Curious about working in the creative industries?
Want to know how to get your foot in the door?
SLG’s youth collective, the Art Assassins, have created a brand-new guide for stepping into the world of creative careers.
Art Assassins spoke to some of the amazing staff at South London Gallery and Hauser & Wirth. They shared insights and tips on how to get into the creative sector, and also told us about the best aspects of their jobs.
Channel your creativity into a future career, download the full resource here.
Some of our tips on how to get a job in the arts. Design by Esme Wedderburn
OTHER HELPFUL CAREERS RESOURCES AND TIPS:
- How to get a job in a museum, from the V&A: an interview with Jasmine Sarkodee-Adoo, who joined V&A East as team administrator
- blk-anti-crit: a critique space for self-taught, Black artists
- Hauser & Wirth: free online resources about Hauser & Wirth’s artists
- Run the Check email newsletter: Sharing paid creative jobs and opportunities
- All About Art Podcast and Networking events: Exploring the arts and cultural sector from the inside
- I Like Networking: The leading career platform for women and non-binary people in the creative industries
- Galleries, Get it Together: A collaborative podcast created by the Art Assassins, audio artist Weyland Mckenzie-Witter and researcher Dr. Patria Roman-Velazquez. It aims to explore the question: “What does an equitable and community-led Gallery look like and what stories should be told?”
- The Eric App: An app that helps young people get into creative careers by sharing news and information about apprenticeships, internships, courses, bootcamps, training schemes, career events and more.
CREATIVE GROUPS AND COLLECTIVES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN LONDON
- Participation opportunities at Young Vic
- Art Press at Turf Projects
- New Creatives at Rich Mix
- Lewisham Youth Theatre
- Young Creatives: Young Film Programmers at Barbican
- Young People at The Courtauld
- Nunnery Gallery Youth Collective at Bow Arts
- Art Assassins at South London Gallery
- Duchamp & Sons at Whitechapel Gallery
- Transformative Futures at Camden Art Centre
- Creative Youth Forum at ICA London
- Young Creatives: Young Poets at Barbican
Foot in the Door is supported by Hauser & Wirth.
Illustrations for Foot in the Door were made by artist Esme Wedderburn.
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