September 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

• 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)

• September 5, 2022 | Lowell, MA: City of Lowell's Call for Artists for the River Walk Extension

• September 14, 2022 | Boston, MA: The Greenway Conservancy's Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Greenway Dance Series Presented by Amazon

• September 15, 2022 | Boston, MA: Boston Artadia Awards

• September 18, 2022 | Lowell, MA: City of Lowell's Call for Artists: River Walk Extension
• September 23, 2022 | Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth NH 400 Requests for Proposals for Bohenko Gateway Park Sculpture Garden

• September 27, 2022 | Montpelier, VT: Monteverdi Music School seeks Education Coordinator; apply with resume and cover letter to director@monteverimusic.org

• September 28, 2022 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council's Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Organizations

• September 30, 2022 | Roxbury, MA: City of Boston seeks applicants for Bartlett Place A (2505 Washington Street, Roxbury, MA) Income-Restricted Housing Lottery by 4:00 PM 

• September 30, 2022 | Beverly, MA: Attend the Essex County Arts and Culture Summit

• October 1, 2022 | Jamestown, RI: Jamestown Arts Center's Call to Artists + Curators for proposals for 2024 and beyond

• October 17, 2022 | Watertown, MA: Deadline to apply for support from the Watertown Cultural Council. 

• October 17, 2022 | Boston, MA: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston's Creative Entrepreneur Fellowship and Walter Feldman Fellowship for Emerging Artists

• October 21, 2022 | Natick, MA: Natick Call for Artists: Summer 2023 Outdoor Reading Rooms

• Late October, 2022 | Boston, MA: MASSCreative seeks Director of External Relations and  Director of Organizing.

• November 1, 2022 | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council's Cultural Sector Recovery Grants for Individuals

• November 14, 2022 | New Bedford, MA:  New Bedford Call for Artists: New Bedford Cove Walk

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

• January 31, 2023 | Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grants

• Until Filled | Ogunquit, ME: Ogunquit Playhouse seeks Managing Director

• 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 | 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

• September 13, 2022 | Denver, CO: Deadline to apply for the director position at Colorado Creative Industries
• September 15, 2022 | Atlanta/Boston/Chicago/Houston/Los Angeles/New York/San Francisco: Artadia Awards
• September 15, 2022 | National: Innovate Grants Summer 2022 Cycle
• September 16, 2022 | Philadelphia, PA: Pig Iron Theatre Company seeks General Manager
• September 20, 2022 | Baltimore, MD: Mid Atlantic Arts seeks Program Director, Jazz
• September 30, 2022 | Jackson, MS: Mississippi Arts Commission seeks Executive Director
• October 1, 2022 | Columbia, SC: Director-level positions in Artist Development, Creative Placemaking, and Rural Arts at South Carolina Arts Commission
• October 19, 2022 | Washington, DC: Call for Letters of Interest - Dance/USA 2023 Summer Fellowships in Archiving & Preservation
• October 19, 2022 | webinar: A National Conversation about Dance, Present and Future, from Entertainment Community Fund
• 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.
• 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
• 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.