Words of Mouth: Classical California, MUD Workshop, Federation of American Scientists

What: Sr. Urban Designer; Studio Manager & Proposal Coordinator
Who: MUD Workshop is a community-centric urban design and planning practice dedicated to the revitalization and regeneration of neighborhoods and public places.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $72-96k; $54-84k
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What: Sr. Designer
Who: Rally is an advocacy agency with a proven track record of driving progress around complex political and social issues.
Where: Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, or Seattle, WA
How much: $80-90k
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What: Facilities & Operations Manager (PT)
Who: New Theater Hollywood is a non-profit experimental theater.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $1,900/month
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What: Digital Design & Strategy Lead
Who: IDEO.org is a nonprofit design studio on a mission to design a more just and inclusive world.
Where: San Francisco, CA (preferred) or New York, NY
How much: $100-115k
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What: Associate Director of Experience Design
Who: California Academy of Sciences’ mission is to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration.
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $150-165k

What: Field Interviewer (PT, Temp)
Who: NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development’s mission is to promote quality and affordability in the city's housing, and diversity and strength in the city’s neighborhoods.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $27/hr

What: Operations & Administrative Coordinator
Who: Just Economy Institute activates leaders, shares solutions and builds community to meet the pressing needs of people and the planet.
Where: Bay Area, CA (preferred) or Remote
How much: $72-82k

What: Communications Editorial Manager
Who: Williams College Museum of Art is a vibrant hub for learning and participation.
Where: Williamstown, MA
How much: $80-90k

What: Policy & Research Analyst
Who: Times Square Alliance cultivates the creativity, energy and edge that have made Times Square an icon of entertainment, culture and urban life for over a century.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $65-75k

What: Marketing Manager
Who: Brooklyn Academy of Music is one of the world's leading performing arts centers and a cultural cornerstone of New York City.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $72,800

What: Sr. Consultant, AI, Labor, & Economy (Contract, Temp)
Who: Partnership on AI is the leading forum addressing the most important and difficult decisions on the future of AI.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $11,400-20k/month

What: Events & Administrative Coordinator
Who: Center for Architecture engages local and international audiences with the value, impact, and wonder of architecture.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $65-75k

What: Program Manager
Who: Portland Art Museum Center for an Untold Tomorrow is an inclusive, modern, and welcoming hub serving a broad range of artists and audiences across all media art.
Where: Portland, OR
How much: $50,889-68,156

What: Production Manager
Who: Classical California is America's largest and most listened-to public media organization for classical music.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $90-100k

What: Research Analyst
Who: NYC Department of Transportation’s Office of Inclusive Planning is dedicated to advancing transportation equity throughout NYC DOT’s programs and operations.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $74,536-90,188

What: Cataloguer, Film Collections & Digital Assets
Who: Museum of Modern Art connects people from around the world to the art of our time.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $57,411-65k

What: Archivist
Who: Schlesinger Library at Harvard Radcliffe Institute ethically collects and stewards materials documenting the histories of women and gender-diverse people in the United States.
Where: Cambridge, MA
How much: $69,500-113,700

What: Director of People Operations
Who: Center for Civic Design works with elections offices, democracy advocates, and civic engagement organizations to make elections easier to run, support innovation, and invite participation in elections.
Where: Remote
How much: $110-130k

What: Events Manager
Who: Federation of American Scientists envisions a world where cutting-edge science, technology, ideas and talent are deployed to solve the biggest challenges of our time.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $80k-92,500

What: Artist-Centered Program Manager
Who: Joan Mitchell Foundation cultivates the study and appreciation of artist Joan Mitchell’s life and work, while fulfilling her wish to provide resources and opportunities for visual artists.
Where: New Orleans, LA
How much: $78-90k

What: Librarian
Who: NYPL’s Picture Collection provides 1.5 million circulating images clipped from books and magazines across 12,000 subject headings, from clothing and dress to military battles to insects and is a resource for artists, illustrators, designers, teachers, students, and general researchers.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70,393

What: Communications Manager
Who: Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development is one of NYC’s leading policy advocacy organizations on housing and economic development.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70-75k

What: Graphic & Visual Communications Designer
Who: LMN Architects designs environments that elevate the social experience.
Where: Seattle, WA
How much: $90-114k

What: Creative Director
Who: NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation.
Where: New York, NY or Washington DC
How much: $147-165k

What: Communications Manager, Editorial & PR
Who: Sasaki is an interdisciplinary architecture, planning, landscape, and design firm.
Where: Boston, MA
How much: $86-96k

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✷ Community School: Fall Course Offerings ✷ Four courses on stewarding community archives from After Violence Project, drawn from nearly two decades of work in sensitive environments: Storytelling through the Archive, Exploring Earned Revenue for Community Archives, Pedagogy as Practice, and Risk & Protection for Community Archives. Virtual, cohort-based, four weeks. Sliding scale seats are limited, enrollment closes Oct 1.

✷ The Dowsing Rod: An 8-week Generative Fiction Class ✷ This online course encourages writing out of our deepest interests, intuitions, and experiences. Class topics like “Regressing” and “The Human Triangle” aim to shake loose not just new ideas, but whole new approaches. For seasoned writers and the narrative-curious alike.

✷ MAKE TIME: morning writing sessions all October ✷ brief meditations & somatic practices + generative writing prompts + optional sharing poetry focused, all genres welcome Wednesday mornings in October on Zoom 10-11am EST

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New Call for Submissions: Visual AIDS seeking artwork for Postcards From the Edge 2027 | Deadline: 11/20

Postcards From the Edge is an annual exhibition and benefit sale to support artists living with HIV and those lost to AIDS. Submit an original 4"x6" artwork (of any medium and subject matter; artists from anywhere are welcome) to benefit the work of Visual AIDS for this beloved in-person exhibition in NYC and online sale.

New Residency/Fellowship: Wave Farm Research and Development Program | Deadline: 12/1
Wave Farm welcomes proposals from artists, researchers, and tinkerers our 2027 residency and fellowship opportunities. The transmission art residency supports the development of new transmission artwork. The spatial sound residency supports the development of transmission artwork for a spatial sound environment. The fellowship program offers two different tracks: research and community engagement.

New Fellowship: The Center for Art and Advocacy Center Fellowship | Deadline: 10/26

The Center Fellowship offers an annual award of $10,000 in unrestricted funds and $10,000 in project development funds to formerly incarcerated artists.

New Residency: Eyebeam Virtual Residency (Fall 2026) and NYC Residency (Spring 2027) | Deadlines: 10/11; 11/15
Eyebeam invites artists to explore questions of agency in an era where AI systems make decisions for us. We encourage projects that investigate power, autonomy, technological systems, collective action, and the frameworks of agency, with or without direct AI engagement. Stipend: $2,000 or $5,000.

Residency: WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Photographer in Residence Open Call (NY) | Deadline: 9/30

Call for Submissions: Urban Archive x Melting Metropolis Call for Photos - Summer in the City (NY) | Deadline: 9/30

Residency: Center for Book Arts 2027 Workspace Artist Residency (NY) | Deadline: 9/30

Funding: Ford Foundation Good Neighbor Grant Application (NY) | Deadline: 9/30

Residency: Lighthouse Works Fellowships (NY) | Deadline: 10/1

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

Fellowship: Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists and Writers at the American Antiquarian Society (Massachusetts) | Deadline: 10/5

Fellowship: Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room | Deadline: 10/5

Call for Proposals: Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning Call for Performing Artists (NY) | Deadline: 10/8

Funding: Brooklyn Arts Council Grants (NY) | Deadline: 10/11

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

Call for Submissions: Call for vintage short films with Upcycled Films in collaboration with Nowness | Deadline: 10/16

Fellowship: Michigan Central Art x Newlab Detroit Creative Residency (Michigan) | Deadline: 10/30

Fellowship: A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship (NY) | Deadline: 11/10

Fellowship: Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship (NY) | Deadline: 11/15

Call for Submissions: Taos Film Festival | Deadline: 1/15

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