Find Your Why: How to Curate a Fulfilling Career in the Arts and Culture Field

Have you ever wondered how to navigate building a fulfilling career in the arts and culture field? In this initial session of Hueniversity Career Jumpstart, we will explore where to start from step one. We will cover how to determine what you need to curate a fulfilling career. During this session, you will learn how to balance work, life, and your passions, how to build up your network, and garner support. Attendees will hear from Jayde Barton, Founder of Let Black Kids Feel LLC, Es-pranza Humphrey, Education Programs Coordinator/Curator, Black Power to Black People at Poster House, and Rachel Maria Stuart, Assistant Development Officer for Leadership Gifts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, who all have experience navigating these areas throughout their own career pathways. Museum Hue will facilitate this session. Resources and the program recording will be available following the live Zoom session. This program is free for all Museum Hue members and $10.00 for non-members.

ABOUT THE HUENIVERSITY CAREER JUMPSTART

Museum Hue’s Hueniversity Career Jumpstart is a program of virtual workshops that uplift emerging Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, and all People of Color in the arts and culture field. This series is part of the next phase of HueArts NYC and NYS, responding to the need for increased professional development opportunities for current and future arts workers. The series of workshops consist of conversations and presentations led by experts in the field who will provide insight into their career path, offering tools centering how to build a network, resume and cover letter writing, internship preparation, and more. Recordings, a best practices resource guide, and informative tool-kits from each session will be available on our website. The series will culminate with an in-person networking event for participants to interact with fellow emerging arts professionals and have the opportunity to build relationships with experts in the industry. This program provides actionable next steps to support emerging arts professionals seeking guidance on how to navigate the arts and culture space. Museum Hue is committed to creating resources and programming that speak to our growing arts community. All Hueniversity Career Jumpstart programs will have video captioning and transcripts available with the release of the recording.