December 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 organization: linked name or description."

Regional Opportunities

• December 1, 2023 | Cheshire, CT: Ball and Socket Arts open call to artists for postcard art, Signed, Stamped, Delivered
• December 3, 2023 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's call for exhibition proposals
• December 4, 2023 | Fort Kent, ME: Maine Arts Commission's Call for Art at University of Maine, Fort Kent
• December 8, 2023 | East Haddam, CT: Open positions with Godspeed Musicals
• December 14, 2023 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' "An Introduction to Cooperatives in the Arts" with Daniel Park of Obvious Agency 
• December 21, 2023 | Cambridge, MA: Participate in Liars & Believers' Arrow Street Launch Festival in March, 2024
• January 3, 4, 10, & 11, 2024 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' "Understanding an Artist's Personal Finances" with Amy Smith and Akeem Davis
• January 7, 2024 | Cambridge, MA: Gallery 263's Face call for art
• January 7, 2024 | Watertown, MA: City of Watertown's Call for Art: Community Sculpture Walk
• January 8 & 9, 2024 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' "A Musicians Guide to Gigs" with Cliff Notez
• January  8, 2023 | Augusta, ME: Maine Arts Commission seeks new Executive Director
• January 12, 2024 | Boston, MA: The Boston Foundation's Live Arts Boston
• January 19, 2024 | Cambridge, MA: LEF Moving Image Fund for New England Filmmakers
• January 19, 2024 | Boston, MA: Apply to join Arts Connect International's Cultural Equity Learning Community
• February 21, 2024 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' "Cultural Organizing for Artists" with Shey Rí Acu Rivera Ríos
• March 5 & 12, 2024 | North Adams, MA: Assets for Artists' "Project Management 101" with Ana Tinajero
• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Mass Cultural Council seeks a Fiscal Contracts Officer and a Program Officer, Traditional Arts
• 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 | Salem, MA: Peabody Essex Museum seeks Director of Learning and Civic Engagement
• Until Filled | Boston, MA: Asian Community Development Corporation (ACDC) seeks a Director of Community Design & Planning
• 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 | 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

• December 1, 2023 | New York, NY: New York Foundation for the Arts' Dancer Emergency Grants
• December 1, 2023 | New York, NY: Dance/USA Institute for Leadership Training
• 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
• January 5, 2024 | Portland, OR: Western Arts Alliance's Performing Arts Discovery
• January 19, 2024 | Atlanta, GA: Submit a statement of interest to National Endowment for the Arts' ArtsHERE
• Until Filled | Gettysburg, PA: Executive Director - Majestic Theater, Gettysburg College
• 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.