August 2024 Jobs & Opportunities

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 opportunities, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider. 

The format for these listings is: "deadline/date of event | location of host or organization: linked name or description."

Opportunities Based in the Region

• August 1 | Rockland, ME: The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Project Grants for Maine Artists
• August 2 | Concord, NH: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Artist Entrepreneurial Grant
• August 2 | Brookline, MA: Brookline Art Makes Community (BAMC)'s Fall 2024 Calls for Artists 
• August 4 | Boston, MA: Boston Center for the Arts Playwright Residency 2024-25
• August 6 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Planning Strategies for Meetings and Events” with Paula Robinson Deare
• August 11 | Arlington, MA: Call to Artists - Request for Qualifications, Arlington, MA Mural Project Transforming the Arlington Heights Bus Depot
• August 11 | Providence, RI: LitArts RI seeks Executive Director
• August 12 | Providence, RI:  RI Humanities seeks Grants & Humanities Initiatives Coordinator
• August 13 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Gratitude Art Journal with Me!” with Alison Wells
• August 16 | Cambridge, MA: The LEF Moving Image Fund for feature (40+ minute) nonfiction films Pre-production ($5,000) and Early Development ($2,500) grants 
• August 20 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Announcing Success and Thanking All” with Paula Robinson Deare
• August 22 | Zoom: Creative Command: Design Best Practices with J Sherman Studio
• August 25 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's Future Craft Call for Art
• August 27 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Collaboration: A Deep Dive” with Marisol Rosa
• August 28 | Boston, MA: NEFA seeks Communications Contractor for CreativeGround from September 2024 to May 2025
• August 31 | Tamworth, NH: the Barnstormers Theatre seeks Executive Director
• September 3 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “How To Price Your Work” with Jenny Newman-Arruda
• September 4 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Street Beat Salon (September)” with Rhonda M. Fazio
• September 6 | Boston, MA: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Boston is hiring a Project Archivist – Contract Position
• September 10 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “How Mental Health Impacts Our Creative Process” with Jenny Newman-Arruda
• September 15 | Watertown, MA: City of Watertown's Call for Artists and Scientists - Expert Pairings and 100 Years of Arshile Gorky 
• September 24 | Zoom: Creative Command: Design Best Practices with J Sherman Studio
• October 2 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Street Beat Salon (October)” with Rhonda M. Fazi
• October 11-12 | New Haven, CT: Sweets & Sounds Entertainment's Creative U
• October 15 | New Bedford, MA: New Bedford Creative's “Mastering Communication & Planning for Professional Creatives” with Kat Knutsen
• October 30 | Zoom: Creative Command: Design Best Practices with J Sherman Studio
• November 1 | Concord, NH: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Artist Entrepreneurial Grant
• Until Filled | West Rutland, VT: The Carving Studio seeks Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper
• Until Filled | Stamford, CT: INTEMPO seeks Chief Executive Officer
• Until Filled | Worcester, MA: Hanover Theatre & Conservatory seeks President & CEO
• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Boston is hiring a Curatorial Assistant, a part-time Studio Programs Assistant (SPA), a full-time Chief Financial Officer, a full-time Education Assistant, Studio Programs, a full-time Education Department Coordinator, a full-time Special Events Production Manager, a Fall 2024 part-time, and a temporary Collections Intern
• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Boston seeks a Fall 2024 – Spring 2025 part-time, temporary Adult Programs and Interpretation Intern for current third-year students/junior and above undergraduate, graduate students, and recent graduates candidates
• Until Filled | Windsor, CT: Windsor Historical Society seeks Executive Director
• Until Filled | Wenham, MA: Wenham Museum seeks Executive Director
• Until Filled | Jamestown, RI: Jamestown Arts Center seeks part-time Ceramics Studio Manager
• Until Filled | Williamstown, MA: Williamstown Theatre Festival seeks Managing Director, Operations & Advancement
• Until Filled | Rockland, ME: Center for Maine Contemporary Art seeks Executive Director
• Rolling | VT: Vermont Arts Council's Artists in Schools Grant
• Rolling | NH: Queerlective's BIPOC Artist Exchange and Activation Initiative
• Boston, MA: GrubStreet is currently seeking strategic partners to activate their space as a resource to Boston’s artistic community. Email Lauren Artiles, Director of Events and Center Experience, at laurena@grubstreet.org for more information.
• Boston, MA: Open positions at the Rose Kennedy Greenway

Nationally & Internationally-Based Opportunities

• July 29-August 2 | Seattle, WA: Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) conference
• July 30 | Zoom: Info Session for the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant (deadline 8/13/24)
• July 30 | Deadline to apply for Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grant
• August 1 | Newburgh, NY: Call for dancemakers - Small Plates Choreography Festival happening on November 2
• August 2 and 5 | Pasadena, CA: artEquity's Everyday Justice: Antiracism as a Daily Practice
• August 13 | Deadline to apply for Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grant
• August 15 | New York, NY: Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists
• August 15 | Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts' Our Town Grants
• August 20 | New York, NY: Pentacle Tour Ready Lab
  September 3 | Atlanta, GA: SouthArts' second cycle of Individual Artist Career Opportunity Grants
• September 6 | New York, NY: American Theatre Wing's National Theatre Company Grants
• September 6 | Deadline to apply for OneBeat's U.S.-based residency and tour program 
• September 12 | New York, NY: Innovate Grants for Artists and Photographers
• September 15 | Rochester, NY: Rochester Contemporary Art Center's Cal for Art - 2D Temporary Public Art Installation 
• September 19 | Zoom: National Dance Presenters' Forum's Public Session - Presenting and the Dance Ecosystem
• September 23 | Rapid City, SD: First Peoples Fund's Native Performing Arts Production Grant and Native Performing Arts Fellowship
• October 23-25 | Houston, TX: National Organization for Arts in Health (NOAH) and MUSACOR's NOAHCON 24 (apply for a scholarship to attend)
• Until Filled | New York, NY: Signature Theatre seeks Executive Director
• Until Filled | Baltimore, MD: Mid Atlantic Arts seeks Program Director, Creativity in Community
• Until Filled | Textile Society of America seeks Executive Director (remote)
• Rolling | New York, NY: Jazz Foundation of America's COVID-19 Musician's Emergency Fund
• Rolling | New York, NY: Brooklyn Arts Council's Creative Aging: Su-Casa
• 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.
• Visit the U.S. Regional Arts Organization's website for grants and resources from our partner organizations.
• 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
• Creative Study: Business and Financial Health for Artists, Designers, and Cultural Practitioners
• Entertainment Community Fund provides human services nationally for people who work in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance.