We’d like to share the results of our inaugural State of the Arts survey, undertaken in June 2021.
The responses we received from creatives, administrators and enablers across so many different art forms were heartening, deepening our understanding about how this longitudinal survey can start to act as strong advocacy for the sector over time.
It’s also essential to acknowledge that the landscape we are now working and living in has changed dramatically over the last month, and so many of the responses we received from in June would look starkly different right now. Our September 2021 survey will provide respondents the opportunity to give feedback on their present situation and articulate the support they may need in the Delta Covid-19 environment.
The key sector issues that respondents raised were reviewing arts structure funding, fostering financial sustainability for artists, a venue crisis in Wellington, supporting young or emerging artists and a comprehensive arts sector strategy. Read the Quick Glace report.
An important note on the use of the language of ‘creative’ in the description of ‘creative work’. This term is meant to encompass the wide range of roles that exist within the arts, culture, heritage and creative industries - across administration, management, production, curatorial, technical staff - the enablers and supporters of creative work, as well as artists and practitioners.
This survey was run by Dovetail, led by Arts Wellington supported by Wellington City Council