Applied Questions

Your art career

What is your MAIN area of art practice?
How long have you been an artist?
Where have you received income from over the past year? (Select all that apply)
Who else is dependent on your income? (Select all that apply)
How long would your savings last if you suddenly had no work?
What sources of any professional support, advice or information have you received in the last year in relation to your art career? (Select all that apply)
Would you say any of the below are barriers that have impacted your career in the visual arts in the last year? (Select all that apply)
Do you currently have a studio?
How much time do you spend each week in your studio?
Do you share your studio?
Have you had a studio in the past?
Do you use any of the following social networks for professional purposes? (Select all that apply)
Why do you use social networks? (Select all that apply)
How do you know that your art career is successful? (Select all that apply)

About you

How would you describe your gender identity?
Is your gender identity diﬀerent to the sex you were assigned to be at birth?
How old are you?
How would you describe your sexual orientation?
How would you describe your ethnicity?
Would you describe yourself as disabled?
How would you describe the nature of your disability? (Select all that apply)
In which country do you live?
Where in the UK are you currently based?
Which London borough are you based in?
In which country were you born?
In which part of the UK were you born?
Do you consider yourself to be a migrant?
How easy do you ﬁnd it to use or access the following digital services?
Do you experience any of the following barriers when accessing the internet, digital content or digital communications? (Select any that apply)
Do you use any of the following to access the internet or other digital services? (Select any that apply)
Do you have signiﬁcant caring responsibilities, for example for a child, elderly relative or disabled person?
What type of school did you attend between age 12 and 16?
Did you attend a higher education institution?
Which higher education institution did you attend?
What is your highest qualiﬁcation?
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?

Your experiences during the cost of living crisis

To what extent has your workload related to your art practice changed over the past year?
To what extent has your workload outside of your art practice changed over the past year?
To what extent has income from your art practice (including sales, grants, and fees etc) changed over the past year?
To what extent has income outside of your art practice (including rents, shares income, beneﬁts, and employment etc) changed over the past year?
To what extent has the amount you charge per day (your ‘day rate’) for your work as an artist changed since this time last year?
When working as an artist, who usually sets your day rate?
Do you use industry-standard guidance to set your day rate?
Please indicate which of the following statements you agree with. (Please select all that apply) “Being a member of a professional membership association / union is:”
Over the past year, have you taken on more debt (bank loans, credit cards, personal loans from friends or family, etc) to support your art practice?
Over the past year, have you had to spend savings or reserves because your income has reduced?
Have you applied for or accessed any of the following emergency support in the last year? (Please select all that apply)
We are interested in the impact the cost of living emergency is having on artists in London. Please check which of the following situations most matches your experience and select all that apply.
Please indicate the extent to which your professional costs in the following areas have changed over the past year.
How has the scale of your artwork changed over the past year?
How has the amount of artwork you are making changed over the past year?
How has the type and use of materials you use changed over the past year?
How has the time you spend making work changed over the past year?
How has the use of studio / workspace facilities (if you have one) changed over the past year. Please select all that apply.
How has your time spent on employment outside of art practice changed over the past year?
Have you taken on work outside your art practice for the ﬁrst time over the past year?
How has your membership of unions and associations changed over the past year?
How has exhibiting and other professional projects related to your art practice changed over the past year? (Including commissions, residencies, community & education projects, social art, etc.)