At Fund for the Arts, we envision a healthy and vibrant community where everyone embraces the art that exists in our lives everyday, everyone contributes to the well-being of our arts community and it is understood that everyone belongs to that arts community.
Director of Marketing and Communications Fund for the Arts is hiring
Reporting to and partnering with the Chief Development Officer, the Director of Marketing & Communications will provide leadership and communications expertise to strengthen and enhance marketing strategies and communications capacities for the organization’s overall vision. The Director of Marketing & Communications will continue to develop a coherent and consistent brand identity and cultivate relationships with media and other partners in alignment of the organization’s strategic initiatives of Generate Resources, Community Investment and Support. In addition, the Director of Marketing & Communications will work closely with a motivated and engaged leadership team
Call for Arts Organizations and Teaching Artists: Fund for the Arts is Assembling a Directory of Arts Programs
Deadline: Ongoing
Arts Organizations and Teaching Artists interested in providing programs in learning and community centers for programs such as Elev8 and HeARTS can learn more about the directory and related opportunities here or at the link below. Arts Organizations and Teaching Artists of all arts disciplines, all sizes, and all levels of experience are encouraged to apply. Recruitment for HeARTS programming will end in November. Click here to learn more and apply.
Audition Call for Youth Voiceover Content Deadline: October 17
Youth ages 8-11
The Fund for the Arts I Am An Artist. campaign seeks to empower every person to see themselves as an artist, to embrace the art that we create and consume every day, and to know that we belong in a robust artistic community, a City of Artists! This video will highlight the voices of children as they share their enthusiasm for making art and explore why it’s valuable to their self-expression and identity. We are seeking children with innate playfulness and vibrancy to record scripted voiceover content and to also have improvised conversations on the subject of art and what it means to them. Thoughtful and talkative, the ideal participant will be excited to engage and listen. Being able to follow directions and prompts is helpful. Joy for art is welcome! Click here to learn more and submit.
Grants The following opportunities are not created by Fund for the Arts.
South Arts: Micro Accessibility Grants Deadline: May 15, 2023 The Southeast is home to some of the world’s more diverse and vibrant artistic communities. South Arts believes that the arts are for everyone. The arts enrich the lives of people of all abilities and backgrounds. In their commitment to amplifying the success of the Southeast’s arts ecology, South Arts offers micro-funding to supplement the efforts of arts organizations throughout our service area to make arts programs accessible to persons with disabilities. Click here to learn more and apply.
South Arts: Express Grants Deadline: Rolling South Arts believes that rural communities deserve great art, and can require specialized support to make that vision viable. Distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis, Express Grants support rural organizations and communities with expedited grants of up to $2,000. Click here to learn more and apply.
Professional & Organizational Development The following opportunities are not created by Fund for the Arts.
Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Event dates: October 20-February 9th Successful nonprofits rely heavily on competent, well-governing boards. Those boards don’t evolve and maintain themselves without exemplary leadership – and some professional development. CNPE is offering a series of training events, learning, strategic planning, workshops, and consultation opportunities. Click here to learn more and register.
Kentucky Arts Council Event Dates: October 12-November 16 6 webinars on Wednesdays from 1:00pm-2:15pm Kentucky Arts Council survey results indicated an interest in supporting "the business side" of operating a nonprofit. "This six-week course will sharpen your ability to lead the financial management of your organization. From budgeting to cash management, cost/benefit analysis, and more, you will learn best-practice fundamentals to lead your organization with confidence." Click here to learn more and register.
South Arts: Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit Event Dates: November 1, 3, & 4 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina South Arts, in partnership with Creative Placemaking Communities, is bringing the 2022 Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit: South & Appalachia to Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Summit is designed to facilitate a network of artists, civic and cultural leaders, educators, public officials, and more from around the South to work in unison to build new and stronger partnerships, projects, programs, and policies. The experiences created at the summit will inform, inspire and empower the voices of those in the community. Click here to learn more and register.
South Arts: Professional Development & Artistic Planning Grants Deadline: Rolling Professional Development and Artistic Planning Grants are available to support up to $1,000 in professional development needs of Southern presenters, programmers, or curators, for strengthening program design or increasing organizational capacity. South Arts strongly believes professional development for presenters/programmers/curators is integral to success, including traveling to see new works and attending convenings. This grant program is open to film, visual arts, performing arts, traditional arts, literary arts, and multidisciplinary organizations. Click here to learn more and apply.
CNPE School for Fundraising and Engagement Sessions run through December
CNPE started the school in March 2021 in collaboration with nonprofit consulting firm Ashley|Rountree and Associates to fill a gap in the training for nonprofit fundraising professionals in Greater Louisville and Southern Indiana. The school, operating through an equity lens, aims to significantly improve the ability of our community’s nonprofit sector (staff, board members, and volunteers) to access needed funding through a full range of methods and skills. Click here to learn more and register
Calls for Artists The following opportunities are not created by Fund for the Arts.
Center for Health Equity Deadline: Ongoing Are you a BIPOC or low-income creative professional in arts and culture? Do you have opinions or a service that you want to share with others in Louisville? We need your voice to share the real experiences of being a creative in our city. Click here to read more and sign up.
Louisville Visual Art: Outdoor Sculpture Deadline: October 24
Louisville Visual Art (LVA) invites artists and artist teams residing in the United States to submit qualifications to propose an artwork for our Portland neighborhood location at 1538 Lytle Street in Louisville, Kentucky. This is an opportunity to create a monumental artwork integral to our extensive renovation of the building and engage with the architecture and/or grounds. Click here to learn more and apply.
South Arts: 2023 Southern Prize and State Fellowships
Deadline: November 1
The South Arts Southern Prize and State Fellowships acknowledge, support, and celebrate the highest quality work being created by visual artists in the American South. Nine state fellows (one per state in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) will be selected to receive an award of $5,000 and be included in a touring exhibition for summer of 2023. Click here to learn more and apply.
MidwestNice Art: The Hazards Deadline: November 15, 2022
The Hazards will be a Fall 2022 online juried exhibition hosted here. The theme, the hazards, focuses on the idea of hazards, taking risks, venturing forward, pitfalls and peril, with concern for chance. The exhibition will examine these ideas through a variety of mediums in art. Any mediums are welcome, including but not limited to photography, sculpture, painting, collage, digital design, video art, installation, ceramics, performance art…anything you can think of, include it! Click here to learn more and apply.
2023 Bernheim Environmental Artist In Residence
Deadline: November 28, 2022
The Environmental Artist in Residence program encourages visual artists to examine environmental issues and severity of the climate crisis to promote dialogue and positive change for the natural environment and world at large. Artists are invited to address environmental themes including (but not limited to) excess heat, drought, flooding, extreme weather events, food insecurity, displacement, environmental justice, and the loss of biodiversity. $2500 stipend. Click here to learn more and apply.
ArtAscent: Call for Artists and Writers Deadline: November 30, 2022
Portraits of people and animals tell such great stories. They evoke emotion. They suggest deeper meaning. They tell us about someone else, and maybe even ourselves. Sometimes they’re just beautiful. Or shocking. Or surprising. Share your PORTRAITS with words or imagery. Click here to learn more and apply.
Elmer Lucille Allen Conference on African American Studies 2023 Deadline: December 16, 2022
The Fifth Annual Elmer Lucille Allen Conference on African American Studies (ELACAAS) is an opportunity for youth, students, community members, and academicians to discuss ways in which we can all engage to advance a better quality of life for young people. The conference will feature academic and artistic presentations. They are seeking artistic works of all media relating to the theme of Black Youth Advocacy, Education, and Socialization. Click here to learn more and apply.
South Arts: Call for Presenters & Venues Deadline: Ongoing
Are you interested in being contacted by artists about potential Jazz Road engagements? Jazz Road relies on successful connections between artists and the venues/presenters/communities which will host them. If you represent an organization that presents jazz–or is interested in expanding their work to include jazz presenting–please complete the form at the link below. South Arts is looking for presenters of all types, from jazz clubs to places of worship to performing arts centers to house concerts to non-traditional presenters, and communities from rural or isolated to urban. Click here to learn more and apply.
Job Openings The following opportunities are not created by Fund for the Arts.
Organization: Actors Theatre of Louisville
Title: Director of Finance and Administration The Director of Finance and Administration is responsible for the effective management and implementation of accounting and financial activities of The Actors Theatre of Louisville. Reporting to the Executive Artistic Director, the Director of Finance and Administration guides the organization’s financial policies and direction while also being an active partner with the executive leadership team in planning the organization’s future strategy and implementing ongoing operations. This position will be responsible for creating a long-term fiscal strategy that articulates impact, rate of growth and the financial model required to support Actors Theatre of Louisville’s transformation. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Actors Theatre of Louisville
Title: Guest Services Manager
The Guest Services Manager is a public facing position responsible for contributing to radical hospitality and extravagant welcome by engaging with patrons for their ticketing and donation needs, and managing many logistical aspects for ticket sales and donations. Click here to learn more and apply
Organization: Frazier History Museum Title: Stories in Mind Program Administrator Develop and facilitate engaging programs for Stories in Mind participants. These programs take place off-site at assisted living and certified nursing facilities. These programs relate to the Museum’s collections, exhibitions, and Kentucky history through creative activities of art, music, and theater. This is an outreach position that will travel to and lead Stories in Mind programs at multiple facilities. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts
Title: Full Time Museum Educator
KMAC is currently seeking a new full-time Museum Educator to join our dedicated Education team. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Entry Level Staff Accountant The Accounts Payable Specialist supports management in the achievement of strategic goals through the successful processing of Accounts Payable and general accounting functions. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Production Manager
The Production Managers at Kentucky Performing Arts (KPA) are primarily engaged in the planning and execution of events, receiving, and administering training, and maintaining KPA equipment, systems, and theaters. They are responsible for providing the highest level of Production services to Kentucky Performing Arts staff, patrons, clients, and visitors. The Production Manager will work alone and with teams of KPA staff to execute events. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Production Technician
Production Technicians at Kentucky Performing Arts (KPA) are primarily engaged in the execution of events and maintaining KPA equipment, systems, and theaters. The Production Technician is responsible for providing the highest level of Production services to Kentucky Performing Arts staff, patrons, clients, and visitors. These aspects of the role require working knowledge of either professional audio consoles or lighting consoles. The idea is to be familiar with all aspects and have a deep knowledge of one or more specialties.This individual will utilize their extensive background in the field of live events and passion for the arts to help Kentucky Performing Arts innovate its facilities and programs. The Production Technician position requires excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, the ability work as part of a team, as a leader of a team, and on individual projects with little supervision. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Floor Manager
Provides excellent service to Kentucky Performing Arts patrons and instructive supervision to Volunteers by executing essential duties personally or through effectively delegated supervision. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
Title: Program Manager
Looking for Lilith is hiring a program manager to assist in the running of LFL programs. The program manager will primarily manage the after school and summer camp registration process and scheduling with schools and community among other duties. This is a contract position for 7-10 hours a week. See the full job description on our website. Resumes and questions can be submitted to Jennifer@lookingforlilith.org. Click here to learn more.
Organization: Louisville Orchestra
Title: Director of Operations The Director of Operations of the Louisville Orchestra is responsible and accountable for planning, directing, and supervising all Orchestra operations including scheduling, artistic planning, concert production, touring, orchestra library, and musician relationships. The Director of Operations is a part of the senior-level management team and is a leader in guiding the organization toward realizing its institutional vision. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Louisville Orchestra
Title: Marketing Production Manager
At the Louisville Orchestra, marketing plays an important role in the success of the organization. To build on this momentum, we’re searching for a highly qualified marketing coordinator to work closely with the Director of Marketing and a team of dedicated staff and vendors. From day one, this individual will contribute to existing marketing programs, while assisting with the development of new initiatives aligned with organizational goals. Click here to learn more and apply
Organization: Louisville Youth Orchestra
Title: Presto Strings Instructors This position is part-time, and includes approximately 60-90 minutes of weekly beginner strings instruction during the school year, along with basic administrative responsibilities to support the class and communicate with parents and school personnel. The Presto Strings Instructor is responsible for instructing weekly beginning Suzuki-influenced strings classes to 2nd-4th graders in an underserved elementary school. This includes working closely with the school to recruit and retain students and to provide a September info session. The instructor will also fit students for fractional-sized instruments owned by the LYO, manage inventory, supply reports to the Executive Director, submit instruments for repairs as needed, and lead at least 2 performances in the spring. The Presto Strings Instructor may also on occasion be requested to assist with regular LYO rehearsals or concerts, both behind the scenes or as a substitute instructor/conductor. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Communications and Marketing Manager
The Communications and Marketing Manager is responsible for the marketing, communications, and brand initiatives of the Museum. This individual is confident in navigating brand and project management, media relations, social media content and strategy, email marketing, data reporting, vendor relations, and elements of graphic design. They must have excellent written communication skills, an eye for visuals, a sense of brand consistency, and ability to research and adapt digital marketing strategy. Experience with internal and external communications is a plus. This position collaborates with all departments, especially marketing, curatorial, advancement, and leadership teams, to tell the story of the Museum on all of our communications platforms. Click here to learn more and apply.
Organization: StageOne Family Theatre
Title: Community Engagement Manager
Connect StageOne to the Louisville area communities to ensure that we are well placed to serve our target demographics in line with our mission and values. Proactively seek to identify barriers to local communities engaging with StageOne and develop strategies to remove/overcome them. In partnership with the Producing Artistic and Associate Artistic Directors, evaluate all programming practices through the lens of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility, with a consistent growth mindset. Pursue opportunities that fully realize the synergies between StageOne programming and community partners to provide impactful and relevant engagement opportunities. Click here to learn more and apply.
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After Hours with Fund for the Arts
Every Wednesday from 5:30 - 6:30 pm Fund for the Arts offers After Hours, an opportunity to meet with a member of the Fund for the Arts leadership team. Please fill out the form at the link below to let us know about your interest in meeting with us during our after-hours appointments. Someone will be in touch with you promptly about the next available timeslot. Click here to fill out the interest form.
Sponsored by the Kentucky Arts Council, the state arts agency, supports the Fund for the Arts with state tax dollars and federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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