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Jobs
What: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Who: Eviction Lab at Princeton University creates data, interactive tools, and research to help neighbors and policymakers understand the eviction crisis.
Where: Princeton, NJ
How much: $80-94k
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What: Photo Director
Who: Totei is a magazine dedicated to expanding appreciation for craft in all its forms.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $120-145k
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What: Korea Foundation Professorship of Korean Studies
Who: School of the Art Institute of Chicago educates the world’s most influential artists, designers, and scholars.
Where: Chicago, IL
How much: $81,284-130,207
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What: Publications Manager
Who: Studio Gang is an architecture and urban design practice.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $91-95k
What: Sr. Web Producer
Who: Bluecadet redefines visitor experiences with immersive designs and digital tools, helping brands and cultural institutions share impactful stories.
Where: New York, NY/Remote
How much: $115k
What: Director of Exhibits
Who: New York Hall of Science offers innovative, participatory ways to learn and encourages people to explore their curiosity and nurture their creativity.
Where: Queens, NY
How much: $110k
What: Communications Associate
Who: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab is a global research center working to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence.
Where: Cambridge, MA
How much: $69,294
What: Finishing Manager
Who: Apparatus is an interdisciplinary design studio that explores the relationship of lighting, furniture, and objects in their environments.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $80k
What: Marketing Coordinator
Who: OBRA Architects designs affordable and sustainable buildings, urban master plans, and landscapes that seek to realize the maximum potential of human life for those who inhabit them.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $60-80k
What: Program Associate
Who: American Council of Learned Societies encourages and enables scholarship to help us understand the human experience and improve it.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $55-60k
What: Project Manager (PT)
Who: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a cultural and civic cornerstone of New York City.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $45/hr
What: Digital Director, Communications
Who: New America’s mission is to generate big ideas and bold solutions for a new America.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $135-150k
What: Communications & Digital Engagement Associate/Manager
Who: Environmental Advocates is working to achieve a safe climate, clean water, and healthy communities for all New Yorkers.
Where: Albany, NY (preferred) or within traveling distance
How much: $80-100k
What: Research & Policy Analyst
Who: Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit environmental law organization.
Where: New York, NY, Washington DC, or Chicago, IL
How much: $102,200-119,400
What: Poet Teaching Artist (PT)
Who: Snow City Arts inspires and educates children and youth in hospitals through the arts.
Where: Chicago, IL
How much: $30/hr
What: Technical Director (Temp)
Who: Warner Grand Theater, owned and operated by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs, is an anchor of the San Pedro Arts District.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $69,091-101,017
What: Community Archivist
Who: The Visiting Room Project amplifies the lived experiences of
those impacted by life without parole and other long-term sentences.
Where: New Orleans, LA/Remote
How much: $80-85k
What: Director of Public Programming
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: $115k
What: Managing Editor (PT)
Who: SLAPP Back Initiative is building the first national database of alleged SLAPPs—potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that can financially cripple and silence critical voices.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $40/hr
What: Chief of Digital Services
Who: Maryland’s Family and Medical Leave Insurance program makes sure all workers in Maryland have paid time off for medical and family reasons.
Where: Baltimore, MD
How much: $166,648-183,996
What: Development & Communications Manager
Who: Philly Community Wireless is committed to expanding internet access, growing tech literacy, and building community autonomy with our neighbors.
Where: Philadelphia, PA
How much: $52k
What: Community Organizer, Climate Campaign
Who: LAANE is an advocacy organization dedicated to racial, economic and climate justice.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $73-76k
What: Archive Researcher (Contract, Temp)
Who: Bartram’s Garden is a 50-acre public park, a venue for art, an access to the tidal river and wetlands, an outdoor classroom, and a living laboratory.
Where: Philadelphia, PA
How much: $35/hr
What: Land Policy Researcher (Contract, Temp)
Who: AI Now Institute is an independent research institute providing expert analysis on AI in the public interest.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $10k
What: Program Officer
Who: Emergent Fund builds movement power by moving resources with purpose, organizing philanthropy toward justice, and cultivating deep, trust-based relationships.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $100k
What: Principal Service Designer (Contract)
Who: MassAbility empowers people with disabilities to live life on their own terms.
Where: Boston, MA
What: Social Media Strategist (PT)
Who: The Conversationalist is a nonprofit, independent feminist media organization focused on global perspectives.
Where: Remote
How much: $4,000-5,000/month
Classifieds
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✷ Ditch Squarespace, Keep Your Website ✷ Tired of Squarespace raising its prices again? Learn how to manage your own affordable, green, open-source portfolio in a hands-on workshop! Materials include tools for improving your SEO and accessibility and preventing generative AI from scraping your work.
✷ Los Angeles Album Art Panel - Wednesday, Oct 7th ✷ The Art of Cover Art, a newsletter exploring the history of album art, presents a discussion with visual artists Lawrence Azerrad (Wilco) and Dannah Gottlieb (Sabrina Carpenter) on the role research plays in creating album art. Wednesday, Oct 7th at Gold Diggers in Los Angeles, CA.
✷ A newsletter for people who love discovering new music ✷ Dinner Music is a weekly newsletter serving left-field grooves and deep cuts, plus interviews with artists, writers, and musicians. Each edition features music pulling from global disco, jazz, psych-folk, Japanese city pop, afro-soul, funk, electronic, and more. No algorithms. Always free.
✷ The work has evolved. Has your brand? ✷ TART partners with founders and small nonprofits to build brand identities + websites for organizations that have grown past how they currently look. 🍋 tartnyc.com
✷ Your blank wall could become a public artwork ✷ An interdisciplinary artist team is seeking one distinctive, publicly visible wall for an original, site-specific work. The team will develop the concept and contribute to production costs. Property owners, cultural organizations, and referrals are welcome.
Calls
New Fellowship: Michigan Central Art x Newlab Detroit Creative Residency (Michigan) | Deadline: 10/30
The program supports artists, designers, and other creative practitioners
developing work at the intersection of art, technology, and society. Fellows will participate in a 12-week, research-based residency. Award: $30,000.
New Funding: Ford Foundation Good Neighbor Grant Application (NY) | Deadline: 9/30
Ford Foundation’s Good Neighbor Committee provides funding to organizations based in New York City, within three focus areas: Arts and Culture, Education, and Human Services. Grant awards vary from $30k-100k.
New Fellowship: Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship (NY) | Deadline: 11/15
The Inaugural Ming Fay Research Fellowship supports the production of original, archives-based scholarship on Ming Fay, whose multidisciplinary practice bridged sculpture, drawing, installation, ecology, and transnational cultural histories. Two tracks: Senior Research Fellowship with a stipend up to $7,500 or Exploratory Research Fellowship, up to $2,500.
Call for Submissions: Urban Archive x Melting Metropolis Call for Photos - Summer in the City (NY) | Deadline: 9/30
Fellowship: Queens Museum Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists (NY) | Deadline: 9/28
Residency: WORTHLESSSTUDIOS Photographer in Residence Open Call (NY) | Deadline: 9/30
Residency: Center for Book Arts 2027 Workspace Artist Residency (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: A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship (NY) | Deadline: 11/10
Call for Submissions: Taos Film Festival | Deadline: 1/15
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