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. 

• July 27 | Montpelier, VT: Vermont Arts Council seeks Director of Public & External Affairs
• August 6 | Somerville, MA: Culture House seeks Fall Communications Intern
• August 28 | Sante Fe, NM: Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian seeks Executive Director
• Cambridge, MA: Club Passim seeks Director of Operations
• Harrisburg, PA: The State Museum of Pennsylvania seeks Director
• Seattle, WA: Northwest Choirs seeks Executive Director
• Grand Rapids, MI: Grand Rapids Symphony seeks President & CEO 
• Boston, MA: Asian Community Development Corporation seeks Director of Development & Communications
• New Haven, CT: NXTHVN seeks Executive Director
• Becket, MA: Jacob's Pillow seeks Chief People Officer
• New York, NY: SAY: The Stuttering Association for the Young seeks Chief Executive Officer
• Watertown, MA: The Mosesian Arts Center seeks Technical Overhire, Interns, and Volunteers
• New York, NY: Film at Lincoln Center seeks Vice President of Development
• Stowe, VT: The Current seeks Operations Manager, Development Director, and Exhibitions Registrar + Preparator
• Dennis, MA: The Cape Playhouse seeks Director of Development
• Norwell, MA: The James Library and Center for the Arts seeks Interns
• Honolulu, HI: Honolulu Theatre for Youth seeks Managing Director
• 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, and Intern positions at Groton Hill Music Center
• South Pomfret, VT: Artistree seeks Executive Director
• Brookline, MA: Puppet Showplace seeks part-time Business and Sales Manager
• Hanover, NH: Dartmouth College seeks 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

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

WORK_SPACE Gallery's Call for Artists: Roots Run Deep

Roots Run Deep is an exhibition dedicated to celebrating and examining the multifaceted nature of Indigenous heritage. We are seeking works that explore the unbreakable links between past, present, and future. Whether through traditional techniques passed down through generations or contemporary interpretations of identity, this exhibit aims to provide a platform for Indigenous voices to share their stories, struggles, and triumphs. New England artists age 16+ with a connection to indigenous heritage are invited to submit up to 3 pieces of art. All mediums are accepted.

Submission Deadline: July 24, 2026

Newton Free Library's Call for Artists

The Newton Free Library is currently accepting art applications for month-long exhibits for January – June, 2027. Applications from New England artists showing two-dimensional works are welcome. No submission fee.

Submission Deadline: July 31st, 2026

Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Teaching Artist Roster

Applications for its directory of approved arts educators, the Rhode Island Teaching Artist Roster, will close on Aug. 1. The Roster, listed on the New England Foundation for the Arts’ CreativeGround platform, is a widely used public resource for educators and individuals, who are looking to engage an artist for arts learning, residencies or projects.

Application Deadline: August 1, 2026

Beth Morrison Projects' Producer Academy

The BMP: Producer Academy is an 8.5-week virtual intensive for emerging producers; artists who want to produce their own work; aspiring creative or touring producers; and arts administrators seeking to expand their producing toolkit across opera, music, dance, theater, and interdisciplinary performance. “Early-career” refers to a participant’s stage in producing—not their age. Some prior experience in the performing arts as an artist, administrator, or technician is recommended. September 28-November 23, 2026. $2,500; payment plans and need-based financial assistance are available.

Application Deadline: August 2, 2026

LEF New England Moving Image Fund

The Moving Image Fund provides funding for New England-based independent documentary filmmakers across all phases of production, supporting films from the early risk-taking stage, through a film’s completion. It also supports the career development of filmmakers in the region.

Attend an info session on July 16

Application Deadline: August 21, 2026

RISCA's General Operating Support for Organizations and General Operating Support for Artists

• General Operating Support for Organizations provides multi-year operating support to arts and culture organizations that meaningfully engage and inspire their community through arts and culture programming. 
• General Operating Support for Artists provides grants for three consecutive years for three artists to work toward large, specific, self-identified goals in their art practice. 

Application Deadline: September 1, 2026

Vermont Arts Council's Artist Development Grants

Artist Development Grants support activities that enhance mastery of an artist’s craft or skills or that increase the viability of an artist’s business.

Application Deadline: Sept 7, 2026

Real Art Ways' Provision Fund

With funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The Provision Fund offers six $10K grants for Connecticut artists to support public-facing visual arts projects. Grants will be awarded through a juried open call process. 

Application Deadline: Sept 20, 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
• June-August, 2026 | Remote & In Person: Assets for Artists free Professional Development Workshops available for New England Artists
• July 27 | Remote: Counterpart's Tour Ready Lab for performing artists and companies
• July-August, 2026 | Remote: Assets For Artist's Free Professional Development Workshops
• August 8, 2026 | Watertown, MA: Watertown Arts Market
• August 11-14, 2026 | Philadelphia, PA: annual Leadership Exchange in Arts & Disability (LEAD) Conference
• August 26, 2026 | Remote: ACCESSforALL's free peer-to-peer arts and culture webinar
• September 6-21, 2026 | Pezzolo, Italy: Trinacria Theatre Company's Script Transformation 
• 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 8-11 | Marlboro, VT: 71st Flaherty Film Seminar
• Rolling | Pittsfield, NH: Graylag Nature Preserve's the Graylag Artist Residency

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Impacts of AI on Performing Artists

Do you work in theatre, dance, or live music? Researcher Annie Dorsen wants to hear from you. Share your experience with generative AI and help inform future policy, advocacy, and support for artists.

This study of the impacts of AI on performing artists is conducted by SMU DataArts and Annie Dorsen as part of Artists Make Technology, a collaborative initiative anchored by Mozilla Foundation and the Doris Duke Foundation, in partnership with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, with additional support from the Ford Foundation.

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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.