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Do you really expect to get paid? An economic study of professional artists in Australia

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

Aug 01, 2010
Do you really expect to get paid?
Please note: the most recent edition of the Economic Study of Professional Artists is here.

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Do you really expect to get paid? is the fifth study in a series carried out over the past 30 years at Macquarie University, with funding from the Australia Council. The survey profiles the careers of artists across all major art forms and is based on interviews with 1,030 practising professional Australian artists.

The surveys provide information about the economic circumstances of artists including topics such as training and education, employment, income and expenditure and the changing context of artistic practice. This survey, undertaken in 2009 and covering the 2007-08 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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