August 2021 Jobs & Opportunities

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Here are opportunities for this month; check them out and pass them along to your colleagues. Email us if you know of any professional development events, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider posting in the future.

The format for the listings is as follows: "deadline/date of event | location of host or organizaton: linked name or description."

Opportunities in New England

August 15, 2021 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council seeks Program Officer, Creative Youth Development
August 20, 2021 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's Objectivity Call for Art
August 20, 2021 | Pembroke, NH: NH Army National Guard Pembroke Readiness Center's Request for Artist Proposals
August 25, 2021 | Revere, MA: Submit Proposals to Revere Public Arts Commission's Call to Artists for Butler Square Mural and Route 1A Underpass Mural
August 31, 2021 | Boston, MA: Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) seeks Arts & Culture Fellow
September 1, 2021 | Augusta, ME: First Amendment Museum's Request for Proposals for Outdoor Fountain Designs
September 6, 2021 | Boston, MA: Join our team! NEFA seeks Program Associate, Public Art
September 8, 2021 | Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grants
September 14, 2021 | Montpleier, VT: Vermont Arts Council's Round Two Application for Covid-19 Cultural Recovery Grants
September 15, 2021 | Mansfield, MA: Call for Portfolios: Montserrat College of Art is assisting Corigin Real Estate Group to select a final proposal for an outdoor sculpture
September 17, 2021 | Boston, MA: The Theater Offensive seeks Development Coordinator
September 17, 2021 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council seeks BIPOC Outreach Coordinators
September 23-24, 2021 | Plymouth, MA: 2021 MA Historic Preservation Conference
October 1, 2021 | Providence, RI: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts' Artist Fellowships Grant, Arts Access Grant, Folk Arts Apprenticeship Grant, Folk Arts Fellowship Grant, Project Grants for Education, Project Grants in Education for Individuals, and Project Grants in Healthcare
October 15, 2021 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council's Local Cultural Council Program
December 4-5, 2021 | Manchester, VT: Southern Vermont Arts Center's Holiday Market
December 8, 2021 | Augusta, ME: Maine Arts Commission's Craft Apprenticeship Grant
Until Filled | Providence, RI: Brown's Department of Theatre Arts & Performance Studies seeks Academic Events & Facilities Manager
Until Filled | North Adams, MA: Mass Moca seeks Director of Visitor Experiences
Until Filled | Martha's Vineyard, MA: The Yard seeks a part-time Grant Writer & Researcher
Until Filled | Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow seeks Chief Marketing Officer
Until Filled | Middlebury, VT: Middlebury College seeks Box Office Manager
Until Filled | Boston, MA: the Boston Foundation seeks Director, Arts and Culture
Until Filled | Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks Ellyn McColgan Assistant Curator, Native American Art
Until Filled | Greensboro, VT: Circus Smirkus seeks Executive Artistic Director
Boston, MA: Open positions at the Rose Kennedy Greenway
Keene, NH: Arts Alive! Fiscal Sponsorships

National & International Opportunities

August 15, 2021 | Miami, FL: Fountainhead Residency
August 15, 2021 | New York, NY: The Playwrights Realm's International Theatermakers Award
August 18, 2021 | New York, NY: HueArts NYC Community Forum
August 18, 2021 | Los Angeles, CA: Center for Cultural Innovation's Investing in Artists
August 21, 2021 | Los Angeles, CA: HMD The Bridge Project's Black Women Holding Space for Ourselves
August 22, 2021 | New York, NY: Japanese Folk Dance's Japan Fun Fest
August 26, 2021 | New York, NY: The Asian American Federation and Nonviolent Peaceforce present Upstander Intervention Situational Awareness & De-Escalation Training
August 30-September 2, 2021 | Portland, OR: 2021 Western Arts Alliance Annual Conference
August 31, 2021 | Art World Conference's The Future of Care
September 3, 2021 | Zoom: Network of Ensemble Theater's Community Forum: Continuing the Work
September 7, 2021 | Brooklyn, NY: Center for Performance Research's 2022 Artist-in-Residence
September 8, 2021 | New York, NY: UMEZ Mertz Gilmore Seed Fund for Dance
September 10, 2021 | New York, NY: International Society for the Performing Arts' Pitch New Works
September 14, 2021 | New York, NY: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Manhattan Arts Grants
September 14-November 2, 2021 | Essential Theatre's Introduction to Playwriting
September 15, 2021 | CA: Center for Cultural Innovation's CALI Catalyst Grants
September 17-18, 2021 | Queens, NY: JCAL Making Moves Dance Festival
September 17, 2021 | Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Arts Council's Creative Equations Fund and Brooklyn Arts Fund
September 17-20, 2021 | Online: Arts Midwest Conference
September 20, 2021 | Bryn Mawr, PA: Bryn Mawr College seeks Assistant Professor of Dance to begin August 1, 2022
September 20-21, 2021 | Online: WESTAF's Creative Vitality Summit: Conference on the Creative Economy
September 21, 2021 | New York, NY: Asian American Arts Alliance's September Town Hall: NYC Arts Restart!
September 24-28, 2021 | Uganda: 1st International African Arts Conference
September 24, 2021 | Queens, NY: Call for Artists: Noguchi Museum’s outdoor banners
September 27-30, 2021 | Winston-Salem, NC: 2021 Artists Thrive Summit
September 30, 2021 | Detroit, MI: Sphinx Venture Fund
September 30, 2021 | Homer, AK: Apply to the Storyknife Writers Retreat
September 30-October 2, 2021 | Online: NALAC National Latinx Summit: Manos a La Obra
October 1, 2021 | Baltimore, MD: Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's USArtists International
October 1, 2021 | Syracuse, NY: Submit to New Works, New Voices Initative. For further information please email Kathleen Wrinn, Assistant Professor, Musical Theater at kawrinn@syr.edu
October 10, 2021 | New York, NY: Dance/NYC's Disability. Dance. Artistry. Residency
October 10, 2021 | Los Angeles, CA: 2021 Foundwork Artist Prize
October 15, 2021 | Ann Arbor, MI: National Opera Association's Argento Fellowships
October 22, 2021 | Intercultural Leadership Institute
October 31, 2021 | Rochester, NY: Call for applications -- Artists to propose artwork for LGBTQIA+ welcoming building (via Rochester Contemporary Arts Center)
Until Filled | Newark, NJ: Newark Arts seeks Executive Director
Until Filled | Center Stage seeks Company Managers for upcoming tours
Until Filled | Native Arts and Cultures Foundation seeks Vice President of Development
Until Filled | Asheville, NC: Sunlight Tax seeks Administrative Assistant
Until Filled | New York, NY: Capacity Interactive seeks Manager, Graphic Design & Branding
Until Filled | Greensboro, NC: Eastern Music Festival seeks Director of Development
Rolling | Brooklyn, NY: Russell J. Efros Sprout Fund supports artists across the nation with direct funds to projects that will be completed within the next 12 months
Ongoing: South Arts' Jazz Road Presenters Survey
New York, NY: Lincoln Center open positions
New York, NY: The Japan Society Open Positions

More Resources

NEFA's events calendar, open grant applications, and list of social justice resources offer even more opportunities.
Looking for scholarships? Check out Accredited Schools Online's Funding Your Art Degree.
Visit www.nefa.org/covid-19 for resources related to the pandemic or relief opportunities.
For more job opportunities in Massachusetts, please check out Hire Culture, a free service of Mass Cultural Council.
Arts Consulting Group's list of employment opportunities
These opportunities were submitted individually or compiled from email campaigns; many were found in Asian American Arts Alliance's monthly newsletter. Visit their site and sign up for their emails.