In this insightful conversation, artist and arts professional Kelly Olshan shares her journey of founding the Arts Career Incubator and her approach to helping artists build meaningful, sustainable careers. We discuss strategic planning, relationship building, grants, entrepreneurship, and the importance of defining success on your own terms.

Here’s what we discuss:

1. How to define success and strategically plan your creative career
2. Building and maintaining meaningful relationships in the art world
3. Navigating grants, professional development, and creative entrepreneurship
4. Kelly’s journey from working in arts organizations to founding the Arts Career Incubator
5. Creating opportunities by making your goals and interests visible to others

Kelly Olshan is an artist and arts professional and the founder and director of the Arts Career Incubator, an initiative providing accessible professional development programming for artists and creatives across disciplines and career stages. Throughout her career, she has worked with organizations including the New York Foundation for the Arts, Queens Council on the Arts, Creative Capital, and Art21, supporting artists through professional development and career-building programs. As a practicing artist herself, Kelly brings firsthand experience to her work with creatives, including her recent museum commission with the Long Island Children’s Museum. Through the Arts Career Incubator, she offers intensive programs, workshops, and one-on-one support designed to help artists develop the practical tools and strategies needed to build careers on their own terms.

Website:artscareerincubator.com
IG: @artscareerincubator

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