COVID-19 Visual Artist Impact Survey

Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) is conducting this survey to collect data and anecdotes on the impact of COVID-19 on visual artists and artists who work in the visual arts realm. The reasons for collecting this information are: a) to help the field determine how to best support the needs of artists during this unprecedented time; b) to communicate with funders (we will publish a report with the hope that they will increase emergency funding for artists); c) to share information and experiences across communities (we will share the survey results with those who complete it); and d) to create an evolving, historical record of the crisis and its impact. Depending upon the complexity of your individual situation, completing the survey should take you no more than 5-10 minutes. We thank you in advance for your candor, and for trusting us to do well with this sensitive information.
If you wish to reach out to WPA staff with ideas or suggestions, please email info@wpadc.org.
***A special note: Because completing this survey means being vulnerable, WPA has opted not to collect artists' full names. In using this data, we will identify each artist by first name and zip code. If you provide an email address, this will not be published and will not be used for anything other than communications with you about this questionnaire.***
FINANCIAL IMPACT
1) How many of your art opportunities have been canceled? What kind are they (shows, lectures, teaching gigs, etc.)?
2 a) Is your art practice your primary source of income?

YesNo
2 b) If no, specify what is your primary source of income:
2 c) What is the average annual income you have made from your art-related activities (sales, commissions, honoraria, teaching, etc.) over the past three years?

Less than $10,000$10,000 - $25,000$26,000 - $50,000More than $50,000
3) How much art-related income have you lost as a result of cancellations to date? How does your projected monthly art-related income compare to similar periods in previous years? (Please do not include unrecoverable expenses here--see the next question.)
4) Do you have any art-related unrecoverable expenses as a result of COVID-19-related cancelations (production, travel, etc.), and if so, what are they and what is the total financial value of these unrecoverable expenses? If you are unsure whether or not your expenses are recoverable, please note.
5) Do you have non-art-related sources of income and has that been negatively affected as a result of COVID-19? If yes, what kind and how much are you, or do you anticipate, losing on a monthly basis? Please acknowledge actual vs potential.
PRACTICE, CARE, & COMMUNITY
6) How is your practice itself being impacted? Do you expect the time you spend on art-making to increase or decrease over the next few months? How are you adapting your practice to the evolving situation?
7) How are you supporting, caring for, and connecting with fellow artists and other arts community members?
8) Do you have health insurance? How are health-related concerns impacting your practice right now? How much more do you anticipate spending in out-of-pocket health costs as a result of COVID-19?
9) What emergency resources will you likely pursue (if any)? Beyond those being shared by CommonField, DC Tenants Union, Creative Capital, Hyperallergic, and New York Foundation for the Arts, are there resources that you think we should share or help bring visibility to?
10) What are you most worried about? What heartens you?
11) What do you need most right now?
DEMOGRAPHICS

Note that information collected in this section will only be used for data analysis and, with the exception of the first name (which can be fictional), will not be used to identify the survey user in any way.
12) What is your first name?
13) What is your residential zip code?*
14) What is your age bracket?

0-1819-4445-6465+
15) What is your ethnicity?
16) What is your gender identity?

MaleFemaleTransgender femaleTransgender maleGender non-conformingNon binaryI prefer not to answerOther
17) Are you currently a student?

Yes, I'm an undergrad art studentYes, I'm a graduate art studentNo, I'm not a student
18) What is your primary medium?
19) What is your email? (This will not be shared; WPA will only use this to contact you if we have additional questions or updates.)
20) Does WPA have your permission to share/quote from your answers in communications to funders, other survey participants, and/or the public and attribute them exclusively to your first name and the state in which you are located? (Under no circumstances will we publish your full name, your zip code, or your email.)

YesNo
Special thanks to the artists who have completed the survey to date and to the many organizations that have circulated it, among them: A.I.R., New York, NY; Arlington Arts, Arlington, VA; Asian American Arts Alliance (A4), New York, NY; Baltimore Office of Promotion in the Arts, Baltimore, MD; Black Artists of DC; BmoreArt, Baltimore, MD; CulturalDC, Washington, DC; EastCityArts, Washington, DC; GRIT Fund, Baltimore, MD; Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington, DC; Headlands Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; IA&A Hilyer, Washington, DC; Locust Projects, Miami, FL; Maine College of Art, Portland, ME; MidAtlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, MD; Oklahoma Contemporary, Oklahoma City, OK; Prince George’s Arts & Humanities Council, MD; Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC; Space538, Portland, ME; Stable Arts, Washington, DC; Transformer, Washington, DC; Virginia Commission for the Arts, Richmond, VA; W.A.G.E., New York, NY; Washington Sculptors Group, Washington, DC.
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