07/11/2024
⚡️ Each day of DEMO started with a Power Lunch, an interactive session that highlighted three key aspects of NEW INC's mission and work: career development, mentorship, and sustainability.
💼 On the first day, we hosted an untraditional Career Fair organized in partnership with performance artist and educator Ayana Evans (.m.evans). 12 organizations spanning art, design, and community engagement joined us to share career advice and opportunities. Participating organizations include Artists Alliance (), BPL - Justice Initiatives Group () (), Bridging Access to Care(), Culture Push(), Dia Beacon (), FREER Records (), New Museum (), Public Assistants (), Recess (), Strive (.nyc), Time Square Arts () and Irregular Hours () hooked people up with new headshots! 📝
🫂 On the second day, our NEW INC Mentors hosted free 1-on-1 office hours with the general audience and offered brainstorming support on everything from digital strategy, fundraising, strategic partnership, fabrication and production, and more. Thank you to Eddie Berg, Christina Daniels (), Heather Hart (), Ida Momennejad, James Rohrbach (), Jelani Day (), Jeremiah Ojo(), Jess Van Nostrand(), Lauren Wong(), Onye Ahanotu (), Radhika Agarwa (rm_agarwal), Ross Keong(.co), David Schwartz, and Shama Rahma().
💸 On the last day, we hosted an investors panel with Peter Boyce II (), Mallory Contois (), and Maya Bakhai (), who gave us a 101 on the investment landscape and shared how those in the creative sector seek and manage funding relationships.