Survey of American Artists Participating in International Exchanges

This request for full clearance will enable the National Endowment for the Arts (“the Arts Endowment”) to implement a web survey that will be used to support performance reporting on the career benefits to U.S. artists who receive grants to travel and perform abroad. This package requests the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) full clearance for annual data collection. The Arts Endowment’s Office of International Activities provides opportunities for U.S. artists to participate in global arts events by partnering with U.S. regional arts organization Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation on the USArtists International (USAI) program, as well as through several other partnerships and activities. The USAI program is the largest of the Arts Endowment’s efforts supporting artists’ travel and performances abroad and therefore was selected for this work because it will provide the largest sample of respondents, allowing the Arts Endowment to measure the impacts an international exchange program can have on artists’ careers. The Arts Endowment has conducted a pilot test of the survey and will implement the annual, web-based census survey of USAI grantees to provide the Arts Endowment with evidence of the program’s benefits to artists’ professional careers. The web survey data will support performance reporting on the Arts Endowment’s fiscal year (FY) 2018‒2022 Strategic Plan, which seeks to gather evidence to show that “Arts Endowment-supported international exchanges have a demonstrable benefit on the careers of participating American artists” (Performance Goal 3.3.3). The annual data collection will provide evidence in response to the associated performance indicator (3.3.3.1), “The percentage of American artists that report benefits of their participation in NEA-supported international exchanges.” The survey will focus on benefits to artists’ professional opportunities, professional networks, professional skills and learning, reputations, and creativity. The survey is designed to take approximately 8 minutes and asks 24 questions, with skip patterns.

The latest form for Survey of American Artists Participating in International Exchanges expires 2023-12-31 and can be found here.

Survey of American Artists Participating in USArtists International Grantee Web Survey - Pilot

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