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Jobs
What: Marketing Coordinator
Who: schlaich bergermann partner are independent consulting engineers focused on the design and construction of sustainable, sophisticated, and elegant structures.
Where: Los Angeles, CA or New York, NY
How much: $65-75k
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What: Curatorial Associate, Exhibitions (Temp)
Who: New York Public Library is an essential provider of books, information, ideas, and education.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70-77k
→ contact submitter directly
What: Sr. Director
Who: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s mission is to provide a cultural gateway that enriches and supports accessible learning, research, and thinking.
Where: Birmingham, AL
How much: $85,600-139,100
→ contact submitter directly
What: Shop Production Manager/Jr Designer; Metalworker/Welder; Furniture Finisher
Who: KGBL is a furniture design studio handcrafting pieces using traditional artisan methods in its Brooklyn workshop.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $65-85k; $25-35/hr; $25-35/hr
What: Category Editor, Climb
Who: Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company whose mission is to save our home planet.
Where: Ventura, CA
How much: $94,500-108,600
What: Programs Project Manager
Who: NYC Civic Engagement Commission enhances civic participation, promotes civic trust, and strengthens democracy.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $62,868-82,154
What: Chief of Staff
Who: JustFix builds free digital tools for tenants to exercise their right to a dignified home.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $90-105k
What: Foundation & Government Giving Manager
Who: Pioneer Works is an artist and scientist-led nonprofit cultural center.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $80-90k
What: Jr. Special Projects Arts Team Associate; Sr. Special Projects Arts Team Associate
Who: New York State Council on the Arts fosters and advances the full breadth of New York State’s arts, culture, and creativity for all.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $69,964-88,970; $90,582-114,585
What: Research Writer
Who: Boston University is one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today.
Where: Boston, MA
How much: $62,525-71,900
What: Project Associate, Co-op Preservation
Who: Urban Homesteading Assistance Board empowers low- to moderate-income residents to take control of their housing and enhance communities by creating strong tenant associations and lasting affordable co-ops.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $63,388
What: Teaching Artist, Creative Writing (PT, Temp)
Who: Uptown Stories empowers young people to write their own stories.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $65-85/hr
What: Sr. Designer; Head of Digital Communications
Who: FrameWorks Institute collaborates with storytellers, organizations, and coalitions to shift mindsets, change systems, and create a more just world.
Where: Remote
How much: $90-100k; $100-120k
What: Communications Specialist
Who: National Nurses United is the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurses.
Where: Los Angeles or Oakland, CA
How much: $103,549-124,567
What: Designer
Who: Democratic Socialists of America is the largest socialist organization in the United States.
Where: Remote (US)
How much: $65,500
What: Processing Archivist
Who: New York Botanical Garden is a museum of plants, a center for learning, and a plant science leader in the Bronx.
Where: Bronx, NY
How much: $66,950
What: Project Manager (PT)
Who: The Engine Room undertakes and advances community-centered research, responsible data governance, security and decision-making, and reimagines healthy digital ecosystems.
Where: Remote
How much: $25-30k
What: Program & Volunteer Manager; Director of Partnerships
Who: Life Story Club organizes intimate social clubs where older adults share life stories, build meaningful relationships, and strengthen their sense of belonging and purpose.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $60-70k; $85-110k
What: Director of Development
Who: Academy of American Poets is the nation’s leading champion of American poets and poetry.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $120-130k
What: Garden Educator (PT, Temp)
Who: Kite’s Nest builds the collective capacity of young people to bring about healing, personal transformation, social connection, and systemic change.
Where: Hudson, NY
How much: $28/hr
What: Foresight Analyst
Who: Arup is a global design and consulting firm working to shape a more sustainable built environment.
Where: Toronto, CA
How much: CA$100-110k
What: Digital Communications Coordinator
Who: Morgan Library & Museum celebrates and shares the history and process of human creativity from antiquity to the present day.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $62-67k
What: Editorial Assistant
Who: The Point is a print and digital magazine of philosophical writing.
Where: Chicago, IL
How much: $45-55k
What: Chief Innovation & Information Officer
Who: San Francisco Public Library connects our diverse communities to learning, opportunities, and each other.
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $173,264-221,052
What: Social Media Editor
Who: The New Yorker is renowned for its in-depth reporting, political and cultural commentary, fiction, poetry, humor, and cartoons.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $88k-90,500
What: Cultural Historian
Who: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources is responsible for managing, administering, and exercising control over public lands, water resources, ocean waters, navigable streams, coastal areas, minerals, and all interests therein.
Where: Hawaii
Classifieds
✷ The Exodus Tour: Workshop on Digital Marronage ✷ Come learn about freer ways to be on the web and learn enough to exit the "usership" class. We'll learn technical skills, cybersecurity, and make art about our ancestry to better understand computational thought and theory.
✷ Fiscal Sponsorship Built for Knowledge Work ✷ Curious about fiscal sponsorship? Educopia supports open access, digital infrastructure, library and archive, and community-centered knowledge and education projects with Model A or C options, dedicated Strategy and Ops & Finance Leads, and monthly and quarterly peer learning convenings. Explore our Services | Apply Today
✷ MENTOR MEDITATION: H.D.'s Trilogy ✷ A collective reading and study of Hilda Doolittle's fascinating, esoteric poetry collection that reaches through the 1940s' violences and across mythologies * Part meditation, part craft-study, part generative writing workshop, this is a space to move and read slowly and deeply, with curiosity and care.
✷ The Deep Play Institute’s Fall 2026 Class Series ✷ Six weeks of
experimental learning for the post-disciplinary imagination. Each week a different facilitator invites us into a new practice of transformative play, authentic expression, embodied awareness & relational inquiry. Starts Sept 13; classes meet online; cost is by donation.
✷ Looking for a better place to cowork? ✷ Constellation is a gorgeous, spacious, member-driven coworking space in Clinton Hill offering dedicated and flexible desks. Shared by founders, freelancers and remote workers, with meeting rooms, a rooftop, garden and community events.
✷ Your brand should taste like you ✷ TART works with founders and small nonprofits to build brand identities + websites that finally reflect the depth, personality, and direction of what they've built. 🍋
Calls
New Call for Submissions: Call for vintage short films with Upcycled Films in collaboration with Nowness | Deadline: 10/16
Upcycled Films will be an online, film programming platform that restores and revives old and lost short films from around the globe. It will highlight films from the Global South, Indigenous peoples worldwide, historically under-resourced communities, and films that have a potent, visual language made anytime before 2010 and that have not been viewed by an international audience.
New Fellowship: A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship (NY) | Deadline: 11/10
The A.I.R. Fellowship Program was established to support underrepresented and emerging women and non-binary artists in New York City. Each year, six artists are awarded a year-long fellowship to develop and exhibit a project at A.I.R. Gallery.
New Residency: MAD Artist Studios Residency - Museum of Arts and Design (NY) | Deadline: 9/10
The Artist Studios at MAD is a community engagement and professional development program for contemporary artists and designers. Two artists are selected per six-month session, for which they receive access to studio space in the Museum and a stipend ($15,000 or $10,000).
New Fellowship: Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room | Deadline: 10/5
Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room is a writing fellowship from the creators of Sesame Street. Emerging storytellers who are selected to join the Writers’ Room will receive hands-on writing experience to develop and write a pilot script for their own original kids’ concept.
New Residency: Lighthouse Works Fellowships (NY) | Deadline: 10/1
Our Fellowship Program supports artists and writers working across a wide range of disciplines; we are best equipped to accommodate visual artists, writers, choreographers, and composers. Fellowships are six weeks and take place on Fishers Island, NY. Stipend: $1,750.
Residency: New_ Public Entrepreneur in Residence | Deadline: 9/9
Fellowship: University of Arts London Storytelling Research Fellows | Deadline: 9/11
Fellowship: Center for Urban Pedagogy Making Policy Public Fellowship - Graphic Designers & Illustrators (NY) | Deadline: 9/14
Funding: Community Engagement Artists and Creatives Grant (CA) | Deadline: 9/15
Fellowship: Dartmouth College Institute for Black Intellectual and Cultural Life Visiting Creative Arts Fellow | Deadline: 9/15
Call for Submissions: Urban Archive x Melting Metropolis Call for Photos - Summer in the City (NY) | Deadline: 9/21
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
Funding: Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant | Deadline: 10/4
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: Taos Film Festival | Deadline: 11/1
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