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New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1. Photo by Jacque Donaldson

New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1. Photo by Jacque Donaldson

YPA Arts Weekly | Oct. 1 - 7

September 30, 2018 by Young Professionals in the Arts in Weekly Round-Up

Is sniffly cold season here? While we can’t promise reading poetry will help you beat a stuffy nose, research has shown that poetry has quite surprising effects on recovery and pain reduction, Read more below. We’re thrilled this week about the upcoming Mile Long Opera on the High Line and are looking forward to seeing some of you there and at other events in our Go section. Apply is full of positions sent to us by YPA members (thank you!).

READ

How Doctors Use Poetry—Nautilus

Why we should learn to embrace failure—The Guardian

How Slack Got Ahead in Diversity—The Atlantic

5 Creative & Innovative Experiments in Museum Membership—Cuseum

What Do Arts Leaders Really Need?—Hewlett Foundation

“Remember that there is art to medicine as well as science, and that warmth, sympathy, and understanding may outweigh the surgeon’s knife or the chemist’s drug.”
— Hippocratic Oath

GO

Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture (Center for Architecture), Mon. Oct. 1 | Free

1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (Barnes & Noble, UES), Tues. Oct. 2 | Free

Mile Long Opera (The High Line) Oct. 3 - 8 | Free (Standby Only)

Robert Moses vs. Everybody (Caveat), Weds. Oct. 3 | $10

First Fridays: Honoring Prince vs Michael Jackson Edition (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture) Fri. Oct. 5 | $10

APPLY

  • Catherine Hannah Behrend Fellowship, 92Y—YPA Member

  • Full-Time Program Manager, Flamenco Vivo—YPA Member

  • Development Manager, The Playwright’s Realm—YPA Member

  • Marketing Associate, New Museum of Contemporary Art—NYFA

  • Visitor Services Manager, National September 11 Memorial & Museum—American Alliance of Museums

  • Imaging Production Assistant, The Metropolitan Museum of Art—LinkedIn


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