Arts and Culture Luray/Page County
 

Understanding Arts and Culture in Luray/Page County

 
People Incorporated of Virginia, in partnership with the Page Valley Arts Council and Luray Downtown Initiative, is seeking feedback from individuals and organizations involved in arts and culture. The information you provide will be very helpful in assessing available resources and identifying additional opportunities that will better serve your needs and the needs of other members of the creative community. If you are a local artist, artisan, musician, photographer, potter, performer, writer, woodworker, art gallery owner, sculptor, involved in digital arts, fiber crafts, home-based food production or any other type of arts and cultural activities, please fill in this survey. In this questionnaire, we are asking for your assistance in understanding a range of issues including common business development needs of individuals, organizations and firms involved with arts and culture.

1. Name of individual and/or oganization

2. Where do you live?

3. What is your age range?

4. How would you describe your current involvement in arts & cultural activities?

5. What percentage of your individual income is derived from arts and culture related activities?

6. Are you a member of any arts related organizations? Please name them:

7. Would you be interested in partnering with other artists?

8. Please describe your studio/workspace, i.e., location of the studio, size studio, etc.

9. Do you own or rent your workspace?

10. If you rent, how much do you pay monthly?

11. If you rent, is your rent paid in commissions?

12. Is your current workspace adequate for your needs?

13. If "no", do you plan to relocate in the future?

14. Do you plan to expand in the future?

15. Is your studio or workspace open to the public?

16. If you currently sell your art, would you like to increase the revenue you make from your art?

17. What challenges do you face in increasing your revenue? Please provide details.

18. Are you interested in turning your art into a business?

19. What do you need in order to support the flourishing of your arts and culture-related activiites?

20. Who is your customer? Circle all that apply and estimate the percentage of each group of your total sales.

21. How do you currently market or promote your work? Mark all that apply by ranking them from the most effective to the least effective where the most effective is #1.

22. If you utilize a website, what is it?

23. If you utilize Online Marketplaces, where?

24. Where do your currently offer your work for sale?

25. What time of the year do you generate the most art income?

26. Do you have a formal, written Business Plan?

27. Do you have an Artist's Statement and Budget?

28. Have you attended any arts-related business training or small business workshops?

29. Would you like to attend business training/workshops? Please explain:

30. Which of the following areas of business development technical assistance services would be of interest to you?

31. If you had access to small business/entrepreneurship training, which of the following would be of interest to you?

32. Would you be interested in discussing your need for financial capital for your business?

33. If you are interested in discussing financial capital, approximately what are your current financing needs?

34. In order to develop a flourishing arts and culture community, what do you feel are the most important things that are needed or must be developed?

35. What do you see as the single most important need for business development of artists and artisans in your community?

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