PART 1. Artistic Practise
1.
Describe the nature of your work, (genre, medium, style)
2.
What is your main source of income?
A. Sale of work
B. Commissions
C. Teaching / Workshops etc.
D. Other art related job
E. Other non-art related job
3.
Do you currently promote your work? How / Where?
PART 2. Resources
4.
What resources, (i.e. information, training, databases, spaces, equipment) do you currently make use of? Please list as many as you wish.
5.
What resources, (i.e. information, training, databases, spaces, equipment) do you wish were available and accessible to you? Please list as many as you wish.
6.
How far, in miles or minutes, would you be prepared to travel to access:
A. Training?
B. Studio / work space?
C. Equipment?
D. Networking / discussion groups or meetings?
7.
Do you use the internet? (0 marks)
A. Yes
B. No
PART 3 Networks
8.
Do you belong to any artists groups or networks?
A. If yes, please name
B. If no, would you like to?
9.
What benefits do you / would you expect from being a member of an artists group or network?
10.
What would discourage you from being a member of an artists group or network?
11.
How would you wish to be involved in the co-ordination of an artists group or network of which you were a member?
PART 4. Arts Events & Open Studios
12.
Have you ever participated in an artists open studios event?
A. If yes where?
B. If no, have you had the opportunity?
13.
Has anything ever discouraged you from participating in an artists open studios event?
14.
If you were to participate in a future arts event such as open studios, what would you:
A. Hope to gain as an artist from the event?
B. Expect to pay for the privilege of taking part?
C. Expect to have to do?
D. Expect from the organisers?
15.
In your experience of artists open studios events:
A. What has been disappointing or could have been better?
B. What has been successful?
16.
What do you think the main purpose of an arts event / open studios should be?
A. For the Artist
B. For the Visitor
17.
In your opinion, what would make a countywide arts event a success?
18.
How would you wish to be involved in the running / co-ordination of an arts / open studios event that you participated in?
19.
Please use this space to add anything else you would like to say on the subject of art festivals, resources or artists networks / groups.
20.
Which county / district do you work in? *this must be filled in
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