10 tips for a career in arts management

There is no clear career structure for arts managers but there are things you can do to maximise opportunities.
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1. Go anywhere, do anything

Liz Ann McGregor had her first job in the arts driving a bus for the Scottish Arts Council’s travelling gallery. Today she is Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. There is nothing linear or predictable about her career path – neither the roles she has taken nor her geographical location. She told an audience at the Communicating the Museum conference recently that she would never have predicted ending up running a museum in Australia.

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Deborah Stone
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Deborah Stone is a Melbourne journalist and communications professional. She is a former Editor of ArtsHub and a former Fairfax feature writer.