Mentoring and peer-to-peer support for Curators

Mentoring and peer-to-peer support can be hugely beneficial for professional and personal development.  

Mentoring can prove very valuable for curators seeking to develop their careers or find help to deal with specific challenges.  

Peer-to-peer support is an opportunity for curators to gain a fresh perspective by talking about their career situations and the issues they face with someone going through similar experiences and at a similar stage in their career. 

If you are interested in drawing on the Curatorial Committee network at the Association for Art History for mentoring or peer-to-peer support, please email  curators@forarthistory.org.uk letting us know: 

• why you would welcome mentoring or peer-to-peer support 

• what knowledge, experience, skills, and qualities you are looking for in a mentor or peer supporter 

We shall review your email and try to match you up with one or more potential mentor or peer within a month. Once a potential match is identified, you will be asked whether you wish to proceed and then introduced via email. You will be responsible for establishing and managing the relationship, which can be as light touch or as intensive as you both wish. You may find our mentoring guidelines helpful, as you frame, establish, and later conclude the relationship.  

The experience of having a mentor was really rewarding, I grew my network, developed new skills and I felt like I had support and encouragement from someone very senior in the sector.”

Samantha Johnson, AAH Curatorial Committee