Design Your Future provides professional development opportunities for Emerging Artists at AOB that allow them to explore pathways into the creative workforce. In the Fall of 2019, a group of our Studio Crew artists expressed interest in helping with a social media campaign that would highlight creative careers, and the steps necessary to get there. Along the way, they researched, illustrated and wrote about what it takes to work in a chosen creative profession.

In addition to creating this social media campaign, the DYF Cohort also worked with Mentors: empowering, knowledgeable, and resourceful adult volunteers. The DYF Cohort and Mentors work one-on-one mapping, strategizing and pursuing long-term goals, and all of the small steps necessary to pave a pathway into a career.

Below you can see the individual Avatars created by our pilot DYF Cohort, and click on the illustrations to view further art and research that went into this project.