ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE
OF
The 2018 By Artists, For Artists Report
For more in depth information, please see the press release and the report talking points.
The Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition (MALC) and Artmorpheus are proud to announce the release of the 2018 By Artists, For Artists report on Massachusetts artists of all disciplines, makers, and creative entrepreneurs. Artists and creatives play a vital role in the cultural life and creative economy of Massachusetts, and this report provides critical insights that will guide advocates and policy makers.
The By Artists, For Artists report synthesizes and shares the data collected from the survey of the same name conducted in 2017. The project was a collaboration between Artmorpheus and MALC. The report is dedicated to the late Liora Beer, the founder of Artmorpheus who passed away on March 2, 2018. Liora was one of the key initiators of the By Artists, For Artists project, and Artmorpheus was the nonprofit umbrella for the project.
Both the By Artists, For Artists report and survey were based on the 2009 Stand Up and Be Counted project, the first-ever Massachusetts statewide survey of working artists of all disciplines. The 2017 survey used a broad and inclusive definition of artists working in all disciplines. It encompassed: visual artists, musicians, composers, writers, poets, playwrights, new media artists, film makers, crafts people, actors, singers, performance artists, graphic designers, lighting designers, dancers, choreographers, and the like. The By Artists, For Artists survey was also expanded to include makers and creative entrepreneurs*
The By Artists, For Artists survey was funded in part by grants from the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation and the Surdna Foundation. The final report, however, due to the loss of Liora, was produced by an all-volunteer team overseen by the MALC. The members of the By Artists, For Artists Report Team were: Elisa Birdseye (MALC Steering Committee Member), Kathleen Bitetti (MALC Steering Committee Member), Jill Carrier, and David Galiel. The entire design of the report, visual and navigational, was the creation of MALC Steering Committee Member Erin M. Harris.
To download the report: ByArtistsForArtistsReport.pdf
Thank you to all who took the survey and/or helped spread the word about it across the state!
If you would like more information, please contact Kathleen Bitetti at MassArtistsSurvey@gmail.com
The 2009 Stand Up and Be Counted final report is also available as a pdf download:
Also worth the read- The MALC 2016 Labor Policy Paper:
http://artistsunderthedome.org/malc/policy/labor-policy-2016/
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*Artists of all disciplines- visual, literary, performing, craft, new media, digital, multi-disciplinary, etc.
Maker - an umbrella term for independent inventors, designers, and tinkerers. The maker movement is a convergence of traditional artisans and computer hackers. Makers tap into admiration for self-reliance and combine that with open-source learning, contemporary design, and personal technology such as 3D printers.
Creative Entrepreneur - set up as a for-profit or nonprofit business to produce a creative/artistic output, with the intent of building a financially profitable enterprise or sustainable organization.