Reports
SNAAP offers robust national insights about the lives and experiences of arts and design alumni. “Narrative Reports” explore one or more topics in both Special Reports and Annual Reports. “Aggregate Frequency Reports” are compilations of all responses to all survey questions from specific survey administrations.
Special Report 2024
Arts and Design Alumni Employment and Perspectives on Their Work and Careers
Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Special Report 2024
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts and Design Alumni
Dr. Rachel Skaggs, Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard & Dr. Jeff Barbee
Special Report 2024
2022 SNAAP Technical Report
Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard; Deanna Ibrahim; Lee Ann Scotto Adams; Dr. Angie L. Miller; Dr. Rachel Skaggs; Dr. Shanita Bigelow
Special Report 2024
Reflections: Alumni Perspectives on their Postsecondary Experiences in Arts and Design
Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard & Dr. Shanita Bigelow University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Special Report 2021
Growing Divides: Historical and Emerging Inequalities in Arts Internships
Alexandre Frenette with Gillian Gualtieri & Megan Robinson
Special Report: Spring 2020
Careers in the Arts: Who Stays and Who Leaves?
Alexandre Frenette & Timothy J. Dowd, with contributions from Rachel Skaggs & Trent Ryan
2017 SNAAP Annual Report
Arts Alumni in Their Communities
Rachel Skaggs with Alexandre Frenette, Sally Gaskill, & Angie L. Miller
2017 Special Report
Career Skills and Entrepreneurship Training for Artists
Rachel Skaggs with Alexandre Frenette, Sally Gaskill & Angie Miller
2016 Annual Report
Institutional Connections, Resources, and Working Across Disciplines: What Arts Alumni Are Saying
Alexandre Frenette with Angie L. Miller, Nathan D. Martin, Sally Gaskill & Steven J. Tepper
2015
The Internship Divide: The Promise and Challenges of Internships in the Arts
Alexandre Frenette, Amber D. Dumford, Angie L. Miller & Steven J. Tepper
2014
SNAAP Annual Report: Making It Work The Education and Employment of Recent Arts Graduates
Jennifer C. Lena with Sally Gaskill, Rebecca F. Houghton, Amber D. Lambert, Angie L. Miller & Steven J. Tepper
2013
SNAAP Annual Report: An Uneven Canvas Inequalities in Artistic Training and Careers
Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
2012 Special Report
Painting with Broader Strokes
Danielle J. Lindemann & Steven J. Tepper, with Sally Gaskill, Scott D. Jones, George D. Kuh, Amber D. Lambert, Jennifer Lena, Angie L. Miller, Kendall Park, Ellen B. Rudolph & Leah Vanderwerp
2012 SNAAP Annual Report
A Diverse Palette
Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
2011 SNAAP Annual Report
Forks in the Road
Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
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.
