Become A Community Curator.
At Future Front, our work is driven forward by a board of directors, two staff members and a network of freelancers and volunteers. We are tiny but mighty, because incredibly talented and creative people lend their time and energy to our programs, mission and goals.
We recruit up to 10 Community Curators to join our Curatorial Advisory Board for a minimum one-year term, starting in September of ever year. (Click here to meet current Curatorial Advisory Board members.) With support, training and peer mentorship from Future Front's staff and leadership team, curators learn to jury Future Front markets and festivals, determine annual awardees, as well as nurture their own creative community practices.
applications are NOW OPEN.
WHAT YOU LEARN & PRACTICE ON THE CURATORIAL ADVISORY BOARD:
Creative Leadership Models
Values-Driven Arts & Cultural Administration
Program Lifecycles & Curatorial Lenses
Fair Share Curatorial Standards & Tools
Community Design & Community Voice Practices
Basic Fundraising & Development Skills for Arts & Cultural Production
Design-Thinking Frameworks
how does the CURATORIAL ADVISORY BOARD work?
Curators provide their insight and expertise on our creative community work, in exchange for a free annual membership and quarterly community-building and curatorial trainings with Future Front's team. As volunteers, Curators jury submissions for our markets and festivals, determine our micro-grant awardees, as well as assist with a number of projects behind the scenes.
You meet quarterly for two hours with the Future Front staff to participate in design sprints, as well as contribute feedback and ideas. These meetings are held in October, February, May and August of every year.
You take on curatorial projects, reviewing submissions and applications for The Front Market’s Spring and Fall Showcases and other Future Front projects.
You receive a complimentary Future Front membership, with free access to all of our events. You also have the opportunity to submit pitches, partnerships and ideas (up to you!), request support for your own projects in line with our mission, as well as represent the org behind the scenes at major programs.
what do curators receive through the program?
You receive facilitated training, support and personal/professional development resoruces in creative community curatorial frameworks guided by Future Front’s values, like intersectional design sprints and rank-choice voting.
You receive a complimentary Future Front membership, with free access to all of our events.
You have the opportunity to submit pitches, partnerships and ideas (up to you!), request support for your own projects in line with our mission, as well as represent the org behind the scenes at major programs.
how to apply
eligibility requirements:
If accepted into the Curatorial Advisory Program, you are required to make 75% of quarterly meetings and attend at least one Future Front event per quarter.
You must have prior experience and involvement with Future Front in one or all of the following ways:
Actively attending events or visiting Future Front programs
Participating in our programs as a Future Front member and/or featured artist/creative in The Front Market, The Front Festival or other Future Front programs
Contributing as a volunteer or community partner
all applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM CT on JuLY 28, 2025.
Your application will be reviewed and considered by our board (criteria available upon request) and your acceptance will be adopted by a 2/3 vote of BABES FEST, Inc.'s board, in accordance with our bylaws.
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If you'd like to explore other leadership opportunities on Future Front’s Board through our Development Advisory and Executive Leadership Advisory, we accept those inquiries on a rolling basis at hello@futurefronttexas.org. Learn more here.