We’d like to share the results of our third quarterly State of the Arts survey, undertaken in February 2022.
The responses we received from creatives, administrators and enablers across so many different art forms was pessimistic in view overall, and deepened 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 is continually changing, the national infographics compare data between the Second quarterly (September-October) survey, as that was the first survey to target participants outside Auckland and Wellington. Our Pōneke results compare data between First quarterly (June-July) survey.
The key sector "worries" from respondents were Financial issues, COVID-19 impacts & restrictions, event cancellation and wellbeing; however, optimistic about being able to create work with less restrictions.
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.