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FROM PROCESS TO PRACTICE
Visualization of the results of the 2011 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP)
The Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) is an institutional improvement initiative which investigates the educational experiences and career paths of arts graduates. As part of this, SNAAP surveys graduates of US and Canadian post-secondary art and design schools every three years, and provides its findings to educators, policy makers, and philanthropic organizations to improve arts training, inform cultural policy, and support artists.This project presents the findings of the most recent (2011) SNAAP survey specific to OCAD University (formerly the Ontario College of Art & Design), Canada’s oldest and largest university-level art and design school, in a composite data visualization. It was included as a removable, four-page gatefold insert in the Summer 2013 issue of SKETCH, the OCAD U alumni magazine.
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The full infographic.
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Detail of infographic, left side.
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Detail of infographic, right side. -
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The front cover of the SNAAP insert. The graphic motif of coloured squares was based on one of the information graphics contained within. -
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The data visualization was contained within a gatefold “wrapper”, expanding when opened out to four page widths. The two gatefold pages contained background information on the SNAAP survey and OCAD U’s participation in it.
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The left gatefold opened to show the left half of the composite data visualization. The independent nature of the survey questions made it necessary to depict each question-specific result as an individual graphic. -
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The complete infographic, with the gatefold opened fully.
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Detail of current occupation infographic, breaking down alumni employed both in art-related fields and outside the arts.
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Detail of composite data visualization, showing the results of the Skills + Competencies question presented as a word cloud. Important statistics (such as the 83% job satisfaction level) were presented typographically. -
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Detail of work time infographic.
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The back of the gatefold “wrapper”, containing information on the works cited in the data visualization, as well some brief biographical information on the designer.
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The infographic was included as a four-page gatefold insert in the Summer 2013 issue of SKETCH magazine.
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