Making (It) Work - A Roundtable Discussion at Reunions 2025
When? Friday May 23, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Where? Neuroscience A32
Join fellow alums from all artistic disciplines and decades for an interactive roundtable discussion, facilitated by Princeton Arts Alumni (PA2). Hear firsthand accounts, practical advice, and inspiring stories from alums navigating professional art careers, balancing artistic pursuits with other professions, and creatively integrating their craft with life’s demands. Share in this session designed to surface practical, actionable information about keeping the arts in your life or as the source of your living, with community and camaraderie included.
Walk-ins welcome, though registration will help us design an interactive and inclusive event - register here.
Tell us how you're Making (It) Work - Whether or not you plan to attend, submit your story to our "Making (It) Work" project, in which we gather and share with our community how alums are actively:
Making It - as professionals in the arts
Making Work - as you pursue other professional paths, choices, and careers outside the arts
Making It Work - balancing craft with the many other aspects of living
Submit your story, quote, snippet, video, image - whatever format you choose to share how you're "Making (It) Work" here
A snapshot of PA2's first 10 years
Princeton Arts Alumni started with a series of events—gatherings, cabarets, and panel discussions thanks to initial seed funding from the Lewis Center for the Arts back in 2014.
The organization soon grew into a major avenue for Tigers to share word of their creative projects through our monthly newsletter, which receives upwards of 300 submissions each year. During the pandemic, we hosted virtual events and opened a public database to better assist alumni and students in connecting.
In 2014 we originated the annual Alumni in the Arts Party at Reunions in 2014, and since then have partnered with the LCA, Department of Music, Princeton in Hollywood, Department of Art & Archaeology, and Princeton University Art Museum to welcome hundreds of alums to gather in celebration and service of the arts.
In 2019 we partnered with the LCA to create for undergraduates paid fellowships to build skills in arts administration working for PA2, during which students launched a podcast, a student-alum mentorship program, and a digital publication, with mentorship and guidance from Pilar. In 2023 GradFUTURES funded a Social Impact Fellowship at PA2 for current graduate students.
In January 2025 we presented a day long symposium, ArtsXFest Innovation and Impact at Wintersession, co-hosted by McCarter’s Arts & Ideas, with generous sponsorship from the Music Department at Princeton University.