The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project has released findings from a 2010 online survey on job and career satisfaction taken by 13,581 graduates of U.S. arts high schools, colleges, conservatories, and arts schools and departments within universities. Among the findings: two-thirds of respondents say their first job after graduating was a close match for the kind of work they wanted; 61 percent of musicians are very satisfied with the opportunity to be creative at work; and 71 percent of alumni who are not professional artists continue to make or publicly perform their art. The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project is a project of the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research in collaboration with the Vanderbilt University Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy. The survey is designed to provide a comprehensive look at how artists develop in the U.S. and define factors needed to connect arts training to artistic careers. More information on the study is available at http://snaap.indiana.edu/pdf/private/SNAAP_2011_Report.pdf.
Posted May 3, 2011
