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What Does it Take to be a Museum Curator? | Career CrushUploaded 06-12-217 Dec 2021---𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨Being a museum curator is all about helping artists bring their ideas to life — but it’s not always easy. Natalie Bell is the curator at the MIT List Visual Arts Center, a contemporary art museum in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In this episode, she shares with Ascend editor Kelsey Alpaio what it’s really like to be a museum curator — and it’s not all rainbows. Natalie explains that the museum world is very competitive, a fair salary can be hard to find, and there’s a lot of work to be done to improve what can be a tough industry. But despite it all, her passion for art is what makes it all worth it. 00:00 Museum Curators - fan pick!00:59 Meet Natalie Bell01:53 What's a typical day look like?02:32 How curators see exhibits03:26 Let's talk money04:37 Internships06:50 Skills to have (to get hired)Learn more about the MIT List Visual Arts Center: https://listart.mit.edu/Produced by Andy Robinson and Kelsey AlpaioVideo by Andy RobinsonEditing by Andy RobinsonAnimation and Design by Riko Cribbs and Karen PlayerFollow us:https://hbr.org/ascendhttps://www.linkedin.com/showcase/hbrascendhttps://www.facebook.com/hbrascend/https://twitter.com/HBRAscendhttps://www.instagram.com/hbrascend#museumcurator #careerhelp #hbrascend Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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