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FAQs about new subscription service
Arts Research Monitor, BlogBelow are answers to some key questions about our new subscription service (via Substack). Statistical insights on the arts will now be distributed as a “newsletter” at statsinsights.hillstrategies.com. Through a subscription model, I will continue t… View this resource
Since 2002, the Arts Research Monitor has provided synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture. Because of funding changes, we are distributing our new work at statsinsights.ca.
2017 Arts Professionals Survey
Arts Research MonitorThe Calgary Arts Professionals Survey aimed “to learn how art is made in Calgary, what the lifestyle patterns and living conditions are for those working in the arts, and how Calgary is perceived as a supporter of arts activity”, based on a survey of… View this resource
Diminishing Returns: Creative Culture at Risk
Arts Research MonitorBased on a survey of 1,499 writers in the spring of 2018 (with income statistics from 2017) and previous iterations of a similar survey, this report examines writers’ incomes from writing. (The report generally excludes other sources of income for wr… View this resource
The Equity Census: Staging the Future
Arts Research MonitorBased on a survey of 3,156 members of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA) in 2015, this report includes extensive demographic information as well as members’ views and experiences of barriers to employment. Given that CAEA has about 6,000 memb… View this resource
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


