Panel Study of Chicago Art Institute Students (c. 1989)

Investigator: Joanne Stohs

Population: Fine artists

Identification method: Artists identified as students at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Sampling procedure: Sample of students at the Arts Institute of Chicago, originally gathered 18 years prior. Publication reviewed does not describe sampling procedure.

N and Response rate: 76 percent.

Publications: Stohs, Joanne M. 1991. "Young Adult Predictors and Midlife Outcomes of "Starving Artists" Careers: A Longitudinal Study of Male Fine Artists." Journal of Creative Behavior, 25(2): 92-105.

Stohs, Joanne M. 1989. "Factors Affecting the Career Patterns of Male Fine and Applied Artists." Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 4(4): 327-346.

Summary: Stohs (1991) explored whether a group of fine artists subsist on a series of unrelated, lower-status jobs, consistent with the sociocultural images of starving artists. Data were gathered using questionnaire, scale, and job history data. Stohs (1989) compared fine and applied art students to determine if there are within-group career pattern differences and whether these are associated with personality or other factors.