NYFA Coaching and Consulting

Art Career Planning

Kelly consults on art business strategy and career planning, working with creatives to develop actionable steps to achieve their dream careers. In this session, she can help you develop an action plan in accordance with your creative goals.

$65.00 / 30 minute session

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About the Coach

Kelly Olshan

Artist and Program Officer, Career Advice and Training, NYFA Learning

As a visual artist and arts administrator, Kelly manages a host of NYFA professional development programs that empower artists and creatives to realize their goals. As a coach, Kelly specializes in helping individual artists and creatives develop actionable steps towards achieving their dream careers.

Kelly can offer strategies and insights on:

Career Planning
Art Business Strategy
Project Proposals
Cover Letters
Artist Statements

Kelly is a NYC-based arts manager and visual artist. At NYFA, she oversees professional development programs for artists globally, including the Artist as Entrepreneur Program, NYFA Coaching, and Doctor’s Hours. Previously, she served as the Program Manager for Queens Council on the Arts, where she founded the organization’s Artist Commissioning Program.

As a practicing visual artist, her 3D paintings and site-specific installations have been exhibited nationally, most recently in a solo public art exhibition, Traverse, in NYC’s Garment District. She has been an artist in residence at Chashama (ChaNorth), and was selected for NYFA’s Emerging Leaders program. As a reviewer, she serves as a frequent panelist for NYC’s Percent for Art Program as well as on the Advisory Committee of the DOT Public Art program. She has given artist talks and guest lectures at SVA, RISD, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center, and Columbia University, among others. She graduated Valedictorian from UNC Asheville with a BFA degree in Painting, and holds an MA degree in Arts Administration from Columbia University.

When you book your session

On the next page, you’ll be prompted to share information with your coach. Consider: what would you like to discuss? What are your goals for the session? When you book, you’ll have the opportunity to provide this context and/or share any relevant materials you'd like your coach to look over. They will then review these in advance, and provide feedback during your conversation. Your session will take place virtually over zoom in Eastern Time (ET). Once you book, you will receive a confirmation email with the zoom link.

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