{"id":3828,"date":"2018-04-21T19:45:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T19:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.centre.edu\/cento\/?p=3828"},"modified":"2018-04-21T19:45:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T19:45:19","slug":"a-wonderful-synergy-centres-career-chats-discuss-the-intersection-of-art-and-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cento.centre.edu\/index.php\/2018\/04\/21\/a-wonderful-synergy-centres-career-chats-discuss-the-intersection-of-art-and-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"A Wonderful Synergy: Centre\u2019s Career Chats Discuss the Intersection of Art and Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY KIT HAIST – STAFF WRITER<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The words \u201cart\u201d and \u201cadministration\u201d might seem contradictory. Art is creative, thrives on spontaneous inspiration, and comes from the heart, whereas administration is logical, built around routine, and is purely cerebral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centre College held an Arts Administration Career Chat on Tuesday April 10th<\/sup> with Ian Frank \u201804, a stage director and artistic assistant at Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, Chicago, and Kellyann Bell \u201811, the Educational and Community Engagement Program Manager at the Nashville Symphony. A discussion with both revealed there\u2019s less of a dichotomy between the \u201carts\u201d and \u201cadministration\u201d aspects of their careers than people would expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

arts administration requires someone who is capable of adapting to ever-changing responsibilities. \u201cSometimes that means I\u2019m running the theatre and some days that means I\u2019m sweeping the rehearsal room because that\u2019s what needs to be done,\u201d Frank conveyed. As a stage director, Frank \u201csees the most of the other component parts of theatre,\u201d a vantage point which requires interacting with a multitude of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019re working with very talented people trained in very specific roles,\u201d Bell explained of the importance of an administrator in facilitating interactions between people in the arts. Bell cited her English degree from Centre as helping her \u201ctranslate between people,\u201d one of her favorite aspects of the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makrina Nayfa \u201920, an English and Art History double major who attended the talk, shares Bell\u2019s viewpoint. \u201cTo succeed in an administrative role, one needs to be well spoken both in person and on paper,\u201d Nayfa explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t necessarily come out single-minded, totally motivated people tailor-made for specific jobs.\u201d Rachel A. Kent \u201918, a Dramatic Arts major, said explaining how Centre prepares students for occupations in the arts and jobs that \u201caren’t necessarily in line with our experience, but are totally in line with our passions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bell echoed Kent\u2019s sentiments about not being \u201ctailor-made,\u201d explaining how she noticed when looking over cover letters people were \u201capologizing for experience that didn\u2019t explicitly connect with the job they\u2019re applying for.\u201d Bell encourages resisting this mindset. For any career, she believes there is \u201cnothing that is a total aside to your path.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get a job in the arts, Frank agrees \u201cit\u2019s never like do this, do this, do this, do this, do this.\u201d Frank\u2019s own personal journey illustrates Bell\u2019s point. Frank only acted Centre, but after graduation he assistant directed at the Kennedy Center. \u201cIt totally changed my life,\u201d Frank said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While experience with the arts obviously translates to a role in administration, creativity isn\u2019t the only defining characteristic of those in arts administration. As a writer and poet, Bell says society\u2019s \u201cRomantic notion of being an artist and having a cabin in the woods and being discovered somehow\u201d is entirely untrue because it\u2019s isolating. \u201cI\u2019m most fed as an artist when I\u2019m engaged in the world around me and the community around me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a member of Centre\u2019s artistic community, Kent cited her involvement in Drama as a source of confidence for her future. \u201cI’ve developed a really good sense of self and a pretty positive but ultimately realistic view of what I’m good at and what I’m not good at, as well as what I may or may not want to do,\u201d Kent conveyed. \u201cJust because my path so far doesn’t look like other peoples doesn’t mean it can’t get me to where I want to be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centre\u2019s community of artists might not have the same paths into the future as one another other, or the same path as Bell or Frank, but one commonality they will always share is a passion for their work and creative pursuits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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