65B - ARTS AND CULTURE MASTER PLAN

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Santa Ana Arts Future Engagement Findings Report Santa Ana Community Survey Summary Respondent Profile Approximately 70% of all respondents live in Santa Ana with 40% also working in the city. Twenty-one percent (21 %) work in the city but live elsewhere in Orange County. The majority of the 8% of respondents who selected "Other" indicate they live outside the city and visit friends, family, or visit for specific events and happenings in Santa Ana. Did not Under 65 and disclose, 21. 20I over, 7, 55.6 years 14/0 Of the online survey respondents, 42% are female, 21 % are male, 5% identified as another gender, and 32% preferred not to answer. The age range of respondents is broad with 2% under the age of 21, 30% between the ages of 21 and 34 years, 24% between the ages of 35 and 44 years, 19% between the ages of 45 and 54 years, and 21 % over the age of 55 years. Sixty-two percent (62%) of the total respondents consider themselves to be an artist, craftsperson, or creative worker (regardless of earning income). Of those, 18% identify as professional artists and 11 % identify as an aspiring artist, while 29% identify as artists who do art as a leisure activity or hobby. Sixty-five percent of those who identify as professional artists make the majority of their income from their art (chart below). Thirteen percent (13%) are business professionals working in the nonprofit arts sector, 8% in the creative sector, and of the 20% who selected "none" many identified as arts educators. Personal Participation in Arts Activities As a leisure activity or hobby As a professional artist As a business professional working in the nonprofit arts field As an aspiring professional artist I do not personally participate in creative activities None of the above 12 65B-57