Prepare For The Future Performing Artist

I work with performing artists from their early days in the arts to advanced professional levels. I observe how their positive and negative mental patterns and coping skills develop over time, affecting them more as they age. When they reach college and early professional levels, some patterns start to weigh them down. Because these patterns develop gradually, those of us supporting artists don’t notice them until they seriously affect the artist’s mental well-being and performance.

That's where The Future Performing Artist Trends series can help colleges, conservatories, and professional companies prepare to develop the future performing artist.

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Learn, Share, and Discuss

The following provides two lessons about the growing failure shame in the arts to give you a solid understanding of the subject as it impacts performing artists. You can also read about the four failure shame trends that performing artists may experience over the next ten years.

You can use this information to have open discussions called Arts Dialogues with your arts organization’s staff to determine how to help performers proactively handle the effects of failure shame. Please pass this information on to anyone you think could benefit from it.

Lessons About Performers’ Failure Shame

Lesson 1: Greater Shame and Regret Among Performing Artists

Lesson 2: Growth In Failure Shame Impacts Performing Artists' Mental Health Over the Next Ten Years

Future Trends In Performers’ Failure Shame

Trend 1: Increase In Performance Anxiety and "Choking Under Pressure"

Trend 2: Increase In Burnout Among Performing Artists

Trend 3: Increase In Anxiety and Depression Among Performing Artists

Trend 4: Risk of Greater Propensity For Shame and Regret Among Performers

By putting mental health first and setting up solid support systems to handle the pressure on performing artists to be perfect, arts organizations can build a healthier environment and help future performers thrive.

If you would like to discuss The Future Performing Artist and The Rise Of Failure Shame, please don't hesitate to contact me to schedule a time to talk.

Trends In Failure Shame, and the Future Performing Artists

I've been studying upcoming trends to help arts organizations prepare for the future performing artist. The first trend series I've launched is The Future Performing Artist and The Rise of Failure Shame. This series explores how trends in growing failure shame in the arts will impact performing artists' mental health and performance over the next decade.

The series is designed to empower arts organizations to openly dialogue about how to help future performing artists better manage the effects of failure shame. You can read more about the trends below.

Please look out for the second trend series that is coming soon.