Hello arts, culture, and heritage community! You are invited to participate in an important survey of the cultural workforce in the Puget Sound region to better understand the impact of the pandemic on individual creatives and cultural workers. The results of this survey will help in planning for the economic recovery of the cultural sector, with a particular emphasis on the cultural workforce. For this survey, the cultural workforce is defined as those who do paid work associated with the delivery of arts and cultural experiences in the Puget Sound region (King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties). This includes technical and administrative positions as well as independent artists, teaching artists, contractors, and gig workers. It includes those who work in arts and culture part-time, temporarily, or seasonally. This is a great opportunity to hear from the individuals who power the cultural sector - please share and encourage participation, for both cultural workers connected to your organization / your projects, as well as cultural colleagues in the community. The Puget Sound Regional Council is organizing this survey and has engaged BERK Consulting to conduct research and analysis to support the development of an Arts Economic Recovery Strategy. Responses are collected and aggregated by a third-party (BERK Consulting) and will not be identifiable of individual workers. This survey should take approximately 10 minutes to complete and will be open until May 13. We would value your participation! Access the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PSRCArtsandCulture<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.surveymonkey.com/r/PSRCArtsandCulture__;!!CRCbkf1f!VKjKftuaU1_dz9_O9lbOqI3CGSOPXAhjlz9RYuP5HjB-gYNitABeoLQZQ8q6n3HUHUTWMKSJL73o7uihxw$> NAOMI STROM-AVILA Funding & Cultural Programs Manager Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality (she/her) 253.591.5191 TACOMA VENUES & EVENTS<tacomavenues.org> Tacoma Dome<http://www.tacomadome.org/> | Greater Tacoma Convention Center<http://www.tacomaconventioncenter.org/> Office of Arts & Cultural Vitality<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/arts> | Tacoma Creates<http://www.tacomacreates.org/> | Special Events<http://www.cityoftacoma.org/specialevents>