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Jobs & Opps  -  January 2015
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Office Manager
Capital Fringe Festival
Washington, DC
 
Assistant Controller - Operations
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
 
Coordinator, Social Communications
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, Virginia
 
Director of Development
DC Jazz Festival
Washington, DC
 
Director of Marketing
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
 
Public Relations and Social Media Manager
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD
 
Digital Content Coordinator
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD
 
Director, BSO Second Century Campaign
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Baltimore, MD
 
Graphic Designer
Studio Theatre
Washington, DC
 
Senior Vice President of Artistic Planning
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC
 
2015/16 Apprenticeship at Studio Theatre
Studio Theatre
Washington, DC
 
Production Manager
GALA Hispanic Theatre
Washington, DC
 
Accounting Associate
Arena Stage
Washington, DC

Assistant Director/Choreographer
Adventure Theatre
Rockville, MD

Assistant Director, Corporate Relations
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
Vienna, VA
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Maryland Arts Day 2015 


Annapolis, MD | Miller Senate Building, 11 Bladen Street
February 10 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM (EST)

REGISTER ONLINE:  http://mdarts.org/news_events/maryland-arts-day-2015-/
 

Maryland Arts Day is right around the corner and the creative community is preparing to advocate for the annual state arts appropriation! This appropriation is awarded as unrestricted operating grants to more than 260 nonprofit arts organizations 24 local arts agencies as well as Individual Artist Awards, Arts & Entertainment Districts, Poetry Out Loud, the Maryland Traditions Program and Public Art Initiatives across the state. 

Maryland Citizens for the Arts has once again planned an incredible day for all. This year's Maryland Arts Day will feature: a key note speech by Dr. Freeman A. Hraboski, President of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; advocacy training; and meetings with each county's elected state officials or staff in Annapolis. More details and events will be shared soon.

To keep up to date with with Arts Day news, follow Maryland Citizens for the Arts on social media!

Please Join AHCMC and MCA on February 10 for Maryland Arts Day 2015. REGISTER NOW!


                    

humanities

Request for Proposals: Programming in the Silver Spring Library       

Montgomery County, Maryland through its Department of General Services, Silver Spring Regional Center, and Public Libraries is seeking proposals from one or more organizations to be included in the new Silver Spring Library located on Fenton Street between Wayne Avenue and Bonifant Street in downtown Silver Spring. 

                              

Proposals Due: February 25, 2015 at 4:00 PM I   


   

Kensington Historic Public Buildings Workshop 

Saturday, January 31,2015
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
10401 Armory Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895

RSVP + Learn More
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The M-NCPPC is excited to be able to join with citizens, the Town of Kensington, vital Kensington organizations, the County library, and the Noyes Library Foundation in extending an invitation to you to imagine a more active future for the heart of Kensington. 
 
Please join us in brainstorming opportunities for three gems of Kensington’s historic core:  The Brainard Warner House and Carriage House, Kensington Cabin, and the Noyes Children’s Library. We look forward to public input as we seek to bring the right uses to the two vacant buildings and to explore any programmatic connections that might be shared between all three buildings.
 
Please RSVP to Julie Mueller, Montgomery County Parks, at 301-650-4390 or Julie.mueller@montgomeryparks.org. Light refreshments will be served courtesy of Kensington citizens.
 

Call for Proposals: The Thirteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities
Learn More
Deadline: February 16, 2015

Southern Labor Studies Association 2015 Conference
Southern Labor Studies Conference 2015
Thursday, March 5, 2015 8:00 AM - Sunday, March 08, 2015 12:00 PM (Eastern Time)
Washington DC
Learn More + Register

2015 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference & Bookfair
Minneapolis Convention Center & 
Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
April 8 - 11, 2015
Learn More + Register
 

professional development





Marketing Workshop: Customers and Content are King! Surveying and Understanding Your Audience
Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County
Friday, January 30, 2015 from 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM (EST)
Silver Spring, MD

The use of data for segmenting and talking to specific buyers with customized content is the future of marketing. From no/low cost DIY methods to large scale consulting projects, this workshop will review different avenues for researching and surveying audiences and dive into easy methods for using that data to segment your buyers and deliver highly customized content, increasing relevance to the patron and the likelihood that they will respond.  Workshops are taught by Jennifer Buzzell. Jennifer Buzzell is the Director of Marketing and Sales for Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA.  (Learn More) 

Wednesday Webinar: Planning for Production
Docs in Progress
Wednesday Feb 4, 2015 at 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

So you want to make a documentary? Before you turn on that camera, there are some important things you need to plan to make your film more assured of success. In this session with Docs In Progress Executive Director Erica Ginsberg, we will review ways to define and refine your story idea, find and approach potential characters and interviewees, scout locations, put together a production team, and develop a production schedule and shotlist. The first 2/3 of the webinar will be presentation. The final 1/3 will be for participant questions.This Wednesday Webinar is being offered as part of a series aimed at filmmakers who are either new to documentary filmmaking altogether or who may have some filmmaking experience, but are new to the world of independent documentary filmmaking. (Learn More)
 
FIRM Financial Leadership Institute Tutorial 3   
Nonprofit Roundtable
Wednesday, February 4, 2015, 9:00AM - 11:00AM

Nonprofit Village
12320 Parklawn Dr.
Rockville, MD
 
FIRM Institute provides three 2-hour follow-up Tutorials to provide hands-on assistance with implementing a financial leadership and management workplan. This will provide an opportunity for nonprofit leaders to work on specific skills or issues that affect the financial management of your organization.

The Dashboard tutorial provides you with a chance develop a dashboarding strategy for you organization and includes steps for identifying your organization's key indicators, exploring the types of reporting options to use, and an introduction to how Excel can be used to streamline the reporting process..
 
Who can attend the event: Nonprofit leaders who attended the November 12 and 13 FIRM 2-day Workshop.
 
For more information contact Barbara Garlock
 

grants 



The Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County (AHCMC) 
AHCMC is accepting applications for the following grant categories:


Artists and Scholars in the Community Grants
Deadline: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 11:59 p.m.

Grants to Mid-Size Arts and Humanities Organizations
FY16-1 Deadline: Tuesday, February 3, 2015 11:59 p.m.

Advancement Grants for Arts & Humanities Organizations
FY16 Deadline: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:59 p.m.

Grants to Small Arts and Humanities Organizations
FY16-1 Deadline: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 11:59 p.m.

Grants to Individual Artists and Scholars
FY16 Deadline: Thursday, March 19, 2015 11:59 p.m.

 

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA): Creative Writing Fellowships
The NEA Literature Fellowships program offers $25,000 grants in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) and poetry to published creative writers that enable the recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. The NEA Literature Fellowships program operates on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose and poetry available in alternating years. (Learn More)

For more information, please contact the Literature staff at 202/682-5034 or e-mail LitFellowships@arts.gov
Deadline: March, 11 2015

Maryland State Arts Council: Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Grant
The Maryland State Arts Council is accepting applications for the Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Grant. Maryland Traditions Apprenticeship Awards encourage and foster transmission of traditional knowledge by a master artist to an apprentice, allowing these arts and skills to thrive. Traditional folk arts may include performing traditions in music, dance, and drama; traditional storytelling and other verbal arts; festival arts; traditional crafts, visual arts, architecture, the adornment and transformation of the built environment; and other kinds of occupational and material culture. (Learn More)
Deadline: January 30, 2015

Foundation Beyond Belief: Compassionate Impact Grant
Foundation Beyond Belief will make up to 2 capacity building grant in the amount of $50,000 to $60,000 to an innovative organization with the goal to increase that organization’s capacity to support those in need and create solutions that greatly increase their impact on a critical community problem  Projects may take place domestically or internationally. (Learn More)
Deadline: February 6, 2015


The Surdna Foundation: Teen's Artistic and Cultural Advancement Grants
The Surdna Foundation is accepting applications from organizations that connect teens with artistic, rigorous program that provide them with practical and life-enhancing skills. (Learn More)
LOI Deadline: Rolling
 

visual & performing arts  



Call for Mural Artists: Baltimore Mural Project
The Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts (BOPA) seeks mural artists and artist teams to submit qualifications for consideration and inclusion in the Baltimore Mural Program’s Mural Artist Registry. The Mural Artist Registry will be used to aid the selection of qualified artists for Baltimore Mural Program commissions and to distribute notifications regarding upcoming mural artist opportunities. Please contact Maggie Villegas, Baltimore Office of Promotion & the Arts with any questions.
Deadline: February 13. 2015


Call for Equity Principal Actors: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
A call for actors and musical theater performers for the Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences Season. Email kctya@kennedy-center.org with questions. 
Audition date: February 2, 2015

The Maryland Federation for the Arts (MFA): Either Fish Or Fowl
The MFA will consider any original 2-D artwork depicting the daily or nightly doings of fish or fowl above, under, or on the land or water. Entries are open to artists residing in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico. This exhibition will display the selected works at the Annapolis Maritime Museum from April 15 through May 31, 2015.
Deadline: February 19, 2015
  
The Montgomery College Department of Visual Arts And Design: Interactivity: Sight and Sound
The Department of Visual and Performing Arts is calling for exhibition proposals for the Open Gallery in The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Arts Center that address the theme, “Interactivity: Sight and Sound." Four exhibitions will be scheduled for the 2015–2016 academic year. (Learn More) 
Deadline: April 17, 2015
 
The Montgomery College Department of Visual Arts And Design: Artist in Residence Program
The Artist-In-Residence Program (AIR) is an exciting new addition to the Department of Visual Arts and Design. The AIR program is designed to support and enhance the artistic and educational environment within The Morris and Gwendolyn Foundation Arts Center. During their residency professional working artists will be provided personal studio space to carry out their own studio practice.(Learn More) 
Deadline: March 31, 2015
 
Washington ArtWorks: Open Call for the Halls
Washington ArtWorks is calling all Metro DC area artists for a tremendous opportunity to showcase work in art Photo by Norm Ringelcenter located in the heart of Montgomery County, Maryland.  
Learn More

Transformer Gallery: Call for Exhibition Proposals
For more information, please email:
submissions@transformerdc.org or click HERE
  
Capital Fringe Festival Find Your Own Venue
Deadline: March 6, 2015

Pyramid Atlantic: Screenprinting Workshop
February 1, 2015

                           

 
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