January 2025 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

• December 30 | Fairfield, CT: LBMI and Center Stage seek Tour/Advance Contractor (remote)
• December 31 | Fall River, MA: Bristol Community College and its Holocaust and Genocide Center invite proposals for a public artwork 
• January 4-10 | Burlington, VT:  Instinct Experimental Dance Festival
• January 6 | Boston, MA: Registration deadline to audition for Danza Orgánica on January 15 in Boston 
• January 9 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council's Gaming Mitigation Fund
• January 25 | Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grant
• February 1 | Cambridge, MA: Mount Auburn Cemetary's Artist in Residence Program
• February 3 | Holyoke, MA: The Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and The Massachusetts Veterans Home at Holyoke RFP for Memorial Public Art
• February 7 | Concord, NH: New Hampshire State Council on the Arts' Artist Entrepreneurial Grants
• April 15 | Providence, RI: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts' Big Yellow School Bus
• March 21 | West Rutland, VT: The Carving Studio and Sculpture Center's Call for Artists in Residence, Summer 2025
• Until Filled | West Rutland, VT: The Carving Studio seeks Administrative Assistant and Bookkeeper
• Rolling | Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council's Artists in Schools Grant
• Rolling | Bedford, NH: Queerlective's BIPOC Artist Exchange and Activation Initiative
• Ongoing | 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.
• Ongoing | Boston, MA: Open positions at the Rose Kennedy Greenway

Nationally & Internationally-Based Opportunities

• January 10-14 | New York, NY: Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) Conference
• January 14 | New York, NY: NYFA's Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants
• January 15 | Water Mill, NY: The Water Mill Center's 2026 Artist Residency Program (call will close earlier if they hit 400 applications)
• January 15 | Washington, D.C.: National Endowment for the Arts' Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants
• January 15 | Portland, OR: Applications close for PAM CUT's 2025 Sustainability Labs for mid-career media artists
• January 17 | Portland, OR: Western Arts Alliance's Performing Arts Discovery Showcase
• January 23 |Washington, D.C.: Intent to apply deadline for the National Endowment for the Arts' Big Read
• January 24 | national: Call for Visual Artists due for the National Nurses United's “Resistance and Resilience” juried exhibition
• January 30 | Washington, D.C.: Intent to apply deadline for National Endowment for the Arts' Shakespeare in American Communities
• February 11 | New York, NY: NYFA's Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants 
• February 26 | Baltimore, MD: Mid Atlantic Arts' USArtists International
• March 15 | Rochester, NY: Rochester Contemporary Art Center's Call for Submissions: 2D Temporary Public Art Installation
• May 6-8 | Kansas City, MO: Mid-America Arts Alliance's Artists Thr!ve Annual Summit
• Until Filled | Brooklyn, NY: Theatre for a New Audience seeks Artistic Director
• Until Filled | New York, NY: New York Studio School seeks Dean and Head of School
• 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 | New York, NY: Lincoln Center 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
• The Corporate Art Loan Program at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum provides companies in the Greater Boston area with museum quality, original artwork curated specifically for your office, lobby or public area space, on an annual or multi-year loan rotation. They have opportunities for artists interested in becoming lending artists and businesses looking to loan artwork. 
• 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.