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Wednesday April 6, 2016

Hi EAP-ers, 

Our family is growing!


WE'RE NOW SEEKING A COLLABORATOR FOR A NEW CO-DIRECTOR. 


We are so proud to announce former Network Coordinator, Katherin Canton, is now co-director with EAP. Yep, this means we are seeking applicants for the Co-Directorship position, and we are trying out a new leadership model for EAP SF/BA! (See details below.)

Everyone send Katherin a big, warm CONGRATS! Her work and efforts are exemplary of the love she has for Bay Area Arts and our communities, whether it's the arts, our neighborhoods, and of course, the network. Bravo!

BIG Cheers, 
Lauren Benetua, EAP SF/BA Jolly Good Fellow
 

Position Summary:
The Co-Director will be part of a newly created pair of high level positions for EAP/SFBA. The Co-Directors will work in collaboration to manage, direct, and grow the programs and network. They will be responsible for day-to-day and long term strategic administrative and programmatic management. Guidance will be provided by the 2014 Strategic Directions Framework and process recommendations from the 2015 Organization Assessment and the Advisory Board and volunteers.

Timeline and Process: To indicate interest, please submit a resume, 3 references, and cover letter to the EAP/ SFBA Search Committee, jobs(at)emergingsf(dot)org, no later than May 1, 2016, applications will be reviewed upon receipt. Interviews will be conducted in May. The Committee plans to hire a new Co-Director and initiate the organizational transition in May/June.

Full details here: Co-Director-posting2016

 

Help us make our mark on Tuesday May 3, 2016. 

Get ready for a 24 hour day of giving in which the East Bay Gives platform raises money for local nonprofits community-wide giving challenge Alameda Contra Costa. Follow our progress with #EAPxEBG!
 

Other awesome orgs in our ecosystem also participating in East Bay Gives:

The Flight Deck is a shared performance venue in the heart of Downtown Oakland where artists of all kinds work, play, and learn. It houses several arts organizations and features a theater, rehearsal studio, gallery and co-working office​. We are located at 1540 Broadway, between 15th and 17th Streets.


Ragged Wing Ensemble’s mission is to catalyze a deep cultural shift where artistic action is at the center of vital social change. We aim to connect artists and audiences through the ritual of live performance, exploring universal questions that span the ancient and contemporary. We engage in the study and practice of Ensemble, collaboratively creating new, interdisciplinary works and activating the next generation of artistically engaged citizens.

The Oakland Symphony, Youth Orchestra and Chorus bring together orchestral music, choral music and youth education to strengthen the Oakland/East Bay community by providing quality live performances, education for lifetime enrichment and the perpetuation of the performing arts.

EMERGENCE 2016: Crafting Equity, Shifting Power

SAVE THE DATE. Mark your calendars for EAP's very own convening!

Date: Monday May 23, 2016
Time: 10:30am-5pm
Location: The Contemporary Jewish Museum
                 736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103


Multicultural Arts Leadership is hosting it's 3rd Annual Art/Life Forum! | How do we go from surviving to thriving? Arts professionals in the Silicon Valley face the daunting task of trying to create, engage audiences, and fundraise in the midst of rising living costs and displacement. The third installment of the Multicultural Arts and Leadership Institute’s Art/Life Forum will be focused on how local arts professionals can go from "Surviving to Thriving".
 Thursday, April 16th 10am-4pm at MALI School of Arts and Culture, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose CA, 95111. More info...

Margaret Jenkins Dance Company is hiring an Administrative Assistant! | The Administrative Assistant will support Artistic Director and Executive Assistant with coordination of artistic and public events, including email marketing campaigns, program logistics, space rental, etc. and act as a liaison between Artistic Director, Executive Assistant and designers, vendors, presenters, foundations, individual donors. Interested parties should email cover letter and résumé directly to: Ross Cantor at ross(at)mjdc(dot)org. More info... 

Vote for Afrikatown to win $20k with a five-second click! | Afrikatown, liberated land of West Oakland, applied for a 20k grant and need your help by voting for us!!! We’re proud to have made it to the Gallery of Growers. This could change our neighborhood and provide low-income black and brown folks a community garden deep in our roots. Vote for us for healing, permaculture for the people, and collective liberation in practice!! The voting period is from 03/31/16-04/18/16 and people can vote once per day, per garden.  | More info...
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Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA is a network focused on the empowerment, leadership, and growth of next generation arts and culture workers in the San Francisco Bay Area through knowledge sharing, learning opportunities, and partnerships. 

By supporting today’s emerging models and mindsets, we hope to generate a path for individuals’ meaningful and sustainable work and to stimulate a vibrant, integrated, and evolving arts and culture sector.
EAP/SFBA is a member of the Intersection Incubator, a program of Intersection for the Arts, providing fiscal sponsorship, incubation and consulting services to artists. Visit www.theintersection.org.
EAP/SFBA is funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which supports education, culture and the performing arts to address serious social and environmental issues of today's society. Visit http://www.hewlett.org/.
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