Arts Mentorship Project

[pherank]

I learned that Madison Keesler of SFB (previously of ENB) is taking part in Mentorly, which is a general arts mentorship program. It's an interesting idea, and hopefully will prove to be a success. Mentor and apprentice programs should be an essential part of the arts and crafts world (and once were), but this approach somehow got lost in the age of free-market economics. But I suppose one could argue that education and learning in general are suffering in the present era.

"Our mission is to empower artists by fostering learning through creative exchanges and to giving back to the community through our InKind Fund."

"Mentorly is the very loved brainchild of professional Dancer, Ashley Werhun and Filmmaker, Katherine Macnaughton. As working artists, both experienced a significant gap in mentorship within the arts. After speaking to hundreds of artists and assessing their all-too-common pain points, the gap led to an urgent call to action: to provide artists with direct access to mentors who are eager to help them grow and steer their careers forward."

https://mentorly.co/

 

[sandik]

We are seeing some improvement in this, very slowly, through mentorship programs like this and residency programs that give artists some time and space to do their work.