HOW TO ALIGN RT AND USINESS RESOURCES A B

By Gail Garvin

Regarding the arts, we often romanticize the finalproduct presented on stage and rarely pay attention to what happens before the curtain goes up or how the curtain gets up. The real magic happens behind the scenes through the men and women managing the arts.

But it’s important to highlight the thriving force of arts and culture: Women! According to the National Endowment for the Arts, 71% of women hold careers in the arts industry. In their 2021 Field Wide Demographic report, Opera America reported that women maintain 60.8% of administrative staff positions within Opera. In leadership staff, women occupy 53.8% of roles nationally but only 41.7% in the South.

Like any industry, a team of diverse, talented minds helps run a well-oiled machine. In the artistic realm, there is something special about a career that aligns with creative and practical business skills and a passion for color, classics, culture, and communit y.

Moving Along In The Arts

If you’re interested in a future career in the arts, start your journey by choosing a specialization. For example, you might specialize in a particular discipline or setting, such as music, ballet, theatre/broadway, museums, or art galleries. Next, pick an education or career path. You can apply your education and experience to finance, accounting, marketing, development and fundraising, sales, community engagement, programming, human resources, production, or nonprofit law. You might get a degree in arts administration, nonprofit management, or entertainment business. Once established in your role and industry, it’s time to get involved in your community. Many organizations in Charlotte, including Opera Carolina, offer career-building programs. Then, connect with local arts organizations about internships and apprentices hips.

Over time, you will hopefully find yourself playing a role in advocacy and philanthropy or creating an arts organization that inspires the world.

Since 1999, the Hearst corporate office in Charlotte and the Hearst Foundations in New York have provided a reliable, firm foundation for Opera Carolina’s philanthropic campaigns.

Hearst corporate has been the Title Sponsor of the season-opening opera production in each year from the 2001/02 season to the 2022/23 season-opening production of Tosca. This amazing support is made more significant by the investment the Hearst Foundations have made in Opera Carolina

THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO MAKE HEARST A SPECIAL CORPORATE PARTNER.