Jobs & Opportunities

Check out these opportunities from our friends and collaborators and pass them along to your colleagues! Let us know of any jobs, professional development opportunities, calls to artists, or cultural events that we should consider adding.

Jobs & Internships

If there is no deadline listed, the position is open until filled. 

• October 5, 2026 | Providence, RI: Rhode Island State Council on the Arts seeks two Arts Program Specialists
• October 9, 2026 | Boston, MA: NEFA seeks Contract Role: 50th Anniversary Event Producer
• October 17, 2026 | Boston, MA: Brookline Arts Center seeks Executive Director
• Boston, MA: Holocaust Museum Boston seeks Director of Development, Exhibits Manager and a Facilities Manager
• Cambridge, MA: Club Passim seeks Director of Operations
• Boston, MA: Asian Community Development Corporation seeks Directors for Community Design & Planning and Development & Communications
• New Haven, CT: NXTHVN seeks Executive Director
• Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow seeks Chief People Officer
• Watertown, MA: The Mosesian Arts Center seeks Technical Overhire, Interns, and Volunteers
• Stowe, VT: The Current seeks Office Administrator, Teaching Artists, Interns, & Volunteers
• Dennis, MA: The Cape Playhouse seeks Director of Development
• Norwell, MA: The James Library and Center for the Arts seeks Interns
• South Pomfret, VT: Artistree seeks Executive Director
• Brookline, MA: Puppet Showplace seeks part-time Business and Sales Manager and Front of House Manager
• Washington Depot, CT: Pilobolus seeks Production Manager
• Remote: Arts FMS seeks Senior Finance Consultant
• Burlington, VT: The Flynn Center seeks Director of Marketing
• Worcester, MA: The Hanover Theatre and Conservatory seeks Vice President of Programming & Production
• Jaffrey, NH: The Park Theatre seeks Executive Director
• Boston, MA: The Community Music Center of Boston seeks Chief Executive Officer
• Warwick, RI: The Gamm Theatre seeks Executive Director
• Boston, MA: Boston Children's Museum seeks Exhibit Fabricator
• Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council seeks Finance Administrator
• Remote: Arts FMS seeks Finance Associate
• Remote: New Jersey State Council for the Arts seeks volunteer Grant Panelists
• Brookline, MA: Goddard House seeks Creative Aging Program Manager and Director of Community Partnerships & Creative Aging
• Boston, MA: Open positions at the Rose Kennedy Greenway
• Boston, MA: Open Faculty, Staff, and Student positions at MassArt
• New York, NY: Open positions at Lincoln Center
• Groton, MA: Open Administrative, Faculty, Intern, and Ensemble Director positions at Groton Hill Music Center
• Los Altos, CA: Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley seeks Executive Director
• Lincoln, MA: The Trustees of Reservations seeks Manager, Corporate Art Loan Program
• Sommerville, MA: Sommerville High School seeks Long Term Substitute Dance & Yoga Teacher

More to Support Your Job Search

• 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

Calls and Grant Opportunities

Organized by deadline

The Chapman Prize

Awarded to a charitable individual or organization who has contributed most significantly to the improvement of cultural life and/or significantly aided the growth and availability of the arts in the United States during the previous year. By way of example, contributions may include programs bringing arts to underserved communities and populations, programs creating opportunities for the arts and artists to thrive, and/or programs that use the arts to build bridges and partnerships. The Chapman Prize is awarded to one charitable individual or organization annually.  The amount is normally between $80,000 - $100,000.

Application Deadline: Sept 30, 2026

Solo Exhibition at Gallery VERY

Gallery VERY invites artists to apply for a five-week solo exhibition at our gallery in Boston’s SoWa arts district. One artist will be selected to work collaboratively with Gallery Director John Guthrie to develop an exhibition approximately six months following selection. All visual media and career stages are welcome. 

Application Deadline: Oct 9, 2026

Hanover Garage Percent for Art Commission

The City of Portsmouth is seeking an experienced and qualified firm or team of firms to respond to Hanover Garage Percent for Art Commission.

Proposal Deadline: Oct 9, 2026

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Artist's Resource Trust Fund for Individuals

Applications for an unrestricted fellowship are invited from individual artists (painters, sculptors, printmakers, photographers, and artists using mixed media) who have demonstrated financial need. The fellowships may support any expense that enhances the artist's ability to create his/her work such as supplies, materials, equipment, rent, travel, residencies, etc. 

Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2026

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation's Artist's Resource Trust Fund for Organizations

Artist’s Resource Trust was established in 1996 to provide support to the creative work of mid-career visual artists who have demonstrated substantial commitment, development and quality in their work. A.R.T. provides funds annually for New England, and Columbia and Northeast Dutchess Counties, NY nonprofit organizations for the commission, purchase or engagement of mid-career artists meeting the above geographic criteria.

Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2026

Massachusetts Cultural Council's Grants for Creative Individuals

Unrestricted grants of $5,000 to Massachusetts artists, culture bearers, and creative practitioners to equitably advance creative expression throughout our diverse communities.

Application Deadline: Oct 27, 2026

Bristol Art Museum's Call for Collage

The Bristol Art Museum announces a national call for collage for Torn Boundaries, a juried exhibit inviting artists to examine the boundaries that define, separate, connect and sometimes divide us. The exhibition will be on view from Sunday, Jan. 31, through Thursday, April 1, with an artist reception on Sunday, Feb. 7, from 2 to 4 p.m. Francine Weiss, Ph.D, will serve as juror for the exhibit.

Application Deadline: November 29, 2026

RISCA's Artist Open Studio Tour

Artist Open Studio Tour grants support marketing and administration for an artist-initiated open studio tour. The studio tour must consist of multiple artists within one studio building or several nearby buildings and be open to the public.

Application Deadline: Rolling

More Ways to Find Opportunities

• 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.
• Artist Communities Alliance lists open calls from around the globe and offers workshops.

Events, Workshops, and Residencies

• October 2025-September 2026: Creative West's Capacity Building Workshop Series
• May-October, 2026 | Townshend, VT:  Apply for one- or two-week Artist in Residence at Plough & Stars Project
• August-September | Gloucester, MA: Rocky Neck Art Colony presents Making an Impression printmaking exhibition
• September 16 | Remote: CERF+'s Safety is an Art Form Webinar
• September 23 | Cambridge, MA: Deadline to register for Cambridge Arts Association's Small Group Show Workshop
• September 30 | Johnson, VT: Deadline to apply for Vermont Studio Center artist residencies
• October 2-3, 2026 | National: Artists and arts organizations are invited to participate in Fall of Freedom, a movement across all artistic genres as a radical act of resistance and solidarity.
• October 3-11 | Cape Ann, MA: Cape Ann Plein Air 10th Anniversary Celebration
• October 8-11 | Marlboro, VT: 71st Flaherty Film Seminar
• November 13-15 | New York, NY: Oral History Summer School's Mini-Intensive Workshop
• Rolling | Pittsfield, NH: Graylag Nature Preserve's the Graylag Artist Residency

Participate in Field Research

Understanding Arts Service Organizations in a Changing Arts Ecosystem

The 2026 National Arts Service Organizations Survey is a first-of-its-kind effort to collect information on arts service organizations operating in the United States today. It is a part of a multi-phase research study Understanding Arts Service Organizations in a Changing Arts Ecosystem, which aims to understand the role, impact, and ongoing evolution of ASOs. 

Take the Survey by October 9 

Hawaiʻi Theater People Project

Please join Seema Sueko-Low and the many community members who helped shape and test this survey in this volunteer-run, consensus organizing effort to identify, count, and build community across the multifaceted spectrum of "Hawaiʻi Theater People." This includes theater people not just on the islands, but also the Hawaiʻi Theater People in the diaspora who live and work outside Hawaiʻi; and not only the current makers, but students, supporters, ʻohana, and former theater makers as well.

Learn more about the Hawai'i Theater People Project
 

Additional Resources

• 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. 
• Arts Action Consortium highlights workshops, events & residencies while also providing consultation services for artists.
• Artist Community Alliance lists residencies, resources, and updates on the field