Sustaining the Artist Community
NYS Survey Project
Phase One: The Capital Region
Greene, Schoharie, Columbia, Rensselaer, Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, Washington, Warren Counties
Thousands of artists live across New York State, each with their own personal story and set of needs.
Sustaining the Artist Community: NYS Survey Project seeks to identify artist populations as well as the tools they need to thrive. The Survey has four sections: demographics to tell us who in the community are artists; professional development opportunities; artist studio and workplace needs; and finally, an assessment around housing, both rented and owned. The survey takes less than 5 minutes to complete and is a high-level assessment that will help public, private and government agencies develop the resources artists deserve to thrive.
Sustaining the Artist Community: NYS Survey Project (SACNYC) is an open-source tool. The report data, including options to construct unique queries, will be accessible to all.
SACNYS is in its pilot phase here in the Capital Region. Upon the completion of the Capital Region survey, it will enter an assessment and potential revision period. Once complete, the final survey will be administered state-wide by ArtsNYS, New York State’s arts advocacy agency.
SACNYS purposely links with Creative Rebuild New York’s important Portrait of New York State Artists (using their questions with their permission) and then follows those with important questions around the tools artists may need in their practice.
SACNYS was developed by The Arts Center of the Capital Region, in collaboration with the ACE! (Upstate Alliance for the Creative Economy), CREATE Council on the Arts (serving Greene, Columbia and Schoharie Counties), and ArtsNYS. The survey was directed and constructed by the Siena College Research Institute.
Sustaining the Artist Community: NYS Survey Project was made possible with funding from the New York State Legislature.
Demographic research queries were based on Creative Rebuilds New York’s Portrait of New York State Artists Survey. Hand, Jamie, and Calderon, Sarah. Portrait of New York State Artists Survey, 2022. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-05-21. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39025.v1
Artists deserve opportunity. Complete this survey and share it with other artists.