YPA COMING BACK SOON

Summer 2020 YPA NYC hosted our last event and posted the last Arts Weekly Round Up before taking an unplanned three year hiatus. During that time, A LOT has happened; we lived through a global pandemic, had to embrace work from home life, jobs and responsibilities grew, shit hit the fans in our personal lives, some of the YPA team moved away, some started Grad school, others became dog parents—in two words, life happened.

But at long last, we are ready to re-launch the YPA network! Stay tuned for more announcements about this next chapter. We hope to see y’all soon at a YPA event. - Mara & Jacque, 8/16/2023

ABOUT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN THE ARTS

Young Professionals in the Arts NYC (YPA NYC) was founded in 2015. It is a New York-based networking organization founded to foster connections and creativity within the art professional community. It is inspired by and associated with YPA London.

The group is aimed at those who work in the arts and cultural field such as galleries, museums, theaters, auction houses, cultural centers or any other professional capacities within the arts (although not artists or students). YPA unites the powerful minds that keep the arts moving forward by offering monthly events that expand experiences and ignite meaningful conversations centered on working in the arts. We believe there is strength in collaboration, communication, and shared experiences and aim to form a more positive, more inclusive New York arts community.

By sharing common issues and challenges we face as arts professionals, we hope to jointly make the arts industry stronger, supportive and more accessible to new audiences. Faced with struggles such as financial difficulties, capacity limitations and the aftermath of an economic crisis, we know that the support of a community can make all the difference.

It is free to join and while the group is called Young Professionals in the Arts there is no age limit.

 

Emerging Arts Career Mentorship Program

Help support the future of YPA NYC - by donating to support the YPA Arts Career Mentorship Program, a developing program fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.. This year long program will pair emerging art professionals with leader mentors in the field. Make a donation to support this essential program today.