Words of Mouth: Art Canada Institute, PBS Wisconsin, Field Mag

What: Festival Marketing Director (PT, Temp, Contract)
Who: Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party is a a two-day celebration of the artists, storytellers, and communities that have made Brooklyn one of the most culturally influential places in the world, hosted at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $10-15k/month
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What: Studio Manager & Executive Assistant
Who: Margaret Sullivan Studio is a full-service studio that focuses on the needs of forward-thinking civic and cultural institutions, with a focus on public libraries.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $50-65k
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What: Editor-in-Chief
Who: Glasstire is the publication for art in Texas.
Where: Houston, Austin, San Antonia, or Fort Worth, TX
How much: $60-70k
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What: Associate Editor (Contract)
Who: Field Mag tells the stories of the great outdoors, through the people, products, and brands that take you there.
Where: Remote or New York, NY (preferred)
How much: $62-68k
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What: Sr. Content Associate (Temp)
Who: American Experiments is a cultural communications and production house dedicated to reaching young, news-avoidant audiences across the new American media landscape.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $65-80k
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What: Communications Manager
Who: Lower East Side Ecology Center has pioneered community-based models in urban sustainability since 1987.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70-85k

What: Program Coordinator
Who: Collective Futures Fund supports visual artists and artist-run activity in the Greater Boston area.
Where: Boston, MA
How much: $27.85-38.50/hr

What: Managing Director; Director, Individual Giving & Partnerships
Who: Denniston Hill is an artist residency and cultural platform rooted in 220 acres of forested land in the southern Catskill Mountains.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $95-105k

What: Creative Director (Temp, Contract)
Who: Open Plans’ mission is to transform how people experience New York City’s streets.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $8,500/month

What: Education Strategist
Who: New York Civil Liberties Union advances civil rights and civil liberties so that all New Yorkers can live with dignity, liberty, justice, and equality.
Where: Hudson Valley/New York, NY
How much: $65-70k

What: Associate Director of Animation, Interactive & Environment Design
Who: PBS Wisconsin enriches, educates and entertains diverse audiences of all ages through our work across media and in our communities.
Where: Madison, WI
How much: Low $80k to low $90k

What: Sr. Director, Production
Who: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the world’s leading performing arts center managing more than 16 acres of performance and gathering space in New York City.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $215-250k

What: Moving Image Digital Project Coordinator
Who: Library of Congress shares its vast collections of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, audiovisual materials, and priceless artifacts to cultivate curiosity and spark imagination.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $85,447-111,087

What: Communications Designer (Contract, Temp); Product Designer (Contract, Temp)
Who: Spherical is a transdisciplinary research and design studio working to regenerate the health and integrity of Earth's living systems.
Where: Remote
How much: $100/hr; $120/hr

What: Events Manager
Who: NYC Mayor’s Office of Mass Engagement is responsible for strategizing, coordinating, and executing on engagement that reaches the masses of everyday New Yorkers.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $100-110k

What: Sr. Archivist; Library & Archives Assistant (PT)
Who: The Whitney houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $68-73k; $32/hr (28 hrs/wk)

What: Staff Product Designer
Who: NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation.
Where: Remote or Washington DC
How much: $149,894-154,390

What: Executive Director
Who: City as Living Laboratory is an arts-based nonprofit that partners with artists, scientists, city agencies, and communities to make environmental challenges visible and tangible.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $80-95k

What: Program & Events Coordinator
Who: Illinois Humanities connects Illinoisans through free public programs, grants, and events that make the public humanities accessible for all.
Where: Chicago, IL
How much: $56-59k

What: Director of Marketing
Who: Poets & Writers is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting writers.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $75k

What: Image Rights & Research Manager (PT)
Who: Art Canada Institute is dedicated to making Canadian art history a contemporary, multi-vocal conversation.
Where: Remote
How much: $2,750/month (15-20 hrs/month)

What: Research & Teaching Fellow (Temp)

Who: Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture at Columbia advances the interdisciplinary study of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape.

Where: New York, NY

How much: $75k

What: Project Archivist
Who: Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
Where: Bronx, NY
How much: $75k

What: Associate Curator/Curator, Asian Art
Who: RISD Museum contains more than 100,000 works of art and design from all over the world, representing diverse cultures from ancient times to the present.
Where: Providence, RI
How much: $56,500-84,700/$80,500-120,700

What: Editor
Who: Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art stewards one of the world’s most important collections of Asian art, with works dating from antiquity to the present.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $70,623-82,396

What: Content Strategist
Who: City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology creates innovative solutions to make government services more efficient and transparent.
Where: Philadelphia, PA
How much: $80-90k

What: Associate Director, Programs & Operations (Contract); Film & Archive Coordinator (PT, Contract); Programs & Archive Coordinator (PT, Contract)
Who: Rebuild Foundation is a platform for art, cultural development, and neighborhood transformation.
Where: Chicago, IL
How much: n/a; $22/hr; $22/hr

✷ Preserve your stories, learn oral history and archiving practices for social justice ✷ Learn to preserve your community's stories at this two-day oral history workshop with Natalie Milbrodt (CUNY Archivist, Queens Memory founder) and Fanny Garcia, Founder of Narratives in Practice, covering project design, interviewing, and sensitive material. No experience required.

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✷ Work Sucks, I Know: Matinee and Commiseration Hour ✷ Frustrated with your job search or your 9-5 or your 11-7? Join others in the same boat for a workplace film and some time to kvetch. Saturday, August 8th, 3-6 PM, at Brooklyn Public Library's Central Branch.

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✷ Write 4 Complete Drafts in 4 Weeks: A Safe Space for Live Feedback & Creative Momentum ✷ Generate and build on creative ideas, turning them into finished writing within a supportive, judgment-free cohort. Our 4-week program provides tailored "thought-starters" and live group feedback to create four distinct drafts while building confidence to share your unique voice.

✷ What Are You Waiting For? ✷ There's a new book in town! What Are You Waiting For? An Anthology offers readers twenty-nine multi-genre perspectives from a wide range of voices on this very universal topic—waiting! Visit The Clementine Box for bookish gatherings and generative classes led by author and writing professor, Kathy Curto.

New Fellowship: Center for Urban Pedagogy Making Policy Public Fellowship - Graphic Designers & Illustrators (NY) | Deadline: 9/14
Making Policy Public is CUP's annual open call that invites advocates and organizers to propose a project that breaks down a complex policy, process, or system affecting social justice. We invite graphic designers and illustrators to apply to collaborate with CUP to create it. Honorarium: $5,000 or $8,000.

New Call for Submissions: Urban Archive x Melting Metropolis Call for Photos - Summer in the City (NY) | Deadline: 9/21
We’re building a living archive of how New Yorkers adapt to the challenges brought on by heat. Share your photos of major weather events, like smoke blanketing the city after the Canadian Wildfires or flooding after summer storms from within the 5 boroughs. We especially encourage photos with a person in it.

New Call for Applications: F.Y. Eye’s Nonprofit Co-Lab - Call for Artists and Nonprofits (NY) | Deadline: 8/31
F.Y. Eye’s 2026 Nonprofit Co-Lab is a 5-month creative accelerator co-creating public service campaigns across New York City. The program supports NYC nonprofits looking to amplify a critical community message and social impact artists and designers ready to use their skills for social change.

Call for Proposals: Railyard Park Conservancy Call for Artists (Santa Fe) | Deadline: 8/5

Call for Applications: Metropolitan New York Library Council’s Cross-Reference Coalition - “Public Study” (NY) | Deadline: 8/7

Funding: Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts 2027 Infinite Expansion Grants (Los Angeles) | Deadline: 8/15

Fellowship: Center for Performance Research Artist-in-Residence | Deadline: 8/24

Call for Submissions: The Rest Fest Video Art & Short Film Submissions | Deadline: 8/28

Call for Submissions: Campfire Stories: Tales from America’s National Parks - Volume 3 | Deadline: 8/31

Call for Applications: Pratt Center Community Planning & Research Accelerator (NY) | Deadline: 8/31

Funding: Liu Shiming Artist Grants | Deadline: 8/31

Fellowship: Queens Museum Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists (NY) | Deadline: 9/28

Funding: Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant | Deadline: 10/4

Fellowship: Senior Fellowships, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art (Washington DC) | Deadline: 10/15

Call for Submissions: Taos Film Festival | Deadline: 11/1

Call for Pitches: Episodes - Love TV? Send us your pitch! | Deadline: Ongoing

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