Arts Career Evolutions

We all have moments where we want to quit our job. The question is, how often does that happen before you seriously leave? It might be because of the work environment, the culture, other staff, family needs, or money. No matter what the reason, it's important to be honest with yourself and comfortable with your decision to leave a job before you do. 

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram and Facebook @outofthearts!

If you are looking for a new job it is important to lay out a plan and work with intention. In 2022 we are here to make our dreams come true and that might be a new job, more money, more flexibility, or something else. The point is to go get what you want. We will talk through some pit falls of job searching and how to avoid them as a creative person who is looking at a new industry. 

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

As we get older and we grow, our interests, goals, and direction in life will also change.  That’s not a bad thing.  Think about when you were 10 years old.  What did you want to do?   We are going to talk about two groups of people.  1. People who moved into the performing arts world after having jobs and careers in other fields and 2. People who were in the performing arts and left for other industries. 

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Translating a skill for another industry is an art in itself. You need to show how that skill works FOR the new industry in terms that the hiring manager understands. The concern is that these skills aren’t proven. This can be a problem for all skills. If you can’t prove how successful you are at using that skill, then the employer doesn’t know what to do with it. If you can explain your skill to be the best fit for an industry, then you’re winning. We want your future employer to see what you can do and how it’s beneficial to them.

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Karla Gareau is a Director of Business Development and Communications who has spent many years helping others identify their brand and marketing strategies.  She brings that wealth of knowledge to our table where we discuss what is important in branding, how to stand out, and the benefits of polarizing content.

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

The concept of branding confused the shit out of me. It’s the whole presentation of you, and it can be hard to identify if branding is a logo (The M for McDonalds) or a color pallet (Orange and white for home depot) or a catch phrase (Have it your way Burger King) but it’s all that and more. When job searching, this is one of those things that can help you stand out. Help you be memorable. What are the things that make you an individual?  Translating all of your arts skills into a new industry, you DEFINITELY have skills that are different from the other people applying.

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Are you currently working in the arts industry but looking for a change? Maybe you need to apply to jobs in another industry due to COVID-19. Whether it is temporary or permanent, we are here to help you with that transition! Here we focus on telling your story differently and highlighting your transferable skills to apply for a job outside of the arts industry.   

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Is she an opera singer? A physicist? A voice teacher? An engineer? Mariami Bekauri is all of these things and more! With two Bachelors degrees AND two Masters degrees following very different, but parallel, career paths, Mariami could wake up any day and choose to make a full career out of either her opera and pedagogy training, or her physics and engineering training. With very different requirements and expectations, it can be hard to hold onto both dreams in the face of scrutiny. So how has Mariami managed to balance these two passions? And more importantly - why?

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Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit www.outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Mark Combs grew up in West Virginia, worked in the mines, joined the army, fell in love with performing, worked as a comedian, and is now going into his second year of law school.  Each step of the journey taught him something new to help him grow into his future self.  When he talks about the twists and turns, he says he always just followed his bliss - a Joseph Campbell quote.

Visit our YouTube Channel for a captioned video of this full podcast.

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!

Happy Mental Health Awareness Month! As artists, many of us fall into the trap thinking if we can’t do everything perfectly, then we aren’t worthy of doing it. It impacts our mental health, drive, and passions. We will cover this perfectionism problem, and Kristine Bonaventura talks about how she personally deals with perfectionist tendencies, and keeps her mental health in check as an artist. https://www.nami.org/Home 

Visit our YouTube Channel for a captioned video of this full podcast. 

Out of the Arts is here to bridge the gap between arts careers and non-arts professional careers. By identifying transferable skills, examining overlapping interests, promoting creatives in the workplace, and incorporating arts into civic engagement, we aim to help communities and individuals thrive. For more, visit www.outofthearts.com or follow us on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook @outofthearts!