Making Art Work: An Economic Study of Professional Artists in Australia
Arts Research MonitorBased on a random telephone survey of 826 artists drawn from a list of nearly 36,000 artists collected from 65 professional associations and arts organizations, this report highlights the situation of “serious, practising professional artists” in Aus… View this resource
The status of women in the Canadian arts and cultural industries: research review
Arts Research MonitorThis review identifies more than 250 reports, articles, and documents from Ontario and the rest of Canada containing data pertaining to women in six sectors of the arts and cultural industries: visual arts, dance, theatre, literature, music, and medi… View this resource
Achieving Equity in Canadian Theatre: A Report with Best Practice Recommendations
Arts Research MonitorBased on interviews with theatre professionals, secondary data collected from theatre organizations, international data from equity studies, as well as academic and newspaper articles, this report provides a “picture of (in)equity in Canadian theatre… View this resource
Women in Music: A Profile of Women Working in the Ontario’s Music Industry
Arts Research MonitorBased largely on an online survey of 455 women working in Ontario’s music industry, this report covers seven types of positions, of which “artist” is one. Survey respondents included employees of music industry companies (60% of all survey respondent… View this resource
#PressForProgress: Evidencing gender inequality in the arts
Arts Research MonitorThese research-based blog posts attempt to find “innovative ways of tracking gender balance” by using existing alternative datasets (i.e., “big data”) to explore the situation of women in certain areas of the arts in the United Kingdom (UK) and elsew… View this resource


