resume blog about Artists probably don’t need administrators. Regardless of what happens in the world, true artists will go on creating. Scarce of stage or money or viewers, they will always be making art. It is innate, and necessary. To connect these artists to an appreciative audience, however, enabling the artists to make a living at their work, and enabling audiences to enjoy it, administrators can be key. This connector function is served through marketing, fundraising, budgeting, facility upkeep, programming, contract negotiations, production coordinating, ticketing and sales, education, outreach, asset management, board development; and on and on. All of it is a worthy endeavor, in order to connect artists and audiences in a way that benefits all constituents; economically, educationally, and for our cultural well-being, as we work to preserve and build a sturdy cultural heritage. I graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2007, with a degree in English and Political & Moral Philosophy. While there, I spent two seasons with the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, the Original. I helped to organize the first-ever Townie Street Party, as a way to invite the local community back to the fair in an official kick-off to an event that draws 500,000 people annually. I attended graduate school for Arts Administration at Indiana University, School of Public & Environmental Affairs. I broadened my scope to an academic understanding of the policy, funding, and management of non-profit arts organizations, and the relationship they have to economic growth. Festivals draw us in with their energy and colorful ambience. Festivals, among all other forms of presenting arts, are accessible to a wide audience, and offer unique opportunities to artists. They democratize exposure to the arts, and offer a community an introduction to new art, new ideas, and simply an invitation to open their doors, get outside, and spend time with each other. Festivals offer artists a fertile ground for collaboration, an avenue to spread their work, and a heightened public awareness to the art form. In the last several years, I have spent seasons with the Utah Arts Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. During graduate school I worked as house manager at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington, Indiana. Post-school, I was in Washington DC with the National Council for the Traditional Arts, where I helped plan and produce folk and traditional music festivals around the country, including the flagship National Folk Festival, currently on a three year run in Nashville, Tennessee. I also returned to the NCTA to manage merchandise sales on a US East Coast tour of old-time, folk, and mountain music. Additionally, as a part of my graphic design work, I consult with non-profit arts organizations on their brand image and messaging, and develop for them usable marketing pieces to reach their audiences. e. saroffman{at}gmail.com t. (810) 919-9631 ARTS ADMINISTRATION G R A P H I C D E S I G N BLOG T R A V E L P H O T O G R A P H Y