What makes arts for change work excellent? Aesthetic Perspectives is a new framework to enhance understanding, description, and evaluation of creative work at the intersection of arts and community development, civic engagement, and justice. Developed by artists and ally funders and evaluators in a lab led by Animating Democracy (a program of Americans for the Arts), Aesthetic Perspectives was created in partnership with the Nathan Cummings Foundation and the Arts x Culture x Social Justice...
After a national search, Caldera has announced Portland leader Brian Detman as the next Executive Director. Brian has more than two decades of professional, civic, and volunteer experience working in the nonprofit, business, and public sectors both locally and nationally. His unique blend of youth development, nonprofit strategy and leadership, as well as passion for young people, nature, and the arts can be seen from his previous work experience at Multnomah County, Enhabit, Metropolitan...
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has announced a new curatorial fellowship - made possible through the generous support of the Ford Foundation. The Ford Foundation Curatorial Fellowship at PAMM is offered to students of underrepresented ethnic backgrounds who have completed their studies at the undergraduate level and is designed to help individuals interested in embarking on a curatorial career. Over the course of 24 months the Curatorial Fellow will conduct extended research and help organize...
Do you enjoy working with an audience? Would you like to live in a 5-star hotel downtown and create for a month in one of the fastest-growing cities in Asia? Apply for The Opposite House's inaugural artist residency! This fully-funded residency in Beijing covers airfare, visa fees, a living stipend and some meals.
About the Residency
You will be working in The Opposite House's spacious lobby in view of visitors for about...
Liz Maugans, current Executive Director of the nonprofit artist workshop Zygote Press, is stepping down.
Zygote was founded in 1996 and Maugans has served as Executive Director for 12 years. Zygote was established as an open, collaborative shop — to give artist printmakers affordable access to facilities.
During her tenure, Maugans grew Zygote Press from a small community of artists to launching more than 300 on and offsite exhibitions and 1,200 public events including lectures...
