Please indicate the extent to which your professional costs in the following areas have changed over the past year.
| Housing (licence, rent or mortgage) | ||||
| Studio (licence, rent or mortgage) | ||||
| Materials | ||||
| Insurance | ||||
| Membership of professional associations and unions | ||||
| Shipping costs | ||||
| Development and training | ||||
You have told us some of your costs have changed over the past year. Please tell us about the impact this has had on your practice.
How has the scale of your artwork changed over the past year?
How has the amount of artwork you are making changed over the past year?
How has the type and use of materials you use changed over the past year?
How has the time you spend making work changed over the past year?
How has the use of studio / workspace facilities (if you have one) changed over the past year. Please select all that apply.
How has your time spent on employment outside of art practice changed over the past year?
Have you taken on work outside your art practice for the first time over the past year?
How has your membership of unions and associations changed over the past year?
How has exhibiting and other professional projects related to your art practice changed over the past year? (Including commissions, residencies, community & education projects, social art, etc.)
That's the end of the survey. Thank you very much for completing it. Please click Submit to save your results.