Artist Census 2019
Lauren Click

2024 Artist Census

If you are a professional artist that lives or works in Boulder, we want to hear from you during this year's Artist Census! This series of studies will help us learn more about the important role artists play in our local economy and society.

Creative professionals are defined as individuals who earn income from creating or performing visual art, design, music, film, animation, photography, theater, dance, literature, poetry, or other forms of art. Opportunities for artists to participate in studies include an online census questionnaire and in person focus groups. If you would like to be considered for a focus group, please fill out an interest form.

Responses will help guide the next iteration of the Community Cultural Plan and help determine how dedicated funding from the new Arts, Culture and Heritage Tax should be used. The Artist Census Questionnaire is especially important for creative professionals to fill out following the COVID-19 pandemic and ahead of the cultural planning process.

If you are interested in viewing results of the questionnaire, participating in our focus groups and/or viewing the final findings of the census study, please sign up for updates on the Artist Census.

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Artist Census 2019
Lauren Click

Complimentary Research

Complimentary research which staff will review includes:

2019 Census of Boulder Artists Summary Findings

“According to the National Endowment for the Arts, Boulder has the third highest concentration of professional artists in the nation per capita…” For the National Endowment for the Arts' full Creativity Connects report and Metro Statistical Data, visit their website.

The City of Boulder is fortunate to have such a creative community of artists working here. To learn more about the important role artists play in our local economy and society, the Office of Arts and Culture conducted a series of studies in 2019 to better understand the lives of professional, practicing artists. A census questionnaire, focus groups and reviewing related studies from across the state and nation, helped us gain a clearer picture of how our artists are surviving and thriving as workers and small business owners in Boulder.

View the summary of findings here.

Artist Census 2019
Lauren Click
Artist Census 2019
Lauren Click