Justin Goodstein (’18)
Justin Goodstein graduated from the Art Institute of Boston with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. He began working at Historic New England in 2009 as the Lead Digital Photographer, digitizing original print, manuscript, and photographic collections. Currently, Justin works at the Boston Public Library’s Digital Services department as the Principal Photographer. Over the past three years, he has continued his personal photography work, achieving success with an extensive documentary project on Boston’s Haymarket. In 2015, the Boston Globe published a front-page article in the Sunday Arts section about the Haymarket Project, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic Mark Feeney. Soon after a traveling solo exhibition and movie premiere at Suffolk University, Justin co-authored a book on Haymarket, which was published by Arcadia Publishing.
Following one year in a Master of Fine Arts Program, which fostered a new conceptual approach to his artwork, Justin picked up Gallery Representation. In early 2016, he was admitted to the M.S. Arts Administration Program at Boston University, where he earned the MS in Arts Administration and Fundraising Management Certification. Justin looks forward to expanding his knowledge and interests in the world of business and fine arts management.
Following Justin’s completion of the Arts Administration program at Boston University he worked in marketing for two years: as Content Writer at Pearson, followed by Project Manager for a major Biotechnology company in California. Currently, he has made the decision to pursue his dreams of starting his own nonprofit organization in the arts full-time and is currently working to achieve this dream — four years in the making — one small step at a time. Justin has even reached out to a former member of his cohort to serve as Secretary of his Board of Directors!
The Arts Administration Program at Boston University provided me with the knowledge, direction, and understanding of how to begin a nonprofit organization. In addition to this, the resources I have gained and the friends I have made along the way made the program invaluable to the pursuit of my dream career in the arts. If you are passionate about visual and performing arts and have an interest in a mission-driven career, this is the right program for you!