July 2022 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 events, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider. 

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

• July 1, 2022 | Providence, RI: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts' General Operating Support for Artists

• July 13, 2022 | Virtual: Registration deadline for the Cultural Equity Learning Community, a program of Arts Connect International

• July 10, 2022 | Medfield, MA: Bellforge Arts Center's Call for Art: Expression + Connection

• July 15, 2022 | West Rutland, VT: The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center extended the deadline for their Call to Artists - SculptFest22

• July 15, 2022 | Brattleboro, VT: Retreat Farm seeks Executive Director

• July 17, 2022 | Boston, MA: Now+There's Public Art Accelerator Cohort

• July 18, 2022 | Eastport, Maine: Eastport Arts Center seeks Executive Director

• July 22, 2022 | Newton, MA: Call for Artists - Newton Free Library Exhibitions from January to June 2023; for more info contact Ellen at emeyers@minlib.net

• July 28, 2022 | Cambridge, MA: The Coalition for an Equitable Economy has partnered with The MassINC Polling Group and Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation on a new Small Business Survey to understand the current state of Massachusetts-based small businesses, and their needs, challenges and opportunities for growth

• July 29, 2022 | Boston, MA: Collective Futures Fund seeks Program Coordinator

• July 31, 2022 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's A Long Line Call for Art

• August 1, 2022 | NEFA’s Center Stage program is looking for candidates to fill a temporary remote contract position from August 2022-May 1, 2022.

• August 5, 2022 | Boston, MA: Apply for a scholarship to the TransCultural Exchange which takes place November 4-6, 2022

• August 7, 2022 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's Call for Exhibition Proposals

• August 13, 2022 | Watertown, MA: Apply to participate in the Watertown Arts Market

• August 22, 2022 | Boston, MA: NEFA's Development Department seeks Contractor/Freelance Worker

• August 27, 2022 | Boston, MA: African Festival of Boston - free and on Boston Common

• August 31, 2022 | Virtual: Registration deadline for the Cultural Equity Learning Community, a program of Arts Connect International

• September 1, 2022 | Providence, RI: RISCA has announced a new public art commission for the University of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts Center (the budget for the artwork is $360,000)

• January 6, 2023 | Brattleboro, VT: Wolf Kahn Foundation Grants Letters of Inquiry due

• Until Filled | Stowe, VT: The Current Center for Contemporary Art seeks an Adult Education & Special Programs Manager, a Youth Education Manager, and a Gallery Assistant

• Until Filled | West Rutland, VT: Carving Studio & Sculpture Center seeks Advancement & Communications Manager

• Until Filled | Cambridge, MA: José Mateo Ballet Theatre seeks Executive Artistic Director

• Until Filled | Roxbury, MA: Greater Roxbury Arts and Culture Center seeks Executive Director

• Until Filled | Hartford, CT: Harriet Beacher Stowe Center seeks Executive Director

• Until Filled | Portland, ME: Indigo Arts Alliance seeks Administrative Assistant

• Until Filled | New Haven, CT: Long Wharf Theatre seeks Director of Marketing and Communications

• Until Filled | Chilmark, MA: The Yard seeks Executive Associate

• Until Filled | Vineyard Haven, MA: Martha's Vineyard Museum seeks Development Director

• Until Filled | Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow seeks Chief Marketing Officer 

• Until Filled | Cambridge, MA: Part-time positions and internships with the Dance Complex

• Until Filled | Jamaica Plain, MA: Job openings at The Eliot School

• Until Filled | Boston, MA: projectSTEP seeks Executive Director

• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Boston Lyric Opera seeks Chief Operating Officer

• Until Filled | Stowe, VT: Open Positions at Spruce Peak Arts

• Until Filled | Washington Depot, CT: Pilobolus seeks Development Director

• Boston, MA: Open positions at the Rose Kennedy Greenway

• Keene, NH: Arts Alive! Fiscal Sponsorships

National & International Opportunities

• July 7, 2022 | Philadelphia, PA: Pig Iron seeks Managing Director
• July 12, 2022 | Dance/USA's Virtual Dance Business Bootcamp
• July 15, 2022 | Portland, ME: Applications due for contemporary dance artists to apply for the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Contemporary Dance Award
• July 17, 2022 | US: Google Image Equity Fellowship competition
• July 18, 2022 | US: The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) at the U.S. Department of Justice's Arts Programs for Justice-Involved Youth
• August 2, 2022 | New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts' Rauschenberg Emergency Grants for emergencies that occurred December 1, 2021 and later
• August 11, 2022 | San Francisco, CA: The San Francisco Transgender Film Festival seeks entries for the 2022 Festival
• August 17-19, 2022 | Denver, CO: Dance/USA Connect: Denver conference. Early bird registration due by July 15
• August 19, 2022 | New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts' Rauschenberg Dancer Emergency Grants program; funds may be requested for emergency expenses for up to a three-month period between March 1 and December 31, 2022
• December 15, 2022 | Dear Human at the Edge of Time Call for Poems about climate change
• Until Filled | Washington, DC: Open positions with the International Association of Blacks in Dance
• Until Filled | Kansas City, MO: Mid-America Arts Alliance seeks Communications Manager
• Until Filled | Portland, OR: Western Arts Alliance seeks an Executive Director
• Rolling | Portland, OR: Western Arts Alliance's Native Artist Opportunity Fund
• 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
• Rolling | Los Angeles, CA: Native American Media Alliance's Native Americans in Entertainment Covid-19 Relief Fund
• Rolling | ARTNOIR's Jar of Love Micro Grants
• Rolling | New York, NY: Jazz Foundation of America's COVID-19 Musican's Emergency Fund
• Rolling | New York, NY: Brooklyn Arts Council's Creative Aging: Su-Casa
• Rolling | New York, NY: NYC Small Business Services' Small Business Resilience Grant
• Rolling | New York, NY: Citizens Committee for New York City's All In Neighborhood Grants
• 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
• Art World Learning: Business and Financial Health for Artists, Designers, and Cultural Practitioners 
• 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.