What's Your Art?

We all have our own definition of art. Our own tastes. Our own preferences. What’s yours? The AFA wants you to share the art in your life at www.whatisyourart.ca.

You can create a list of the art in your life and share with your friends, and if you’re looking for inspiration, see what some of Alberta’s best-known & loved public figures had to share.

Art is everywhere and in our busy lives we rarely take the time to recognize it. Take a moment and tell us, what is your art?

FAST FACT:
90% of Albertans attended or participated in an arts event or activity in 2011. (Source: Alberta Culture Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011)

FAST FACT:
91% of Albertans feel arts activities are important in contributing to the overall quality of life in their community. (Source: Alberta Culture Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011)

FAST FACT:
88% of Albertans feel it is important that the Government of Alberta continues to fund and support the arts. (Source: Alberta Culture Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011)

FAST FACT:
53% of Albertans participated or performed in an arts activity or program at least once in 2011. (Source: Alberta Culture Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011)

FAST FACT:
In 2009-10, total attendance at arts events hosted by AFA funded organizations reached close to 7 million—around 3.5 million paid attendees and 3.5 million unpaid attendees. (Source: 2010-11 AFA Grant Recipient Reporting, Alberta Foundation for the Arts)

FAST FACT:
Three-quarters of Albertans say they enjoy attending arts and cultural events. (Source: Albertans’ Perceptions of Culture and Quality of Life Survey 2005, IPSOS-REID Corp.)

FAST FACT:
94% of Albertans believe that having a wide variety of cultural activities and events makes Alberta a better please to live. (Source: Albertans’ Perceptions of Culture and Quality of Life Survey 2005, IPSOS REID Corp.)

FAST FACT:
97% of Albertans believe it is important for every child in Alberta to learn about the culture of the province. (Source: Albertans’ Perceptions of Culture and Quality of Life Survey 2005, IPSOS-REID Corp.)

FAST FACT:
Each year, AFA supports more than 200 schools in bringing artists into the classroom through the Artists and Education grant stream.

FAST FACT:
86% of Albertans believe that taking part in cultural activities makes them feel good. (Source: Albertans’ Perceptions of Culture and Quality of Life Survey 2005, IPSOS REID Corp.)

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81% of Albertans say taking part in cultural activities helps them to relieve stress. (Source: Albertans’ Perceptions of Culture and Quality of Life Survey 2005, IPSOS REID Corp.)

FAST FACT:
Arts organizations in Alberta were supported by more than 53,000 volunteers in 2009-10. (Source: 2010-11 Grant recipient Reporting, Alberta Foundation for the Arts)

FAST FACT:
Albertans’ cultural spending is the highest of all provinces at $963 per resident, 15% higher than the Canadian average of $841.  (Source: Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008, http://www.hillstrategies.com/docs/Consumer_spending2008.pdf )

FAST FACT:
Nearly 20% of adult Albertans they had volunteered in the past 12 months in an arts or cultural organization; a music, dance, theatre or multicultural event; an arts festival, conference or workshop; an art exhibition, a folk-arts council or heritage society. (Source: Alberta Culture Annual Survey of Albertans on Culture, Leger Marketing, 2011)

FAST FACT:
In 2006 (most recent census data) nearly 18, 000 Albertans worked as professionals in arts and culture. (Source: Statistics Canada, Professional Occupations in Art and Culture)