Plan a smooth job transition in a cultural organization

In order to adequately transmit the experience gained within organizations to the next generation, it is necessary to document practices, and this requires specific skills. This issue is even more urgent considering that the artist-run centers, as well as the cultural sector in general, are currently experiencing a high turnover rate in their work teams.

From a participatory approach, based on the experience of the participants, this training addresses ways to smoothly anticipate succession in a position.

Objectives

• Better equip the people involved in the succession process (of the successor).
• Understand the various issues related to the transition of a position.
• Provide practical and concrete tools.
• Identify the role of the different people involved in the process.
• Enable a smooth transition of a position.

Who can benefit from this training?

It is primarily intended for managers, administrators, and artistic coordinators.

Any questions?

Contact Amélie Brisson-Darveau
514 842-3984, #226
formation@rcaaq.org

Trainer

Pierre Beaudoin has been active in the visual and media arts field for over 35 years as a cultural worker, consultant, artist, and curator. He worked in the artist-run centre milieu for 15 years. He has also completed several projects as a project manager, coordinator, facilitator/mediator, trainer, coach, event and conference designer, and researcher for organizations such as the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Montreal, Cirque Éloize, Concordia University, the National Film Board, the Conseil des métiers d’art du Québec, Quartier des spectacles, and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, among others. Additionally, he served as Communications Manager at Compétence Culture for five years.

In March 2019, he completed a three-year term as a visual arts specialist for the Integration of Arts in Architecture and the Environment Policy at the Ministry of Culture and Communications. He also served as a consultant and cultural facilitator/mediator for a public art pilot project with the Bureau d’art public of the City of Montreal’s Cultural Services. He worked on the development of an ephemeral public art program and the updating of the City of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu’s Public Art Policy. In the fall of 2022, he was invited by the Office of Public Consultation of Montreal to design and lead a public art tour as part of a public consultation for the City of Montreal.

For several years, he has been offering continuing education workshops, including on topics such as artist portfolios, project funding, artistic process, and human resource management. He also carries out coaching assignments in organizational development, HR management, organizational restructuring, strategic planning, governance, cultural mediation, public art, and group facilitation/mediation.

This training, offered by the Regroupement des centres d’artistes autogérés du Québec (RCAAQ) in collaboration with the Conseil de la formation continue Arts et culture de l’Île-de-Montréal (CFC) and the Regroupement québécois de la danse, is made possible through the financial support of the Government of Quebec, via the Intervention-Compétences program administered by Compétence Culture.