Supports and Safety Nets
Interactive Access to SNAAP Pulse Data
The interactive dashboard below explores the SNAAP Pulse survey on the use of government supports and safety nets among arts and design graduates. The dashboard includes items on how frequently respondents applied for and use supports, confidence in repaying student loans, and other related items.
Read more about SNAAP Pulse survey methodology and approach here.
Suggested Citation: Strategic National Arts Alumni Project. (2025). Arts Alumni Data Hub. https://snaaparts.org/findings/arts-alumni-data-hub. Austin, TX: Arts + Design Alumni Research, SNAAP.
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts and Design Alumni
The authors of this report, Dr. Rachel Skaggs, Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Dr. Jeff Barbee, provide insight into arts and design graduates whose work is — or before the pandemic was — in the arts, design, or creative realm by examining their working lives, economic lives, and the skills that they needed to attain or update during the first two years of the pandemic in the United States. This report was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
