Visual Artists in Houston, Minneapolis, Washington, and San Francisco: Earnings and Exhibition Opportunities (1976-1978)

Investigators: Richard J. Orend and Batia Sharon

Population: Local professional visual (fine) artists

Identification method: Population identified in four U.S. cities (Houston, Minneapolis, Washington and San Francisco) from lists obtained from exhibitors who sold or showed locally produced works of art between 1976 and 1978.

Sampling procedure: Two techniques were used to collect data. The first was a series of group discussions with professional artists in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Houston, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. The second was a mail survey of the same population, which resulted in 940 completed surveys. Additional information was unavailable in works reviewed.

N and Response rate: Unavailable in works reviewed.

Publication: Orend, R.J. and B. Sharon. The Economic Conditions and Exhibition Processes of Artists in Four Cities: Final Report PO-81-1. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Larson, R. 1984. Visual Artists in Houston, Minneapolis, Washington, and San Francisco: Earnings and Exhibition Opportunities. Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts Research Division Report 18. New York: Publishing Center for Cultural Resources.

Summary: Report described the economic system under which artists' function and the processes that artists use to get work exhibited, as well as the interaction of these two factors and their relationship to exhibition and sales success.