Professionals from every field are trapped in an endless cycle of work, sleep, repeat, which leads to burnout. Hustle culture and the approaches to reorganize are not one-size-fits-all, but there are steps we can take to have a more healthy and satisfactory work experience. This blog unpacks the creation, existence, and now disruption of hustle culture, to shed light on key research points and spark hope for current and new generations of creatives in the workplace.
Read moreGive Policy A Chance
When it comes to arts education policy, everyone has good intentions, globally there is a lot of support for national policies, but almost inevitably offal and sawdust creep into the mix. Yet extraordinary things have been achieved and it is possible to identify four principles of exemplary arts-in-education policy making.
Read moreBRIDGING: Accessibility to the Arts — What Has Been Accomplished and What We Can Do Next
People are involved in the arts in some form on a daily basis, whether we recognize it or not. For most of us, (like the readers of this blog) this seems obvious , but what we do not realize is that not everyone experiences or interacts with the arts in the same way. Because of this lack of awareness, often time our society leaves behind people with disabilities: our cultural systems, institutions, and education programs often lack the necessary accommodations to make arts & cultural education inclusive and accessible.
Read moreA2RU and Identity: reflecting on my own path and education today
Recently, Creative Generation team member Jordan Campbell wrote a blog about the concept of the arts hybrid - “A person with multiple professional identities whose work is interdisciplinary in nature, spans multiple fields or domains, and is grounded in arts & culture.” It is this framing that I have worked much of my education and now my career to rationalize and explain within siloed fields, especially in higher education. Though many colleagues and friends may identify similarly as Arts Hybrids, it is often difficult to share the value of that multi-speciality, when many opportunities call for a more linear set of experiences.
Read moreBRIDGING: Acceptance of Multiple Truths
What authorized and mobilized me to be able to do exactly what I am doing right now - writing this blog - was the practice of acceptance. Radical, radical acceptance. I have been fixated on a lesson I am borrowing from Dialectical Behavioral Theory (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), both of which are rooted in Zen Buddhism (and subsequently Buddhist Psychology - a topic I’ll save for another time). The lesson is simple: Acceptance ≠ Approval.
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