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Jobs
What: Director of Development
Who: UrbanGlass fosters experimentation and advances the use and critical understanding of glass as a creative medium.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $90-100k
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What: Preservation Specialist
Who: Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts provides expertise and leadership in the preservation of cultural heritage.
Where: Philadelphia, PA or New York State
How much: $62,483
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What: Project Manager, Teen Workforce Development (Contract, Temp)
Who: Philadelphia Museum of Art seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret, and extend the reach of its great collections.
Where: Philadelphia, PA
How much: $150k project budget
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What: Communications Director
Who: Open Plans promotes civic engagement for livable streets.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $95-105k
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What: Operations Coordinator
Who: Verdant NY is a landscape design and build studio.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $30-34/hr
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What: Lead Instructor (PT, Temp)
Who: ONE Lab is the educational arm of Terreform, an innovator in the field of regenerative design and in working with biomaterials as key components of the built environment.
Where: Brooklyn, NY
How much: $6k total
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What: Program Manager
Who: Next100 is a policy and leadership development program on a mission to change the face and future of progressive policy.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $110-130k
What: Communications Manager for Arts & Culture
Who: Service Employees International Union is a union of 2 million diverse members in healthcare, the public sector, and property services.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $97,548
What: Production Assistant (Temp)
Who: Open House New York promotes broad, unparalleled access to the city—to the places, people, projects, systems, and ideas that define New York and its future.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $25/ hour (max total $12,500)
What: Assistant Editor
Who: Brennan Center for Justice strengthens American democracy through research, advocacy, and public education.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $70-80k
What: Legal Digital Scholarship Project Manager
Who: Perma.cc, based in Harvard’s Library Innovation Lab, has provided web citation preservation to the legal community for over a decade.
Where: Remote or Cambridge, MA
How much: $87,700-150,900
What: Curatorial Fellow, Chinese Cinema (Temp)
Who: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is a forum for cultural experiences that transform individuals and advance the local, national, and global discourse on art and film.
Where: Berkeley, CA
How much: $82,187-90,752
What: Curator
Who: Lester Levy Sheet Music Collection at Johns Hopkins comprises over 30,000 popular songs, is one of the premier research archives in American popular music.
Where: Baltimore, MD
How much: $53,800-94,400
What: Oral History Program Manager
Who: Computer History Museum’s mission is to decode technology—its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity.
Where: Mountain View, CA
How much: $90-110k
What: Program Coordinator, Energy & Environment
Who: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation is a philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $85-93k
What: Editor & Community Audio Producer
Who: Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO Public Radio is a collaborative space for audio training, production, and storytelling.
Where: Dayton, OH
How much: $45-55k
What: Associate Land Steward
Who: Peconic Land Trust works collaboratively with landowners, communities, municipalities, and partner organizations to protect over 14,000 acres of land on Long Island, NY.
Where: Southampton, NY
How much: $26-28/hr
What: Sr. Product Designer, UX/UI (Temp)
Who: Exygy is committed to building technology that simplifies government technology.
Where: Remote
How much: $97,750-132,250
What: Operations Manager
Who: Printed Matter is dedicated to the distribution, understanding, and appreciation of artists’ books and related publications.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $63k
What: Curator of Learning & Community Engagement
Who: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits, collects, and preserves modern and contemporary art to provide transformative experiences.
Where: Madison, WI
How much: $68-70k
What: Project Manager, Bay Area Parks for People Community Partnerships
Who: Trust for Public Land is the leader of a movement to connect everyone in America to the outdoors.
Where: San Francisco, CA
How much: $72-82k
What: Public Historian/Outreach & Education Coordinator
Who: Lane County History Museum serves as stewards of our community’s historical assets.
Where: Spokane, WA
How much: $65k
What: Writer / Researcher (Temp)
Who: AFL-CIO works tirelessly to improve the lives of working people.
Where: Washington DC
How much: $78,941
What: Editor
Who: L.A. Material is an independent, non-partisan digital news outlet that aims to make Los Angeles legible.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $105-125k
What: Program Officer
Who: California Humanities supports programs that help Californians connect with ideas, history, and one another.
Where: Remote, Los Angeles, or Oakland, CA
How much: $85-95k
What: Program Manager
Who: Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance works to improve the lives of immigrant workers in low-wage industries in Koreatown and build a foundation for social change.
Where: Los Angeles, CA
How much: $95-105k
What: Sr. Writer, Design
Who: Fast Company offers original, distinctive coverage on how innovation is reshaping business, culture, and society.
Where: New York, NY
How much: $89-110,500
What: Sr. UX Designer
Who: ActBlue is dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that fuels Democratic victories and enables progressive causes to thrive.
Where: Remote
How much: $141,906-164,145
What: Chief Research Officer
Who: GoodPower is a global organization working to unlock the economic potential of decarbonization.
Where: Remote
How much: $175-205k
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Calls
New Call for Submissions: Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation's Sight/Geist: Film & Performance Open Call | Deadline: 6/5
Sight/Geist supports emerging NYC-based film and performance artists. Selected artists receive a stipend of either $300 for a short film in a group screening, $500 for a solo screening, or $750 for a solo live performance.
New Call for Applications: NEXT! Mentorship Program 2026/28 | Deadline: 6/15
Pioneers Go East Collective seeks emerging interdisciplinary artists with 3+ years of professional experience specializing in dance and movement-based practices, performance art, storytelling, and video art. The NEXT! Mentorship Program offers artists support in knowledge sharing and public presentation opportunities. Artists receive $3,000.
New Funding: Liu Shiming Artist Grants | Deadline: 8/31
Liu Shiming Artist Grants enable the creation of new projects that explore the interplay between traditional, cultural, or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. Up to five artists will be selected to receive a $5,000 grant.
New Call for Submissions: Lower East Side Ecology Center Garden Art Exhibition Open Call | Deadline: 6/5
The Lower East Side Ecology Center and Make Meadows are curating a two-month exhibition that reimagines a community garden as a living gallery where art and ecology come together. Artists are invited to respond to the site as both setting and collaborator. Artists receive a stipend of $1,750.
Funding: Working Assumptions Project Grants | Deadline: 6/1
Residency: Headlands Artist-in-Residence Program | Deadline: 6/1
Call for Submissions: ambrosia/salad Call for Artists | Deadline: 6/3
Residency: 2026-27 BRIClab Residencies | Deadline: 6/5
Residency: Residenza Lago Scuro | Deadline: 6/7
Residency: ProjectArt Detroit Teaching Artist Residency | Deadline: 6/9
Call for Submissions: CriticalProductive Journal | Deadline: 6/10
Fellowship: MoMA Elaine and Alexandre Rosenberg Fellowship | Deadline: 6/10
Fellowship: 2026-2027 New City Critics Fellowship | Deadline: 6/11
Fellowship: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Design History and Material Culture at UW-Madison | Deadline: 6/12
Call for Submissions: 7ajr School for Creative Research/Resistance | Deadline: 6/15
Fellowship: Social Science Research Council Just Tech Fellowship | Deadline: 6/28
Residency: Exploratorium Artist in Residence | Deadline: 6/29
Funding: Franklin Furnace XENO PRIZE for Artists’ Books | Deadline: 7/4
Residency: 2027 Grand Canyon Artist in Residence | Deadline: 7/15
Call for Submissions: The Rest Fest Video Art & Short Film Submissions | Deadline: 8/28
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