Craftbox Steam Shop
PT Seasonal Manager

The Part Time Seasonal Manager Opportunity at CRAFTBOX STEAM SHOP is a flexible schedule of 3 days on and 3 days off totaling 20-30 hours per week with a mix of free time and play time at the craft and science store. Traditional toy store/retail management duties are coupled with a willingness to coordinate art and learning activities at the shop with occasional parties for clubs and groups of all ages. This position is for a Lead Tinker who feels comfortable independently setting up and directing projects and staff. This is a great seasonal opportunity for educators. Check us out at www.craftboxinc.com and get in touch through messenger, text or email at craftboxinc@outlook.com.

Delaware Art Museum seeks Contractual Grant Managers

The Delaware Art Museum is a small, collaborative community in which each member of the team is uniquely valued for his or her skills. We are seeking 2 contractual Grants Managers, who will working across the Museum’s three departments—External Affairs, Curatorial, and Learning & Engagement—to meet revenue goals through developing and managing foundation and corporate, and government grants. Each contractor will focus on matching the funding sources for museum needs which include capital projects, programs, exhibitions, and general operations. For this reason, people with a wide range of knowledge and research interests are the ideal fit for these positions. Attention to detail is key for this position for not only the submission of the grants but for ensuring the adherence to grant and reporting requirements as outlined in awarded grants.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, writing/grant sample you have authored to Human Resource at hr@delart.org.

Delaware Contemporary seeks Teaching Artists

Join our roster of diverse and talented professional Teaching Artists and share your passion for the arts with students of all ages. The Delaware Contemporary offers a range of outreach programs with numerous partner organizations and in-house programming that inspire Pre-K students to life long learners.

Submit your letter of interest and CV to Leslie Shaffer, Interim Director of Education: lshaffer@decontemporary.org or 302.656.6466 x7106

Mt. Cuba seeks a Librarian & Archivist

This position will manage,develop and preserve Mt. Cuba Center’s Library and Archive Collections. The Librarian & Archivist utilizes collection resources to serve the information needs of Mt. Cuba Center and facilitate the preservation and utilization of non-living collections. This position will purchase materials, compile records, sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, and other digital documents of value. Additionally, this position will perform archival duties to preserve non-living collections of value.

Instructors

Mt. Cuba Center is seeking highly qualified instructors to teach classes at our botanical garden in Hockessin, DE. Classes can fall under one or more of the following categories: gardening, horticulture, landscape design, plant conservation, art, or wellness. Instructors with expertise in one of these specific fields and who teach with an ecological perspective are invited to apply online. These are contract positions.

Digital Marketing Assistant

The Digital Marketing Coordinator will create, schedule, and maintain content for Mt. Cuba Center’s digital marketing outlets (e-news, social media, website and event listings). This will involve collaboration across departments and within the Audience Development team.

Please apply via https://mtcubacenter.org/employment/

Freeman Stage – Seasonal Positions

All interested applicants should send their resume and an employment application to the appropriate hiring manager as indicated in each job description.  No unsolicited phone calls or office visits, please. Read more

The Delaware Contemporary
Education Intern

The Delaware Contemporary, a non-collecting art museum located on Wilmington’s Riverfront, is seeking a 20 hour per week Education Intern for an approximately 12 week internship. The Education Intern assists the Director of Education and Education Associate with administrative duties and research associated with varied and numerous education programs. The Education Intern is responsible for assistance with administrative duties, program documentation, and the marketing/communication of The Delaware Contemporary education programs to the public. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong interest in contemporary art and to those wishing to pursue a career in educational work.

Please email resume, cover letter, unofficial transcript, and writing sample to Director of Education,
Jennifer Polillo, at jpolillo@decontemporary.org

Entries for the visual and literary arts

2020 Embracing Our Differences International Art Exhibit Celebrating Diversity
Submission deadline: October 8, 2019

Art is a powerful tool to evoke social change. Without uttering a single word, artists can enlighten, educate and affect change around the world.

Embracing Our Differences invites you to participate in creating a world where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated. Become a part of this exciting change through your visual art submission to the annual Embracing Our Differences international juried competition. The statements accompanying each artwork are also vital and provide insight into our common humanity—as well as the differences that make us all unique.

The 2019 exhibit received 11,791 submissions representing 111 countries and 44 states including China, Greece, India, Israel, Japan, Romania, and Thailand. More than 65% of the submissions were made by students from 239 schools.

The winning artworks combine a deep understanding of both medium and message. Awards are given for “Best-in-Show Adult,” “Best-in-Show Student,” and “People’s Choice” categories, with the last chosen by visitors to the exhibit. Adult winners each receive $1,000; students receive $1,000 with $500 to be directed to the student and $500 to their school’s art program, if they worked under the direction of an educator.

The 2020 exhibit will be displayed beginning January 18 in Bayfront Park in downtown Sarasota.

No Entry Fee.  Additional submission requirements and past winning entries are available at http://embracingourdifferences.org/submit-art/.

2019 Delaware Art Museum Winter Arts Festival
Artisans Call for Entries

An opportunity to offer Artisan Wares for sale throughout the Delaware Art Museum during their annual holiday season celebration.

Join the Delaware Art Museum on Friday, December 13, 2019, from noon to 8 p.m. AND Saturday, December 14 2019, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Fusco Hall and East Court, the main areas of the Museum to sell art, jewelry, books, and/or designs to holiday shoppers. Display spaces will be available on the perimeter of these light-filled open spaces to jury-selected artisans. Artisans will be in the center of the action where people enter the Museum and linger to listen to excellent live, holiday music while they shop.

Each 6 X 6’ space with a black-draped banquet table, will be ready to be set up at 10 a.m. before the festival opens at noon on Friday. Parking for unloading and reloading art and supplies will be relatively easy – close to the doors and no steps to climb.

Completed applications must be received on or before July 12, 2019. Artisans will be contacted immediately following the jury’s decision with notification of acceptance.

Full application form is available at https://www.delart.org/exhibitions/call-for-artists/

Oak Spring Garden Foundation
Call for Artists & Scientists

Oak Spring Garden Foundation is now accepting Letters of Intent to for a 2020 place-based project in the Virginia Piedmont that relates to the American chestnut tree.

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) calls for arts and science collaborations to create a site-specific sculpture at the Oak Spring estate in the Virginia Piedmont. The work product will address the story of the American chestnut tree. Letters of Intent are requested by July 29, 2019.

American chestnuts, towering 30 meters or more, once dominated forests throughout eastern North America, including the Virginia Piedmont. But in the early 1900s, a fungal infection appeared on trees in New York City, and then spread rapidly. The so-called chestnut blight—an accidental import from Asia—releases a toxin that girdles trees and kills everything above the sited infection, though still-living roots sometimes send up new shoots. By midcentury, large American chestnuts had all but disappeared.

Today, American chestnut trees are struggling to survive despite attempts to introduce resistance to deadly blight that has all but erased the once widespread species from North American forests. The trees are more often seen in the form of historic lumber. Because chestnut lumber is rot-resistant and straight-grained, chestnut was a preferred species for building, furniture, fencing—including some of the split rail fences on OSGF’s property.

This project asks what can be created and communicated with the salvaged split rail fences once a part of the estate. What can be learned from the reasons for the demise of the American chestnut and the struggle for its revival?

OSGF will fund up to $10,000 plus materials/supplies for this project. The awardee(s) will be provided two weeks accommodation for up to four people at OSGF (on mutually agreed dates between April 15, 2020 – October 1, 2020). The completed work will become part of the OSGF permanent collection. Historic chestnut rails from OSGF must be utilized in the work produced.

The original art works may be functional or nonfunctional and may be suitable for either indoors or outdoors on OSGF’s 700-acre campus. The location will be determined in consultation with OSGF staff. All sculpture proposals must meet the following basic requirements:

For outdoor sculptures:

1. The work must be structurally sound so as to stand-alone or secured to a concrete pad.
2. The work must be capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions, including hot summers, cold winters, rain, wind, and snow.

For indoor sculptures:

1. Maximum size 8’ high x 10’ long x 8’ wide; Minimum size 3’ high x 3’ long x 3’ wide.
2. Indoor sculpture will be place on a pedestal, table or shelf inside the Oak Spring Gallery.

Timeline

July 29, 2019 – Deadline for LOI
Mid-August 2019 – Three finalists (Lead Collaborator only) invited to OSGF for site visits and interviews
September 2019 – Selections
Late-November 2019 – Award announced publicly
August 31, 2020 – Sculpture complete
September (mid), 2020 – Reception and artists/scientists talk

To Apply: Submit an LOI at https://goo.gl/forms/9iLwLH4Lf2R5dyAa2 by July 29, 2019

Submission Requirements:

• Letter of Intent detailing a preliminary project concept description, expected supplies/materials budget, and name/contact information for the Lead (not to exceed two-pages);
• Resume/C.V. and biographies of all collaborators, not to exceed five artists and/or scientists;
• Concept drawings or visual references (no more than five images); and
• Eight to ten images of applicant’s recent work demonstrating capacity to realize sculpture project.  Images must be PDF or JPEG format, “high” or “fine” quality, file size not to exceed 2 MB per image. Image file names should include artist’s last name and be numbered, e.g. “Smith-01.”

For questions or inquiries, please email programs@osgf.org.

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) is a 501(c)3 private operating foundation based in

Upperville, Virginia with a mission to perpetuate and share Rachel Lambert Mellon’s home, garden, estate and Library to serve the public interest. The Foundation is dedicated to inspiring and facilitating scholarship and public dialogue on the history and future of plants, including the culture of gardens and landscapes and the importance of plants for human well-being. For additional information, please visit www.OSGF.org. 

Urban Bike Project – Call for Artists

1. Security grates for windows – we’d like to fabricate metal grates for our windows that are also works of art. Our thought was to make them out of bike parts, such as chain rings/gear cogs, but would be open to different ideas and designs. There are 6 windows sized approximately 16″ x 38″, 2 windows sized approximately 43″ x 66″, and one window sized approximately 30″ x 46″. The Challenge Program could fabricate the frames and mounting hardware if the artist prefers, but does not have to. We have funds available and can negotiate compensation based on scope of project.
2. Illustrations for wall spaces – We’d like to utilize some larger wall surfaces to integrate art that speaks to our mission, the role of bikes in community, the site’s history, etc. This might take the form of a mural, signage, or other similar mediums. We have some funds available, negotiable depending on size of installation.
3. Doors – We thought doors represented a good opportunity to integrate some pops of color and brand the space with our logo in some way, since most wall space will be more utilitarian and fairly neutral-colored. I was thinking along the lines of a graphic designer for this job.

No hard deadlines for the art projects, but the soft re-opening of the shop will take place in mid-April with the Grand Re-opening in mid-to-late May.

Contact Laura Wilburn, Executive Director of the Urban Bike Project for more details: wilburn.laura@gmail.com or (302) 740-4506 cell // (302) 300-4323 office

Rehoboth Art League
Call for Entries

2020 Solo and Group Exhibition Proposals
Eligible: All Artists
(Member and Non-Member) 
RAL Galleries

Prospectus

The Rehoboth Art League offers solo and group exhibitions to both member and non-member artists of the league. All proposals are presented to the Exhibitions Committee, which is composed of both fine art and fine craft artists, curators, collectors, and gallery directors.  This is a very competitive program as RAL can only accept a limited number of proposals each year. Artworks in any media will be reviewed.

Jurors
The Exhibitions Committee, Rehoboth Art League

Registration Fee: $20.00 (member and non-member)
Call Deadline: Monday, July 15, 2019  (5pm)
Notification: by Monday, September 2, 2019 (5pm)

For more details, visit Rehoboth Art League’s Call for Entries page.

Sunspot Literary Journal Opportunities

1. 100 Bucks for 100 Words (Ends 6/30/19)
2. Open call for fiction and nonfiction up to 29,000 words, and for poetry up to 120 pages. (Ends 5/31/19)

100 Bucks for 100 Words

Microfiction, micro essay, micro memoir, short poem, micro script, micro screenplay…if it’s 100 words or less, it might be worth $100. No restrictions on theme or category.
First place winners and finalists in various prose categories will be published in a special edition. A byline and bio will be included, and select pieces will receive special attention on the website.
Enter as many times as you like. One piece per submission. Pieces must be unpublished except on a personal blog or website. Simultaneous submissions accepted; please withdraw your submission if the work is published elsewhere before the contest ends. Work can have won other awards that do not include publication without being disqualified. Cash award of $100 goes to the best piece.

Open: March 1, 2019
Deadline: June 30, 2019
Fee: $5

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Open call for fiction and nonfiction up to 29,000 words, and for poetry up to 120 pages.

Sunspot Literary Journal speaks truth to power through the power of words and art. The name derives from areas of lower temperatures on the sun’s surface. Because of the brilliance surrounding these areas, sunspots are not visible to the naked eye, just like the celebrity rehab stories that drown out unique and creative work.

Launched in January 2019, the journal is dedicated to hearing every voice. Writing and art that is thoughtful, evocative, and created with exceptional skill fill the pages. The authors and artists supported by the journal might not be social media influencers, but they still have something to say.

Publisher Laine Cunningham has worked in the industry for over twenty years. As an award-winning writer, ghostwriter, and consultant, she taught for the Loft Literary Center and was a regional liaison for the National Writers Union. She is often approached by authors desperate to break free from stereotypes applied by publishers and literary agents.

After following the VIDA Count, which quantifies the dismal state of diversity in the publishing industry, Cunningham produced Writing While Female or Black or Gay. Although the book helps underserved voices succeed, even that wasn’t enough. She launched Sunspot Literary Journal to support authors and artists from every background.

The contests run by the journal will tie into that mission. One will focus on novels while another will push microfiction to its extreme. The inaugural prose contest is indicative of Cunningham’s approach. The theme revolves around a single word that has become weaponized in modern society. The word’s impact is so potent that contest listings refer authors to the website to view the word.
Another critical part of Sunspot’s approach is publication of long-form works. Authors can submit poetry up to 120 pages in length while prose can run up to 29,000 words. Some of the most important poetry ever written is long. Financial considerations also mean that fewer journals are able to publish long-form prose. Sunspot will provide an important avenue for these significant forms.

The journal produces four digital-only quarterly editions per year. These editions are free to the website’s visitors and will be distributed through a monthly newsletter that will launch this summer. The digital editions will include visual art, photography, video stills, and graphic novel frames.

The first year, Sunspot will produce one print volume by blending select pieces from the digital editions with new work. Barring solar flares, the number of print editions will increase in 2020. Special editions will publish contest winners as well as a number of finalists. All contests offer publication, a byline, and cash payments. The prizes will grow as more funding becomes available.

The journal is produced by Sun Dogs Creations out of Hillsborough, NC, USA. Cunningham serves as the senior editor, and several volunteers are helping with administrative tasks. The print edition’s designer is Angel Leya, an author who magically manages to write while chasing her young children around the house.

Website: www.SunspotLit.com
Submittable portal: https://sunspotlit.submittable.com/submit
Digital editions: Free
Print edition: $25 plus shipping, or $25 with US shipping included via the Submittable portal.

Congregation Beth Emeth Art Gallery

Congregation Beth Emeth Art Gallery seeks artists for monthly exhibitions February through December 2019. Beth Emeth is a Reform Synagogue located at 300 West Lea Boulevard, Wilmington, DE 19802. To apply, send 2-3 jpgs of your work, a link to your website, or the link to your page in the Delaware Division of the Arts Artist Roster to Riva Brown, Gallery Director, at riva@livingletters.biz. If you have a preference for dates, please note. More information.

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
Call for 2020 Site-Specific Artist Installations

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site is currently accepting proposals for its 2020 season of site-specific artist installations. We’re again offering two funding levels: $7,500 per standard project, and $15,000 per Criminal Justice Today project.

The deadline for proposals is June 12, 2019. For guidelines and to apply, visit www.easternstate.org/art.

Newark Arts Alliance
2019 Call for Entries

The Newark Arts Alliance has several call for entries listed on the website.  Please click the link for more information.  NAA 2019 Exhibition Schedule

Local Art Leagues

• Dover Art League
• The Greater Millsboro Art League
• Mispillion Art League
• Newark Arts Alliance
• Rehoboth Art League

Funding opportunities locally, regionally, and nationally

THE STUDIO POTTER GRANTS FOR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM

New Grants for Apprenticeships program offers $50,000 in grants each year for the next ten years to support apprenticeships in studio pottery. Individual grants may be up to $10,000.

The program is national and encourages applications from partnerships of mentor-potters and apprentices. Applications are due June 1. For more information, application materials, and a free download of our book on apprenticeships in craft, please visit the following link: https://www.studiopotter.org/apprenticeship-grants

Innovate Grant – Spring 2019 Call for Artists & Photographers

Innovate Grant is now accepting submissions for Spring 2019. Innovate Grant distributes (2) $550.00 grants each quarter, to one Visual Artist and one Photographer. In addition to receiving a grant award, winners will be featured and recognized on our website.

Innovate Grant is a new initiative that supports artists and photographers through quarterly grants. We’ve simplified the grant process, so that artists and photographers can focus on making their innovative work. The work should speak for itself and our application reflects that.

Visual Artists and Photographers 18 years and older, from all around the world, are eligible to apply. All media and genres are accepted. For more information visit https://innovateartistgrants.org

Deadline
June 18, 2019

Apply Today
https://innovateartistgrants.org

The Joan Mitchell Foundation provides emergency support to US-based visual artists who have suffered significant losses after natural or man-made disasters affecting a region on a broad scale. The Foundation is currently accepting applications from US visual artists affected by Hurricanes Florence, Harvey, Irma, Maria, and Michael; California wildfires; or other events of this nature or scale. Artists can apply to the Foundation for funding for up to three years after such an event. For guidelines and to access the online application, visit this page. Deadline: Rolling

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Launches Folk and Traditional Arts Touring Network 
First Tours Will Begin in Spring 2019

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) has announced the launch of the Folk and Traditional Arts Touring Network (FTAN). FTAN is a presenter based membership network designed to bolster the presentation of folk and traditional arts in the region through public performances and multi-day community residencies. FTAN strengthens MAAF’s mission of advancing arts access and participation while providing artists and practitioners with new opportunities. The program is made possible through the generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Starting in the fall of 2018, new members will be selected on an annual basis through an open, competitive selection process. Mid-Atlantic region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, USVI, VA, and WV) non-profit presenters are eligible to participate in the program. FTAN prioritizes participation by presenters that work in and with communities underserved by the arts. Once selected, membership in the program is ongoing contingent upon meeting annual participation requirements.

MAAF has partnered with the National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) to facilitate collaborative planning between FTAN members and touring artists and tradition bearers. NCTA will provide both artists and members with administrative tour support.

Contact:

Karen Newell
Director, External Affairs
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
karen@midatlanticarts.org
410.539.6656 x104

National Endowment for the Arts FY 2019 Funding Guidelines

Guidelines and application materials for three National Endowment for the Arts funding categories—Art Works, Challenge America, and Creative Writing Fellowships—have posted on the NEA’s website.

The fiscal year 2019 Art Works and Challenge America programs support projects taking place beginning in 2019. Guidelines and application materials are in the Apply for a Grant section of the Arts Endowment website.

In addition, guidelines for fiscal year 2019 Creative Writing Fellowships: Poetry are posted for application by published creative writers. Guidelines and application materials for the fellowships are also in the Apply for a Grant section of the Arts Endowment website.

Visit the NEA’s recent grant search for examples of past Arts Endowment grants.

Professional development for organizations and individuals

Fellowships for Community-engaged Artists and Architects

The Enterprise Rose Fellowship has 8 opportunities open for the 2019-2021 fellowship class, with an April 14 application deadline.

The Enterprise Rose Fellowship partners community-engaged artists and architects with local community development organizations to facilitate an inclusive approach to development that results in equitable, healthy, resilient communities. As a full-time staff member of their host organization, fellows integrate design processes, artistic practices, community engagement principles, and creativity into development projects and the organization overall. Fellows learn first-hand the dynamics, challenges, and potential of mission-driven community development, while joining a growing network of passionate and talented creative practitioners who are continuously changing what is possible in the field. Learn more

DeVos Institute of Arts Management
Global Arts Management Fellowship

The Institute’s fellowship program is offered free of charge to arts and cultural executives from across the United States and around the world who are selected through a competitive application process. These fellows attend a four-week program in residence in Washington, D.C. each summer for three consecutive years.

Designed for individuals who have dedicated themselves to management, rather than artistic leadership, the program supports leaders in positions of decision-making authority in developing, implementing, and refining organizational strategies over a three-year, cohort-based engagement.

The application for the 2020-2022 Fellowship will be available in Fall 2019. Learn more

Residency opportunities in all artistic disciplines

Hungarian Multicultural Center

The Hungarian Multicultural Center, Inc. (HMC) is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit corporation, founded in 1990.  HMC’s mission is to bridge cultural, geographic, and linguistic divides by bringing people together through the arts in order to foster a greater understanding of world cultures.

The HMC’s cultural programs are film screening, concerts, workshops, seminars, exhibitions, video, festivals and artists’ residencies.

The International Artist-in-Residency Program was founded in 1995.  HMC offers a unique opportunity for artists chosen from around the world: the opportunity to reside and work as a resident artist in an atmosphere designed to stimulate personal vision and encourage new and exciting artistic expressions.

It is neither a school nor an artist`s colony. It does, however, offer an opportunity for professional artists to explore their full creative potential.

Residencies and exhibitions are yet another way to bring the contemporary art and artists featured in the series directly to local communities and audiences. Providing an opportunity to interact with new work and new ideas, residencies can initiate important conversations and create forums for further public dialogue.

Facilitating connections between artists and different communities can deepen the conversations started in the broadcast series. Involving the artists directly in outreach is an important aspect of the HMC series.

For more information you can contact Beata Szechy, HMC, Director, at bszechy@yahoo.com

Additional resources and arts opportunities

Delaware Contemporary seeks Teaching Artists

Join our roster of diverse and talented professional Teaching Artists and share your passion for the arts with students of all ages. The Delaware Contemporary offers a range of outreach programs with numerous partner organizations and in-house programming that inspire Pre-K students to life long learners.

Submit your letter of interest and CV to Leslie Shaffer, Interim Executive Director, 302.656.6466 x7106

Delaware State Arts Council Seeks New Members

Four members of the Delaware State Arts Council are concluding their second three-year terms.  Since they are ineligible to serve a third term, the Governor’s Boards and Commissions office is now accepting nominations to fill the open seats.

The Delaware State Arts Council is the advisory body to the Delaware Division of the Arts. The Council advises the Division of the Arts on matters of arts policy, funding for the arts, and other issues relevant to support for the arts in Delaware. The Council, according to its enabling legislation, “shall be composed of not more than 15 members” appointed by the Governor, who represent the state geographically and politically and are appointed on the basis of their interest and experience in the arts.

If you are interested in being considered for appointment to the Delaware State Arts Council, complete the Board and Commission Application, found on the Governor’s site, and return it to the Governor’s office. Please indicate Board #0014: Delaware State Arts Council on the application.