This survey is now closed for 2017. Thank you to everyone who participated. More than 1,600 people from 187 arts organizations across Harris County responded. DataArts has begun crunching the data. We expect to report back on findings later this year.
The DataArts survey, funded by Houston Endowment and distributed in partnership with Houston Arts Alliance, Houston Museum District, Houston Theater District and Miller Outdoor Theatre, will tell us the status of our arts and culture workforce, establishing a baseline we can use to measure progress over time. Your participation is crucial to ensure the success of this project. It should take you no more than five minutes to complete this survey.
Why this survey is important: Arts, culture and creativity are an important part of our quality of life, and in Houston the arts and culture sector is an important part of the local economy. The sector must be diverse and inclusive in its leadership, workforce, creative talent, patrons and participants to remain relevant and representative of our changing society. Knowing the demographic makeup of our arts workforce is one key tool to help us ensure all residents of Houston have equal access to the profound benefits offered by the arts.
What the survey asks: The survey asks questions about gender, heritage (such as race and ethnicity), age, disability status and LGBTQ identification.
Who should fill out the survey: Individuals who work, volunteer or are on the boards of arts organizations across Houston will respond anonymously.
What will happen to your data: The survey is administered by DataArts (formerly the Cultural Data Project). DataArts will analyze the data and report back to us on aggregate findings. Only DataArts will have access to individual responses.
You have until September 8th to complete the survey. If you have any questions, please email demographics@culturaldata.org.
About DataArts: DataArts is a nonprofit organization that empowers the arts and cultural sector with high-quality data and resources in order to strengthen its vitality, performance, and public impact. The Cultural Data Profile (CDP) is DataArts’ flagship service, which thousands of cultural nonprofits use annually to report their financial and programmatic information. DataArts is committed to advancing policies and practices that support diversity, equity, and inclusion in the organization and across the arts, culture, and humanities sector. Having reliable information on the boards, staff, volunteers, and artistic personnel that power cultural nonprofits will help the sector reflect and respond by identifying trends, opportunities, and gaps in ways that inspire action and change when needed. The DataArts workforce survey is the result of robust collaboration with organizations from across the nonprofit and public sector, including dozens of public and private grantmaking entities, which are conducting complementary demographic data studies. Learn more at www.culturaldata.org.
DISCLAIMER: Collecting and sharing this optional demographic information is strongly encouraged as a best practice that can make your work more effective; however, this survey is voluntary. You may complete some, all, or none of the questions. It is entirely up to you, and your choice will have no bearing on the status of your organization's Cultural Data Profile. All information will be aggregated anonymously and reported back to your organization's primary contact. Only DataArts will have access to individual responses at this time. DataArts uses demographic information to tailor our services to the nonprofit arts, cultural, and humanities sector, and to further our mission to empower the sector with high-quality data and resources in order to strengthen its vitality, performance, and public impact. Grantmakers will have access to aggregated survey data for your organization, as well as a complete aggregated roll-up of the survey data for all organizations in their applicant pool. DataArts may allow third-parties, such as researchers, advocates, educational organizations or service providers, to use aggregated data from the survey for the purposes of serving or informing the nonprofit arts, cultural, and humanities sector and its stakeholders. On occasion, DataArts may also share aggregated survey information with other partners, researchers, and service providers in order to create, test, and market new services and tools for the nonprofit arts, cultural, and humanities sector. By taking this survey, you agree to the uses of your data described here and acknowledge that any interpretation or view expressed in any work product created using any aggregated survey dataset will be solely that of the researcher or other user.