Across the U.S., cultural workers and artists are facing growing pressures: censorship, harassment, financial strain, and shrinking spaces to create freely. It is a tough moment for our field, but also a time to come together, speak honestly, and help shape the kind of future we want for cultural communities.
ARC – Artists at Risk Connection is sharing The National Artist Safety Survey, a collective effort to better understand what artists are up against and to co-create real resources that strengthen artistic freedom and safety.
📣Take The National Artist Safety Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/nationalartistsafetysurvey
The survey is completely anonymous, and your individual response will be kept confidential. Every measure is being taken to ensure privacy and data security. It takes only 10 minutes to complete.
Your perspective is essential! The National Artist Safety Survey is gathering lived experiences from cultural workers and artists across the U.S.
By sharing your experience, you help ensure that resources and protections reflect your realities and needs. Your responses will inform the upcoming U.S. Safety Guide for Artists and Cultural Workers, to be released in early 2026. This practical resource will equip artists and cultural workers with tools to navigate, counter, and overcome threats and persecution from those seeking to silence them.
You are welcome to share this survey with colleagues and communities that you believe should be included. It is open to all artists and cultural workers in the U.S. If you would like to share it, please do so only via email or via private messages, as we want to make sure the survey directly reaches our communities.
In Solidarity,
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Patrick Bond
he / him / his
Program Officer, ARC - Artists at Risk Connection
New York, New York
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