October 2023 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 organizaton: linked name or description."

Regional Opportunities

• October 1, 2023 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's call for exhibition proposals for late Fall 2023

• October 1, 2023 | Brookline, MA: Call for artists - Brookline Arts Makes Community Public Art Initiative

• October 2, 2023 | Boston, MA: MassArt's call for nominations - Common Good Awards (General MassArt Common Good Awards, Frances Euphemia Thompson Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Alumni Award)

• October 2, 2023 | Providence, RI: RISCA's Project Grant in Education, Project Grants for Organizations, Community Engaged Project Grants, and Make Art Grant

• October 4, 2023 | Boston, MA: Lawyers for Civil Rights' free Arts & Culture Series on the intersection of law and entrepreneurship in the creative economy begins

• October 9, 2023 | Boston, MA: Castle of our Skins call for creative, interactive artwork connected to the theme of Belonging

• October 9, 2023 | Providence, RI: RISCA's Call for Artists to exhibit at Block Island Airport Gallery and GREEN SPACE at R.I. T.F. Green International Airport Gallery

• October 11, 2023 | Providence, RI: RISCA's virtual Arts and Health Conversation: A Community Primer on Arts and Health

• October 12, 2023 | Providence, RI: RISCA's Celebrating the Life and Work of Jeannine Chartier at Rhode Island School of Design

• October 15, 2023 | Hartford, CT: The Connecticut Forum seeks Executive Director

• October 15, 2023 | Boston, MA: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston's Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship

• October 16, 2023 | Boston, MA: National Leaders of Color Fellowship

• October 24, 2023 | Boston, MA: Live Arts Boston Info Session 

• October 25, 2023 | Providence, RI: RISCA's virtual RI Arts Data Dashboard for Community Based Organizations

• October 25, 2023 | Maine: Maine Arts Commission's Organization Operations Grants deadline.

• October 30, 2023 | Boston: NEFA seeks Communications Contractor for CreativeGround, November 2023-May 2024 (remote)

• Through November 4, 2023 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' in person workshops

• November 20, 2023 | Cambridge, MA: The Office for the Arts at Harvard seeks an Information and Outreach Technology Lead

• December 1, 2023 | Cheshire, CT: Ball and Socket Arts open call to artists for postcard art, Signed, Stamped, Delivered

• December 4, 2023 | Fort Kent, ME: Maine Arts Commission's Call for Art at University of Maine, Fort Kent

• Through December 14, 2023 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' virtual workshops

• January 7, 2024 | Watertown, MA: City of Watertown's Call for Art: Community Sculpture Walk

• January 12, 2024 | Boston, MA: The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston

• Until Filled | Essex Junction, VT: Inclusive Arts Vermont seeks Director of Development (remote)

• Until Filled | Jamaica Plain, MA: The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts seeks Executive Director

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

• Until Filled | Waterford, CT: Eugene O'Neill Theater Center seeks Artistic Director, National Playwrights Conference

• Until Filled | Allston-Brighton, MA: Harvard Ed Portal seeks Arts Program Coordinator

• Until Filled | Farmington, CT: Hill-Stead Museum seeks Director of Education

• Until Filled | Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum seeks Director of Learning and Civic Engagement

• Until Filled | Action, MA: Discovery Museums seeks Director of Development

• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) seeks a Director of Community Design & Planning

• Until Filled | Boston, MA: The Theater Offensive seeks Executive Director

• Until Filled | Shelburne, VT: Shelburne Museum seeks Director of Development

• Until Filled | Arlington, MA: New England Museum Association Seeks Executive Director

• Until Filled | East Haddam, CT: Goodspeed Musicals seeks Director of Finance

• Until Filled | Barnstable, MA: Dream Tale Puppets seeks Temporary Contracted Research and Communication Assistant

• Until Filled | Providence, RI:  Open positions at FirstWorks

• Until Filled | Stowe, VT: The Current Center for Contemporary Art seeks Art Instructors

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

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

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

• Until Filled | Providence, RI: Job openings at Ballet RI

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

National & International Opportunities

• October 5, 2023 | Enrollment deadline for the APAP Arts Compensation Project
• October 15 | New York, NY: Entertainment Community Fund's Scholarship Opportunities for Dancers
• November 7, 2023 | Washington, DC: Touchstone Gallery's figure Call for Entries
• December 11, 2023 | Washington, DC: Call for proposals for the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability Conference in Seattle, July 29-August 2
• December 14, 2023 | New York, NY: Innovate Artist Grants of $1,800
• Until Filled | Gettysburg, PA: Executive Director - Majestic Theater, Gettysburg College
• Until Filled | New York, NY: The Career Center seeks Managing Director
• Until Filled | Washington, DC: Open positions with the International Association of Blacks in Dance
• 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.
• 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 
• These opportunities were submitted individually or compiled from email campaigns; including the Asian American Arts Alliance's monthly newsletter.