NW MI Arts & Culture Network Community Input Survey

Community Input Survey, Spring 2022

The Northwest Michigan Arts & Culture Network invites you to take this survey to help us strengthen our work to help the arts, culture and creativity thrive in your community and across our region.  Your feedback will help us understand community interests and participation in arts and cultural programs and experiences.  Your responses will help us understand how residents, visitors, and leaders value the importance of arts, culture, and creativity in the vitality of our region. Your responses will be kept confidential and only reported in aggregate. Thank you!
 
This survey is based on a definition of “arts and culture” that includes the full spectrum of artists, culture bearers, makers, designers, arts and cultural organizations, creative entrepreneurs, and creative businesses in the 10-county region of Northwest Michigan.  This includes both nonprofit and for-profit endeavors in the following industries:  visual arts and crafts, music, theater, dance, performing arts, history/culture/heritage, literary/publishing/print, design, film/digital media, fashion/textile design, art schools, architecture, advertising, and creative technology.
1.In which county do you live?
2.What is your zip code?
3.How long have you lived there?
4.Do you live there year-round or seasonally? (Check one)
5.Please select the statement that best describes your participation in arts and culture.
6.What arts, cultural and creative activities have you participated in within the last 3 years? (Check all that apply.)
7.What barriers keep you from participating in arts, culture and creative activities? (Check all that apply)
8.What's your readiness to attend and participate in arts and cultural events/programs at this stage of post-pandemic recovery
9.I feel included and represented in the arts and cultural programs in my community.
10.I value the importance of arts and culture in my community.
11.Arts and culture contribute to the vitality of my community and my daily life.
12.Arts and creative learning are essential in the education of our youth to be equipped with the skills and talents needed to be successful in the future.
13.Who should be responsible for financially supporting arts and culture in your community? (Check all that apply.)
14.Arts and culture are important to me and my community, and I believe that we all have responsibility to help them thrive. I already do or am willing to lend support in the following ways. (Check all that apply.)
15.Are you familiar with the Northwest Michigan Arts and Culture Network?
16. Please share any other comments you have below:
17.Demographic Information (OPTIONAL)
The following questions are optional, but your responses will help us better understand community perspectives and interests. Your individual information will be held confidential and only reported in aggregate.
18.What best describes how you identify, racially?
19.How do you identify your gender?
20.What is your approximate annual household income?
21.What is the highest level of education you have completed?
Thank you for sharing your time and perspectives with us!  Your input will be valuable in informing the Network’s priorities to nurture and support the arts and cultural community – organizations, artists, and creative contributors – to grow and prosper in Northwest Michigan.

For more information visit us at nwmiarts.org.