"A national survey of artists, commissioned by the Mellon Foundation, in partnership with NORC at the University of Chicago, has revealed a closer look at the livelihoods of US artists. The 102-page report takes into account 2,618 artists' work and jobholding, earnings, health and wellbeing, and personal identifiers such as age, marital status, gender, and race. The comprehensive study considered artists across five artistic disciplines: performing arts, visual arts, writing, craft arts, and other arts that were broken down into in 37 artistic subdisciplines;"
"Researchers focused on activities over the past 12 months that participants do for "enjoyment, to make money, to honor your culture or heritage, as a form of activism, or for other reasons." After examining a number of criteria, including hours worked and multiple different kinds of employment, they found that there were four different types of artists, which they classified into artistic identities (such as teaching artists and culture bearers) and particular employment arrangements (3+ job holders and self-employed job holders)."
A nationally commissioned survey of 2,618 US artists collected data on work, jobholding, earnings, health, wellbeing, and demographic identifiers. The study covered five primary disciplines and 37 artistic subdisciplines while excluding those who only did design. Researchers analyzed activities over the prior 12 months undertaken for enjoyment, income, cultural honoring, activism, or other reasons. Analysis of hours worked and employment types produced four artist types, grouped by artistic identities (for example, teaching artists and culture bearers) and employment arrangements (including multi-job holders and self-employed job holders). Findings show substantial self-employment and multiple-job holding among artists.
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