As experts in career counseling, employment training and job development, we’re here to help you develop and manage a career in the arts. Our workshops can help you manage your arts career, develop freelance and entrepreneurial opportunities, discover meaningful industry-adjacent work or transition to a new career.
Please register or log in to our Entertainment Community Fund Portal to access our workshops, programs and services. Our portal is designed to cater to your individual needs and interests, offering access to a wide range of resources and support—all with the guidance and understanding of what it takes to build a life and career in the arts.
- The Career Center Orientation (ET)
The Career Center addresses a central challenge for performing arts and entertainment professionals: navigating the episodic nature of work in the industry. This orientation will help you begin to take the necessary steps to identify meaningful work that complements your life in the entertainment business.
- 2026 Teaching Artist Forum
Are you interested in learning more about a life in Arts Education? Would you like to explore what opportunities are available as a Teaching Artist in your community? Teaching Artistry can be deeply rewarding and meaningful work, and the shape of each Teaching Artist’s career is unique to their own individual creativity. Join us, your entertainment and performing arts community, and national Arts Education leaders for a day of inspiring insights, creative conversations and collective capacity-building to support the role of Teaching Artists in the movement for arts education.
- 2026 Teaching Artist Program Information Sessions
Are you interested in learning more about what it takes to become a Teaching Artist? Our Teaching Artist Program trains performing arts and entertainment industry professionals in the art of teaching through a five-week intensive in arts education fundamentals. This free program is available to Los Angeles County residents only, thanks to generous support from Sony Pictures Entertainment.
- Are you on the Fence with Life in the Industry?
Are you wondering if pursuing a career in the performing arts and entertainment field is the best choice for you? Take the time to explore with your peers the emotional, spiritual and practical issues of continuing your entertainment industry career.
- Career Journey | Act 1: Who Am I?
Are you looking for meaningful work to support your artistic pursuits or new career options, but don’t know where to start? In this workshop you will discover what meaningful work looks like for you while developing language you can use in a resume, interview and while networking.
- Career Journey | Act 2: What Are the Possibilities?
To continue on your career journey, you will learn how to generate a possibilities list using self-assessment information from Act 1, clarify your current needs in your work life and learn how to evaluate possibilities based on who you are and what you need.
- Career Journey | Act 3: How Will I Get There?
Now that you have brainstormed potential work opportunities, how will you get there? To continue on your career journey, you will navigate labor market research resources and strategies, learn to develop your network to find people and organizations that can help and learn how to test work ideas through experience.
- Crafting Your Next Act Speaker Series
Crafting Your Next Act is a dynamic speaker series created specifically for entertainment and performing arts professionals aged 50 and over who are ready to embrace fresh beginnings. Whether you are navigating unexpected change or intentionally transitioning, this is your moment to envision what comes next. With expert insights and practical strategies, this series will empower you to move forward with clarity, confidence and a renewed sense of purpose.
- Creative Career Storytelling: Engaging Your Audience
Are you unclear on how to authentically articulate your art/work/life story when you are networking? Are you unsure how to connect the dots of your career story when juggling multiple jobs, transitioning into a new field or building your business? Discover a simple formula for telling a holistic story that captures the attention of your audience.
- CTFD Orientation
The Entertainment Community Fund has long supported dancers in fostering stability and resiliency at every stage of their careers. Learn how The Career Center and the Career Transition for Dancers (CTFD) program can support you in navigating your life in dance and beyond with career counseling, educational scholarships, workshops, webinars and more!
- For Your Job Search Series 1 | Personal Branding For Your Job Search
Today’s employment climate is more competitive than ever and there are many people out there competing for the best jobs available. As a result, the first step to a successful job search is to effectively communicate your talent and skillset to hiring managers. During this workshop, you will start to set yourself apart from the rest of the competition by clarifying and beginning to craft your personal brand.
- For Your Job Search Series 2 | Networking with LinkedIn For Your Job Search
Networking is considered the most important tool in your job search tool kit, yet it can feel intimidating and overwhelming. During this seminar we will discuss how to strengthen and develop connections through networking and the best practices of networking towards success.
- For Your Job Search Series 3 | Application Materials For Your Job Search
Sometimes online job applications and job boards can feel like a black hole. However, there are some best practices that can help you navigate submitting job applications. In this seminar, we will review the process of crafting targeted cover letters, resumes and job applications with a specific focus on what the job seeker can control within this process.
- For Your Job Search Series 4 | Interviewing Best Practices For Your Job Search
It’s a fact: better interviewers get better job offers. However, the process of interviewing can be intimidating. The key to doing well in an interview is to fully prepare and to practice. During this seminar, you will learn about interview strategy, different types of interviews and effective ways to answer some common interview questions.
- The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Creative Entrepreneur Program Info Sessions
The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Creative Entrepreneur Program will be re-launching in the fall! Sign up for these info sessions to learn about the benefits of this program and how it can help you finalize your future business plan.
- Getting Unstuck - How to Navigate Career Change
Performing arts and entertainment professionals often experience a myriad of transitions in their careers. This can lead to stress, burn-out and/or feelings of being stuck.
This career support group is specifically designed to help performing arts and entertainment professionals identify thoughts that can help you move forward in your career, develop actionable steps to get unstuck in your career and process feelings related to career change.- Introduction to Portfolio Careers: Improving Your Art-Work-Life Balance
Are you pursuing a creative career, but struggling with burnout because your attention is pulled in too many directions? Do you wish there was a way to curate your career, so that you could feel more fulfilled and/or juggle multiple income streams more effectively? If so, please join us for Introduction to Portfolio Careers.
- Musicians Career Management Group
Musicians and music industry professionals often experience stress, burn-out and/or feelings of frustration while navigating the unpredictable nature of their careers. This group invites participants to talk about their thoughts, feelings and experiences working in music, to build support with their peers and to identify self-care strategies. Also, guest experts will share information and tips on aspects of the industry.
- Reimagining Your Next Act
Reimagining Your Next Act is a supportive group for entertainment professionals age 50+ who are navigating career transitions and exploring what’s next. Together, participants assess where they are in their work lives, process the challenges of change, build community and set meaningful goals while supporting one another through accountability between sessions.
- Resume Writing Act 1 Workshop
Are you unsure of why you should be creating one or more resumes right now? Or what you should put on your resume? This workshop reviews chronological and functional resume trends and norms for diverse employment opportunities.
- Resume Writing Act 2 Workshop
In the second part of the Resume Writing Workshop Series, you will bring a draft of your resume and get feedback in a supportive environment. You will also learn how to target your resume for a specific job by including key words from a job description.
- Transferable Skills Act 1
Transferable skills are the strengths and abilities you carry with you from one role, experience or stage of life to another. In this interactive workshop, you’ll uncover the skills you’ve developed through work, volunteering, education and everyday responsibilities, and learn how to confidently articulate the value you bring to employers.
- Transferable Skills Act 2
Once you’ve identified your transferable skills, it’s time to put them to work. This workshop will help you connect your skills to new career possibilities, evaluate opportunities that align with your goals and develop a plan to gain the experience or training needed for your next step.
- Who Am I If I’m Not Working?
For many performing arts and entertainment industry professionals, work is a source of identity, purpose, connection and creative expression. However, when opportunities slow down or disappear, it can feel like a vital part of who you are is being cut off. Through guided conversation, reflection and practical exercises, this six-week interactive group provides a confidential, supportive space to explore and share your experience with others who have also been impacted by the reduction in work.