What Type of Person Thrives in the Arts Industry, According to a Director and Chief Curator at UC Santa Cruz
Rachel, Director and Chief Curator at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz, finds the most rewarding aspect of her career to be the "constant challenge of working with artists," whose innovative ideas "push what you think and how you understand the world." This is further enriched by the university setting, allowing for daily learning through collaboration with diverse faculty and students.
Arts Administration, Higher Education, Curatorial Work, Collaboration, Creative Problem Solving
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Rachel Nelson
Director and Chief Curator
Institute of the Arts and Sciences, UC Santa Cruz
Stetson University, 2010
PHD, UCSC Visual Studies
Classics, Spanish Literature
Arts, Entertainment & Media, Education
Creative
Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Transfer Student
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1. Working with artists and creatives provides constant challenges and new perspectives.
2. The university setting offers a diverse environment with interactions with researchers, faculty, and students.
3. The combination of working with artists, faculty, and students creates a daily learning experience.
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What do you enjoy most about being in your industry?
Artists and creatives are really fun to work with. They have ideas that always push what you think and how you understand the world. I love that constant challenge of working with artists and being able to see something new, where every day you're walking by seeing the same thing, and all of a sudden you're being asked to see it completely differently. I think that's one of the biggest joys of working in the arts.
Because I'm working in the arts in a university setting, which is my preference, I love being around people that research different things and care about different things. So, the combination of working with artists, with different faculty members who are looking at things in completely different ways than I could, and then of course working with students is all just this amazing combination. It's like learning every day.
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