Section 1. About you
We ask these questions to measure the reach of our programmes to a wide and diverse a population
1. Gender identity Please describe your gender identity
2. Is your gender identity different to the sex you were assigned to be at birth? 3. Age Please select your age bracket from the list below
4. Sexual orientation Please indicate your sexual identity from the options below
5. Ethnicity Please describe your ethnic origin
6. Disability and / or impairment 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. By this definition, do you consider yourself to be disabled?
6a. Nature of disability and / or impairment Please indicate below the nature of your disability or impairment. Select all that apply.
7. Where in the UK do you currently live? Please select London East of England East Midlands North East North West South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire and Humber Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
7a. Which London borough do you live in? Please select Barking Barnet Bexley Brent Bromley Camden Croydon Ealing Enfield Greenwich Hackney Hammersmith Haringey Harrow Havering Hillingdon Hounslow Islington Kensington and Chelsea Kingston upon Thames Lambeth Lewisham Merton Newham Redbridge Richmond upon Thames Southwark Sutton Tower Hamlets Wandsworth Westminster Waltham Forest
8. Where were you born? We ask this question to indicate migration patterns amongst the people who access our programmes
Please select United Kingdom Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Greenland Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati North Korea South Korea Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine, State of Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Sudan, South Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, U.S. Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
8a. Please indicate which part of the UK you were born in We ask this question to indicate migration patterns within the UK, and the attraction of the different regions within the arts
Please select East of England East Midlands London North East North West South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire and Humber Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
9. Do you consider yourself to be a migrant? This additional question is intended to capture the experiences of people who have lived experiences of migration in their lives, are being profiled as migrants because of the colour of their skin, their accent or other characteristics, regardless of their legal status - including as visa nationals, temporary or permanent residents, refugees or asylum seekers, traveller communities, undocumented or citizens. There are migrants who have been residing in the UK for a long time, those born of migrant parents, and those here for a shorter time.
10. Which of these best describes your current situation? We ask this question to measure the impact of living conditions on artists' practice and media
11. Are you able to easily access the internet, digital content, and digital communications? By digital content we mean text articles, video and audio. Digital communications refers to video calling (such as Zoom or Skype), social networks (such as Facebook and Twitter), and messaging services (such as WhatsApp, Messenger and Telegram). We ask this question to understand what digital services we can provide that everyone can access. Please select all that apply.
11a. Barriers to digital access You have said that you experience some barriers to accessing the internet, digital content and / or digital communications. Please let us know more about these barriers.
11b. Other barriers to digital access Please briefly tell us more about your other digital access barriers.
12. Do you have substantial 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
13. What type of school did you go to? 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
14. Did you attend a higher education institution? A higher education institution is a registered educational provider at a post-secondary school level. Higher education institutions include art schools, universities and further education colleges that award academic degrees or professional certifications.
14a. Please tell us which higher education institution you attended from the list below Please select I attended an institution outside of the UK Aberystwyth University Anglia Ruskin University Bangor University Bath Spa University Birmingham City University Bournemouth University Brunel University London Canterbury Christ Church University Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff University City & Guilds of London Art School Coventry University De Montfort University Edge Hill University Edinburgh Napier University Falmouth University Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow School of Art Glyndŵr University Goldsmiths College Heriot-Watt University Kingston University Leeds Beckett University Leeds College of Art Liverpool Hope University Liverpool John Moores University London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Loughborough University Middlesex University Newman University Norwich University of Arts Oxford Brookes University Plymouth College of Art† Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh Roehampton University Royal College of Art Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Sheffield Hallam University Southampton Solent University Staffordshire University Teesside University Arts University Bournemouth Manchester Metropolitan University Nottingham Trent University Queen's University of Belfast Robert Gordon University University of the Arts London: Central St Martins University of the Arts London: Chelsea University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion University of the Arts London: London College of Communication University of the Arts London: Wimbledon University of the Arts London: Camberwell University of Aberdeen University of Birmingham University of Bolton University of Brighton University of Bristol University of Central Lancashire University of Chichester University of Dundee University of East Anglia University of East London University of Edinburgh University of Essex University of Exeter University of Glasgow University of Greenwich University of Huddersfield University of Hull University of Keele University of Kent University of Lancaster University of Leeds University of Lincoln University of Liverpool University of Manchester University of Northampton University of Oxford University of Portsmouth University of Reading University of Salford University of Sheffield University of Southampton University of Sunderland University of Surrey University of Sussex University of West of Scotland University of Warwick University of West London University of Westminster University of Winchester University of Wolverhampton University of York University Campus Suffolk University College Birmingham University College London University for Creative Arts University of Abertay Dundee University of Bedfordshire University of Chester University of Cumbria University of Derby University of Gloucestershire University of Hertfordshire University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne University of Northumbria at Newcastle University of Nottingham University of Plymouth University of Highlands and Islands University of West of England, Bristol University of Ulster University of Worcester Writtle College York St John University
14b. 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 tick Yes
15. What is your highest qualification? 16. Please think about your parent(s) or other primary caregiver when you were around 14 years old. What kind of work did this parent/caregiver do? We ask this question as a measure of socio-economic background to measure wide access to our programmes
Section 2. Your art career
We ask these questions to understand the types of artists using our programmes, so we can adjust marketing and advertising to broaden our reach
17. What is your primary art form? Please indicate your main area of practice from the list below
Please select painting sculpture performance / live art photography socially engaged practice moving image / video / film book arts ceramics digital / internet installation collage curating drawing glass interdisciplinary jewellery mixed media new media print sound art textiles
18. How long have you been an artist? Please select I am currently studying to be an artist Less than 1 year 1-3 years 3-7 years 7-10 years 10-15 years 15-25 years 25-40 years Over 40 years
19. Please indicate where you regularly earn money 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. Select all that apply.
20. Please indicate where you received income over the past year Please check all that apply
20a. Please indicate where you have made sales 21b. Please indicate the type of commissions 21. Are other people dependent on your income? 22. Do you have reserves / savings? Let us know if you have any reserves or savings to rely on should you experience a period of time with no / lower than usual income
23. Please describe the sources of any professional support, advice or information you have received in the last year in relation to your art career 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
24. Please indicate the main barriers you feel have most impacted your career in the visual arts. Please indicate from the list below barriers that have personally impacted you in the last year.
25. Do you currently have a studio? 25a. How much time do you spend each week in your studio? Please estimate in hours per week.
1-5 hours 5-10 hours 10-15 hours 15-20 hours 20-25 hours 25-30 hours +30 hours
25b. Do you share your studio? 25c. Have you had a studio in the past? If you have had more than one studio in the past, please answer this question regarding your last studio only
26. Do you use social networks for professional purposes? Please tell us which, if any, social networks you use for professional purposes as part of your work as an artist. For example, if you use Twitter for personal use but not in your career as an artist, do not select Twitter. We ask this question to understand which channels we should use to engage with artists about their careers.
26a. Why do you use social networks? Please tell us about the kinds of activity you use social networks for.
26b. Other professional use of social networks Please describe your other professional uses of social networks
27. How do you know that your art career is successful? 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 3. Questions about this opportunity
Applied project partners offer a range of opportunities which you may have applied for prior to finding this form - including residencies, exhibitions, royalties, advice sessions or funding. We ask these questions to understand the reach of our programmes and your experience of making an application.
28. Where did you hear about the opportunity you applied for? Please select all relevant answers
29. Why did you apply? Please select all relevant answers
30. Thinking about the application process: please rank the following on how closely you agree. Section 4. Your career during the COVID-19 / coronavirus pandemic
We ask these questions to understand the wider impact on artists' careers and your experiences of living and working during the pandemic. Please respond for the period since lockdown first began in March 2020.
31. Have you accessed or benefitted from any of the following COVID-related schemes? Please note that all these funds and projects are listed on the next page, after you click 'Submit'
32. Has the amount of time you spend on working activities changed as a result of the pandemic? Please describe any change in the amount of time you spend on the following working activites.
33. Has the amount of money you earn changed as a result of the pandemic? Please describe any change in the amount of money you earned on the following working activites.
34. Has any of your professional activity been postponed, cancelled, or moved online? Please tell us if you have had any of the following projects or activities postponed, cancelled, moved online, or if these projects were not affected
35. How has the COVID-19 lockdown impacted your life outside of work? Our recent study on the impact of lockdown found 15% of small-scale arts organisations could not reopen becuase of issues arising outside of their working lives, and we want to test this with individual artists as well. Please tell us how lockdown has impacted your life more generally so we can better understand the processes we could develop to make engagement easier.
35a. Other impact outside of work
36. Has your practice changed during lockdown? Please tell us about any changes in your art practice as a result of lockdown
36a. Other change to my art practice
37. What support do you need right now for your art practice? We ask this question so we know what prpjects and programmes to develop in our future programmes. Please select all that are relevant to you.
37a. Other support required Please tell us about the support, advice, information or projects you would like to see offered right now.
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