Artists in Greater Manchester
Images, Charts, Tables and Text Š 2014 Alison Slater.
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Cultural Engagement Fund.
Artists in Greater Manchester,
Contents 1 2 4 6 8 Career Stages
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Final Thoughts 30
Acknowledgements
Introduction There is no current measure of the number of artists in Greater Manchester.
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See Slater, A.,
The Artists in Greater Manchester CPD: towards a
MIRIAD, MMU and
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Research Methods Consultancy
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For more
Survey Design, Launch and Distribution
www.axisweb.org.
using
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Qualitative Communication Research Methods, Sage,
While Artists in Greater Manchester
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Where Artists Live The total number of participants during the period of analysis was 515 artists.
living and/or working in Greater Manchester.
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4 (See Chart 1)
(See Table 1)
Wigan and
Cheshire East
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Rochdale
Bury
(3.6%; 18 Ps)
(4.2%; 21 Ps)
Bolton (5%; 25 Ps)
Oldham (1.8%; 9 Ps)
Wigan (3.6%; 18 Ps)
Salford (9.8%; 49 Ps)
Tameside (3.4%; 17 Ps)
M/cr (46.1%; 231 Ps)
Trafford (9.2%; 46 Ps)
Living outside GM
Stockport
(8.4%; 42 Ps)
(5%; 25 Ps)
Chart 1: Artists living in Greater Manchester (GM)
Residential LA
No. of Ps
Calderdale Cheshire East
12
Cheshire West
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Preston
Residential LA
No. of Ps
Rossendale
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South Ribble
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1
St Helens
2
Warrington
1
2
1
2
1
2
Wirral
1
1
Total
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Table 1: Artists living outside Greater Manchester
8.4%
Where Artists Work work 6
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The 82 artists who
although the
(See Chart 2)
(See Table 2)
Rochdale
Bury Bolton
(3.2%; 16 Ps)
(2.8%; 14 Ps)
(3.4%; 17 Ps)
Oldham (1%; 5 Ps)
Wigan (3.2%; 16 Ps)
Salford (12.8%; 64 Ps)
Tameside M/cr
(2.4%; 12 Ps)
(42.5%; 213 Ps)
Various/Locations Across GM (3.6%; 18 Ps)
Trafford (5%; 25 Ps)
Stockport (3.8%; 19 Ps)
Do not work as an artist in GM (16.4%; 82 Ps)
Chart 2: Artists working in Greater Manchester (GM)
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Wigan
Outside GM
Trafford
Tameside
Stockport
Salford
Rochdale
Oldham
Manchester
LA & Organisations
Bury
Bolton
Residential LA
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1
Total
Bolton 2 3
1
2 6
Bury Manchester 1
1 1
1
1
4 1 Mirabel Studios Rogue Studios
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1
18 2
4
2
4 1 3
1
Phoenix House (Studios)
8 2 5 4 12 6 35 2 5
Oldham Rochdale 3
1
4
1 1 2 1
6 5 13 5 6
Salford sites)
2 1
1 Islington Mill Suite Studios
2
1
1 1 2
1 2
1
3 1
2
1
1
Tameside Woodend Mill (Studios)
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2
3
Trafford Wigan Cross Street Arts Total (GM)
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2
66
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4
13
4
4
11
3
2
5
4
17
134
Table 2: Organisations where Artists work in Greater Manchester
Becoming an Artist
time when an artist chooses to call themselves an artist.
(See Table 3)
Age became an artist (in years)
Age not stated
No. of Ps
118
238
34
4
3
42
24
4
1
13
8
1
4
1
1
Current Career Stage
%
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Emerging
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Mid-Career
3 1
Established None of the Above/Other
136
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3
6
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Arts Education (See Chart 3)
88.2% of the artists (442 Ps) had at least one formal
9.4% (47 Ps) were self-taught or informally trained
32 different routes through (or avoiding) formal arts education routes beyond compulsory education were reported.
(See Chart 4)
Exit (highest arts
Entry (no previous formal
PhD
Entry (no previous formal
Exit (highest arts
MA
Entry (no previous formal
Exit (highest arts
Entry (no previous formal
Exit (highest arts
Entry (no previous formal
Exit (highest arts
Entry (no previous formal
Exit (highest arts
Foundation
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Career Stages
Chart 5: Career Stages of Artists in Greater Manchester
artists in the Artists in Greater Manchester students.
(See Table 4)
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Base
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4a. Emerging
4b. Mid-Career
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4
1
4
1
0
4
13
32
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2
2
8
2
4
3
4
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11 Tameside
Wigan
Total
4d. None/Other
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231 18
4c. Established
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3
1
46
26
18
10
4
2
2
42
16
14
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6
297
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59%
93
19%
37
7%
74
15%
Table 4: Career stages of Artists in Greater Manchester by LA
Only the youngest participants reported any relationship
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also demonstrate
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The Guardian
The Guardian,
and conservative attitude. For some years – and this trend is
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Morris
to cultivate the art
Money Matters,
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Money Matters: The dynamics of the contemporary
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While the
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16,300 AIR
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Money Matters: The dynamics of the contemporary
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Earning a living from their arts practice; 73.5% (368 Ps) did not make their primary income from their arts practice. (See Chart 6)
Chart 6: Making money from art
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while others might disagree. 16
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related.
(See Table 6)
(6g.).(See Table 6)
Career Stage
Primary Income from Arts Practice
Primary Income not from Arts Practice
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241
Prefer not to say
Base
Emerging Mid-Career
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Established
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None of the Above/Other
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12
Total
21.6%
368
73.5%
25
5%
Table 5: Making Money from Art and Career Stage
Base Response to Q.6
Ps
6a. Yes
113
6b. I cannot remember
121
%
Ps
%
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6d. No, art is my hobby not a career I aspire to
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6e. No, art is not my primary occupation but I would like it to be
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6f. No, art not my primary occupation but it is related to my primary occupation
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2
Total
21.6%
Primary Income from Arts Practice
BA
Base
Ps
46
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%
226 2
PG Diploma
8
MA
126
28
PhD
12
1
Self-Taught
4 12
6
currently a student Total
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Making Primary Income from Arts Practice
21.6%
Areas of Practice
Chart 7: Areas of Practice
3D Modelling Analogue Media Multi Media (2) Painting (3)
Cultural Programming
Drawing (4) Tattoo Art (2) Fashion (3) Theatre (3) Various (2) Illustration (22)
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Visual Art
Groups, Networks & Collectives
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The list below is based on the 16
mentioned below,
(4)
All Areas
Art With A Heart (2) Artists and Illustrators (2)
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Cornerhouse Islington Mill (12)
Cross Street Arts, Wigan (8)
Emerging Dreamers Meeting State Metanoia (2) Middleton Tattoo Studio MIRIAD, MMU (3)
Fred Aldous
h
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esign
Ohh deer Sugared Mud TATE (2)
Parlour Press
The Art The Artsroom, Oldham
The Penthouse (2) POST Artists
Third Floor Studios (3)
Ultimate H
Rise Art
Shudehill Studio
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Evaluation
less than 20 minutes.
Survey Distribution
media.(See Chart 8)
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For more about RDS and RDSAT, see:
(2012).
Participation
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Four
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2011 Census: Key Statistics for Local Authorities in England and Wales,
establishment institutions.
Artists in Greater Manchester
This earlier
CPD: towards a
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to cultivate the art 20
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in The Visual Arts Blueprint : A Development Plan for Visual Arts in the UK
were based in England.22
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numbers. The Artists
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(2013).
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Ecology of the Visual Arts and 28
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(2013) Ecology of the Visual Arts The Artists
2011 was
residents in
2011 Census: Usual resident
authorities in England and
Developing Artistic Talent in Greater Manchester
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in Greater Manchester
The Artists 30
See Slater, A.,
MIRIAD, MMU and
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Final Thoughts
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