What Does it Take to be a Museum Curator? | Career Crush

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Being a museum curator is all about helping artists bring their ideas to life - but it’s not always easy.
Natalie Bell is the curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, a contemporary art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In this episode, she shares with Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio what it’s really like to be a museum curator - and it’s not all rainbows. Natalie explains that the museum world is very competitive, a fair salary can be hard to find, and there’s a lot of work to be done to improve what can be a tough industry. But despite it all, her passion for art is what makes it all worth it.
00:00 Museum Curators - fan pick!
00:59 Meet Natalie Bell
01:53 What's a typical day look like?
02:32 How curators see exhibits
03:26 Let's talk money
04:37 Internships
06:50 Skills to have (to get hired)
Learn more about the MIT List Visual Arts Center: listart.mit.edu/
Produced by Andy Robinson and Kelsey Alpaio
Video by Andy Robinson
Editing by Andy Robinson
Animation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen Player
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  • @unmarreddlite2264
    @unmarreddlite22642 жыл бұрын

    This was such a good video! Subbed! I really enjoyed it and found it so informative. I would be so appreciative if you could do a video on art and entertainment lawyers. It’s kind of a niche field but covers soo many different aspects of the law. It attracts a lot of creative people like myself who are looking for financial stability they feel they can’t get doing actual creative work. Would love to know what their day to day is like, how to break into the field, and if you can find creative fulfillment by working alongside artists like Natalie here “as a midwife” to their ideas. Thanks again for this great content!

  • @wghost1
    @wghost12 жыл бұрын

    If you just love art and you have a vision for it that would be an interesting career indeed , but what caught my attention is ''giving people a reason to care'' in my opinion that shouldn't be the case , i think giving people you're own opinion and your own conclusion about an idea or a story behind a peice of art is what could drive discussions and sharing points of views, only then the true artistic and historical value shall be measured , that can also be the case for modern art galleries , i've enjoyed learning about this job , thank you for sharing and good luck to Natalie in her career

  • @emmanuelmatuco6248
    @emmanuelmatuco62482 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this insightful video about curators and their world. And also for providing a reader/listener like me a venue to share my thoughts. I love books. Of whatever branch of human inquiry. I love collecting knowledge. Of all the loves that I have, outside of my family, I love exchanging ideas the most. Would you agree that one of life's greatest pleasures is having an insightful conversation, an engaging exchange of ideas with someone? And one of life's worst misfortunes is the absence of such. Poverty is not the lack of money, nor wealth, the abundance of it. It is the lack of engaging friends that makes us poor. And sad. To walk the halls of wisdom, and never have someone with you to engage with, to cross intellectual swords with... walking in those halls alone, ... that is truly a misfortune. So, I guess my love for collecting books is actually, my poor way of satisfying my ardent desire to have someone to cross ideas with. This video taught me something else. If curating is also about helping artists bring their ideas to life, even if it is not always easy, then writing book reviews could also be a way of engaging with others. Your video today, made me think about that avenue seriously. Respectfully, what do you think? Emmanuel Matuco

  • @sashasaharan3271
    @sashasaharan32712 жыл бұрын

    This is very useful! Thank you for sharing! I now have a clear understanding of being a curator

  • @Aritul
    @Aritul Жыл бұрын

    I learnt a lot from this video. Thank you.

  • @audrey_santoso
    @audrey_santoso2 жыл бұрын

    Do one on artists and (classical) musicians!

  • @AbdulHanan-go5um
    @AbdulHanan-go5um2 жыл бұрын

    Please do an episode on Industrial Hygienist

  • @jimsoncr8240
    @jimsoncr82402 жыл бұрын

    How do you paint those drawing? They really look so real!🥹🥹🥹😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩😄😄😄🎨

  • @joyderose2862
    @joyderose2862 Жыл бұрын

    thanks !!!

  • @oakjavi9074
    @oakjavi907411 ай бұрын

    Does a bachelor/masters degree in Ethnic studies be possible for a curator job?

  • @1223steffen
    @1223steffen Жыл бұрын

    I have a Bachelor of Arts in history. Is it possible to get a curator job?

  • @Joshua.Long214

    @Joshua.Long214

    Жыл бұрын

    @Sam Steffen, similar situation. From what I have learned in the past couple of months a bachelors is a good starting point. However, a masters is usually preferred. But I plan on using my bachelors just to start.

  • @chelseahenry4662
    @chelseahenry4662Ай бұрын

    Career crush: book store/café/ coffee shop