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Don’t give up your day job: An economic study of professional artists in Australia

This research reports on the economic circumstances of professional artistic practice across all major art forms.

Jun 01, 2003
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Please note: the most recent edition of the Economic Study of Professional Artists is here.

Overview

A survey of the economic circumstances of 1,063 practising professional Australian artists, Don’t give up your day job is the fourth in a series carried out over the past 20 years at Macquarie University, with funding from the Australia Council. The surveys provide information about the economic circumstances of professional artistic practice across all major art forms. This survey, undertaken in 2002 and covering the 2000-01 financial year, updates and expands the information collected in the earlier studies.

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We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and honour their Elders past and present.

We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and surrounding clan groups since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations peoples’ artistic and cultural expressions. We are privileged to gather on this Country and to share knowledge, culture and art, now and with future generations.

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