How do I get a Text search in a COUNTIF, to reference the text in another cell?

I currently have

=IF(COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"*Art*", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*")>2, COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"*Art*", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*"), "NA")

I want to change Art from the word itself to reference another cell with the word Art in.

I have tried:

=IF(COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"*'&$F1&*", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*")>2, COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"*'&$F1&*", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*"), "NA")

and

=IF(COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"'&$F1&", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*")>2, COUNTIFS($C$5:$C,"'&$F1&", $I$5:$I , "<>*Completed*"), "NA")

but had no luck.