How do you define "Professional Artist"? Survey

	completely unimportant	somewhat unimportant	somewhat important	important	extremely important
commitment to a professional practice or career	commitment to a professional practice or career completely unimportant	commitment to a professional practice or career somewhat unimportant	commitment to a professional practice or career somewhat important	commitment to a professional practice or career important	commitment to a professional practice or career extremely important
commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible	commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible completely unimportant	commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible somewhat unimportant	commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible somewhat important	commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible important	commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible extremely important
some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process	some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process completely unimportant	some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process somewhat unimportant	some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process somewhat important	some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process important	some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process extremely important
evidence of a body of work	evidence of a body of work completely unimportant	evidence of a body of work somewhat unimportant	evidence of a body of work somewhat important	evidence of a body of work important	evidence of a body of work extremely important
public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work	public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work completely unimportant	public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work somewhat unimportant	public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work somewhat important	public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work important	public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work extremely important
demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work	demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work completely unimportant	demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work somewhat unimportant	demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work somewhat important	demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work important	demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work extremely important
recognition as a professional artist by your community	recognition as a professional artist by your community completely unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by your community somewhat unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by your community somewhat important	recognition as a professional artist by your community important	recognition as a professional artist by your community extremely important
recognition as a professional artist by your peers	recognition as a professional artist by your peers completely unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by your peers somewhat unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by your peers somewhat important	recognition as a professional artist by your peers important	recognition as a professional artist by your peers extremely important
recognition as a professional artist by critics	recognition as a professional artist by critics completely unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by critics somewhat unimportant	recognition as a professional artist by critics somewhat important	recognition as a professional artist by critics important	recognition as a professional artist by critics extremely important
membership within a union or other trade organization	membership within a union or other trade organization completely unimportant	membership within a union or other trade organization somewhat unimportant	membership within a union or other trade organization somewhat important	membership within a union or other trade organization important	membership within a union or other trade organization extremely important
receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work	receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work completely unimportant	receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work somewhat unimportant	receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work somewhat important	receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work important	receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work extremely important
some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery)	some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) completely unimportant	some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) somewhat unimportant	some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) somewhat important	some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) important	some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) extremely important
being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things	being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things completely unimportant	being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things somewhat unimportant	being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things somewhat important	being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things important	being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things extremely important

completely unimportant

somewhat unimportant

somewhat important

important

extremely important

commitment to a professional practice or career

commitment to a professional practice or career completely unimportant

commitment to a professional practice or career somewhat unimportant

commitment to a professional practice or career somewhat important

commitment to a professional practice or career important

commitment to a professional practice or career extremely important

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible completely unimportant

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible somewhat unimportant

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible somewhat important

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible important

commitment to working full-time at practice if it were financially feasible extremely important

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process completely unimportant

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process somewhat unimportant

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process somewhat important

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process important

some form of education, training, mentorship, or other skills development process extremely important

evidence of a body of work

evidence of a body of work completely unimportant

evidence of a body of work somewhat unimportant

evidence of a body of work somewhat important

evidence of a body of work important

evidence of a body of work extremely important

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work completely unimportant

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work somewhat unimportant

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work somewhat important

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work important

public exhibition, performance, or dissemination of that body of work extremely important

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work completely unimportant

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work somewhat unimportant

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work somewhat important

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work important

demonstration of uniqueness or innovation in that body of work extremely important

recognition as a professional artist by your community

recognition as a professional artist by your community completely unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by your community somewhat unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by your community somewhat important

recognition as a professional artist by your community important

recognition as a professional artist by your community extremely important

recognition as a professional artist by your peers

recognition as a professional artist by your peers completely unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by your peers somewhat unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by your peers somewhat important

recognition as a professional artist by your peers important

recognition as a professional artist by your peers extremely important

recognition as a professional artist by critics

recognition as a professional artist by critics completely unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by critics somewhat unimportant

recognition as a professional artist by critics somewhat important

recognition as a professional artist by critics important

recognition as a professional artist by critics extremely important

membership within a union or other trade organization

membership within a union or other trade organization completely unimportant

membership within a union or other trade organization somewhat unimportant

membership within a union or other trade organization somewhat important

membership within a union or other trade organization important

membership within a union or other trade organization extremely important

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work completely unimportant

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work somewhat unimportant

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work somewhat important

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work important

receipt of some form of financial compensation for your work extremely important

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery)

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) completely unimportant

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) somewhat unimportant

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) somewhat important

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) important

some entrepreneurial activity to market your work (either by yourself or through an agent/gallery) extremely important

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things completely unimportant

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things somewhat unimportant

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things somewhat important

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things important

being an individual whose "livelihood" is to create things extremely important

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* 2. Are there any characteristics of a professional artist that you feel are missing in the list above?

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* 3. Now, please rank the following characteristics in order of importance (from most important to least important) based on how important you think they are to the definition of a professional artist with 1 being the HIGHEST rank and 13 being LOWEST rank. (NOTE: In this type of ranking, you can only assign each number once, ie. only one number 1, only one number 2, etc. You could also just "drag" the items in the list into your order using the "handles" at the left side of the list, and SurveyMonkey will number them for you.)

How do you define "Professional Artist"?

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* 1. Using the scale below (from "completely unimportant" to "extremely important"), tell us how important you consider each of the following characteristics to the definition of a professional artist?

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* 2. Are there any characteristics of a professional artist that you feel are missing in the list above?

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