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FILM SERIES +
EVENT GRAPHICS
In partnership with Katra Film Series, brand identity for a new film series was developed.
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FILM SERIES +
EVENT GRAPHICS
In partnership with Katra Film Series, brand identity for a new film series was developed.
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FILM SERIES +
EVENT GRAPHICS
In partnership with Katra Film Series, brand identity for a new film series was developed.
ARTS1800
FUTURE WORK
BROWN UNIVERSITY COURSE
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TEACHING ASSISTANT COLLEGE COURSE
In partnership with the Brown University Arts Department, Brown Arts Institute, and ArtsCrew (formally ArtsCorps) I assisted the teaching staff introducing Brown University students to the principles, techniques, and skills essential to becoming an effective member of the professional arts workforce. This involved engaging students in researching cultural worker employment models and actively shaping, regularly assessing, and improving the student component of ArtsCrew (formally ArtsCorps).
BROWN UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC COURSES
ARTS DEPARTMENT
Brown University's arts curriculum deeply integrates creative practice with critical scholarship across its seven departments. Visual Art and History of Art and Architecture offer studio work alongside critical theory. Theatre Arts and Performance Studies (TAPS) covers practical training. Literary Arts & Music features workshops. Modern Culture & Media offers courses exploring media and performance as cultural and political expression.
BROWN UNIVERISTY
BROWN ARTS
INSTITUTE
The Brown Arts Institute (BAI) is a recently formed, university-wide research enterprise and catalyst for the arts that creates, supports, and amplifies the creative practices of all arts departments, students, and faculty across Brown. It serves as an incubator for new work in performing, literary, and visual arts, commissioning and presenting cutting-edge work on campus, across Providence, and globally.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
ARTSCREW
(ARTSCORPS)
ArtsCrew is an innovative workforce development program at Brown University, spearheaded by the Brown Arts Institute (BAI), that's dedicated to training, employing, and cultivating a community of arts workers. It offers employment and professional development opportunities to both Brown students and local Providence-area residents who are aspiring and emerging arts professionals.
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ARTS ECOSYSTEM ON CAMPUS
AT BROWN UNIVERSITY
My primary function as a Teaching Assistant for Brown University's ARTS 1800 course is to connect students' academic experience directly to the thriving arts ecosystem at Brown University. I served as a practical bridge between the course's theoretical material and the living, professional environment of the Brown Arts Institute (BAI). This means utilizing the resources of the Perelman Arts District and guiding students toward practical experience via the ArtsCrew (ArtsCorps) program -- linking your classroom learning to real-world arts industry pathways fostered by the BAI.
PHOTO CREDIT: BROWN ARTS INSTITUTE
ARTSCREW
(ARTSCORPS)
ArtsCrew members are hired as freelancers and receive training across diverse administrative, technical, and artistic areas — such as production, gallery operations, visitor services, and marketing — to support the BAI's extensive year-round programming and events. By emphasizing cross-training and providing flexible, well-compensated roles, the program helps cultivate a skilled arts workforce while building a supportive community to gain real-world experience and launch their creative careers.
BROWN ARTS INSTITUTE
The Brown Arts Institute (BAI) serves as the central research enterprise and catalyst for the arts at Brown, with a core function of supporting advanced creative work through competitive fellowships, grants, and residencies. These opportunities include attracting renowned Professors of the Practice and Artistic Innovators for year-long residencies, who teach, research, and collaborate with students in state-of-the-art facilities like the Lindemann Performing Arts Center.
PERELMAN
ARTS DISTRICT
The Ronald O. Perelman Arts District is at the heart of Brown University's College Hill campus that formally unifies its core arts facilities to highlight teaching, scholarship, and performance. The District also encompasses the academic buildings for Visual Art, Literary Arts, Music, and Theatre Arts as well as Lindemann Performing Arts Center and Granoff Center for the Creative Arts. Its creation was supported by a major philanthropic gift and makes the arts an essential part of Brown.
PHOTO CREDIT: BROWN ARTS INSTITUTE
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CLASSROOM LEARNING: ON-CAMPUS + VIRTUAL:
REMOTE + HYBRID LEARNING
The classroom setting for ARTS 1800: ArtsCorps & the Future of Arts Work is highly experiential and focuses on professional development, functioning as both a seminar and a working think tank. Instead of traditional lectures, the course involves critical seminar discussion on cultural worker models and arts administration, paired with hands-on applied research where students actively help improve the ArtsCrew employment program. The defining feature is the integration of theory and practice, as students are required to log 180 hours throughout the semester on an assigned, real-world artistic project across campus, allowing them to immediately apply class learning to production, marketing, or operations and directly prepare them for a professional career in the arts.
IN CLASS COLLABORATION
FINAL PRESENTATION
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COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO THE LAUNCH OF ARTSCREW (ARTSCORPS)
Press coverage views the ArtsCrew initiative by the Brown Arts Institute as a crucial, innovative response to the arts labor crisis, moving far beyond a standard student job program. Articles consistently highlight its unique, dual mission of stabilizing the local arts economy by recruiting and paying competitive wages to both Brown students and Providence-area freelance artists, thereby directly combating the instability of the "gig economy." The program is lauded for creating a regional talent pipeline through flexible schedules, cross-disciplinary training, and a focus on community building, evidenced by the high demand and temporary closure of applications for local artists. Ultimately, the media frames ArtsCrew as a model program — a significant economic and cultural contribution by an anchor institution —with the potential to be replicated and to bolster the operational capacity of major arts organizations throughout Southern New England, greater Boston area.
PHOTO CREDIT: BROWN ARTS INSTITUTE
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