Art & Design Opportunities

as of August 5, 2022

KIDZART – seeking Art Instructors
Contact: Tresse Delorenzo tdelorenzo@kidzart.com
Start date: September 2022
Paid: $25-$35 per hour
Location: Piscataway, South Brunswick, and East Brunswick schools
Description KidzArt, an art enrichment program offered as an after-school program for grades K-8, is looking for teachers in the Piscataway, South Brunswick and East Brunswick areas. Classes are one hour long and are held on site at local schools on weekday afternoons between 3-5pm so must have at least one afternoon free during those hours.
How to Apply: Email resume or letter of interest and work samples to Tresse Delorenzo at tdelorenzo@kidzart.com


HE(ART) BATTLE
Deadline: ASAP
Above art studios is seeking artists (painters) to participate in their third annual He(art) Battle on Friday, August 12 at 6:30pm. Learn more and sign up here.


ART FOR CHANGE PRIZE hosted by M&C Saatchi Group and Saatchi Gallery
Deadline:
 September 8
With the concept of Art for Change in mind, this year’s prize invites emerging artists from around the world to creatively respond to the theme of ‘Equality’.  This is a free-to-enter prize open to artists aged 18 or over who are within the first five years of what they hope to be a successful artistic career. The winners will receive a cash prize and the chance to exhibit at Saatchi Gallery in London. More information can be found here.

The ambition is to bring art and culture to a younger and more diverse audience and use art and creativity as a catalyst for meaningful change.

Eligibility: The prize is available to emerging artists based in the following M&C Saatchi key global regions: UK, Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa. To apply artists must be aged 18 or over and within the first five years of what they hope to be a successful artistic career. Accepted media includes painting, drawing, illustration, photography, collage, 2D mixed-media, video or film.

What you get: A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six regional winners, five to receive £2,000 each and one overall winner to receive £10,000. All artists will exhibit their winning works in a dedicated exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London, where the overall winner will be announced on Wednesday 7 December 2022.


PHOTO CONTEST
Deadline:
September 9
The New Brunswick Free Public Library 15th annual Photography Contest is accepting submissions until September 9. Winners will be announced on October 7.


REPRESENTING PASTS – VISIONING FUTURES
  // VIRTUAL
Dates: December 1-3, 2022
Formats: Online
Abstracts: October 20, 2022
Themes: Art, Art History, Media, Cultural Studies, Architecture, Urban Design

What makes a city livable? Transport, housing, health and environment. Matters of culture, entrepreneurship, crime and safety. Affordability and education. Depending on whose ‘livability index’ you look at, it may include design quality, sustainability and the digital infrastructures of the smart city. Other criteria applied may encompass food access, job opportunities or walkability. Inclusivity and the politics of participation also come into play. Discrimination in all its forms is key. The past two decades have seen an exponential rise of livability measures. Reflecting increased urbanity globally, they risk making the notion of the city ever more contested. For example, affordable housing is a neighbourhood issue. It is often linked to other questions: walkability, transport access, food deserts, and poor-quality public space. The design of our neighborhoods and buildings is connected to public health, mental wellbeing and the ‘economics’ of healthy cities. This conference examines the livability of the city from these diverse perspectives.

Queen’s University Belfast | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | National University of Singapore https://amps-research.com/conference/visioning/

HERITAGES: Past and Present – Built and Social  // PRAGUE
Dates: June 28-30, 2023
Formats: In-person and online
Abstracts: November 25, 2022
Themes:  Art, Art & Architectural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies

2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. It established culture as a concept to be safeguarded, as both material objects and social traditions. Today UNESCO seeks to celebrate and safeguard lifestyles, traditions and social groupings. However, the dynamics at play can be complex. Conserving architectural heritage can conflict with development models. Community traditions are threatened by globalization. Monuments are often focal points for cultural contestation. Archeological sites are valued in themselves and simultaneously erased by both the forces of conflict and ‘progress’. However, the past and the present also overlap and mutually support. Placemaking sees built and cultural heritage as key to urban practice. Community groups are documented in museums. Galleries present historical art while debating the role of the artist activist. Reflecting this scenario, this conference seeks papers on heritage from various standpoints: sociology, human geography, anthropology, art history, heritage studies, community architects and more.

The Czech Technical University https://amps-research.com/conference/heritages-prague/

 

 

as of July 27, 2022

PART -TIME STUDIO INTERN for Petah Coyne
Contact: Erin McFadden, erin.petahcoynestudio@gmail.com
Term: 1 day per week for 10 weeks, 9am-5pm (preferably Thurs or Fri)
Type: Eligible for 2 VAP credits; unpaid but $28.00 a day in travel expenses will be reimbursed
Location: West New York, NJ
Description:
Part-time Studio Assistant Intern will work under the direction of the Artist and alongside lead studio assistants. Candidate should possess a strong interest, sensitivity and awareness of working with a variety of materials and the ability to quickly absorb new methods. This summer we will be learning new techniques working with wax, fabric, chicken-wire, wire, flowers, taxidermy, feathers, tassels and a sundry of materials. The Studio Assistant Intern will also gain experience in learning how to handle, install and move large, heavy and fragile art objects. More about the artist at  www.petahcoyne.org

Candidate must be reliable, diligent, and possess an astute attention to detail. Experience working in a prior artist studio is beneficial, but not mandatory.
How to Apply: Please email resume and letter of interest to Erin McFadden, Studio Manager, at email listed above.

 

CHILDRENS BOOK ILLUSTRATOR NEEDED 

Contact: Eileen Lorner eileennjg8@gmail.com
Start date: ASAP; Deadlines to be discussed
Paid: Compensation will be half of all earnings from the purchase of the book + $50 for each initial sample sketch concept
Location: work from home
Description: Illustrator need for 32 page childrens’ book featuring caricatures of animals. Medium of your choice-Create layout-Ability to self-publish on Amazon- Your name to appear on book as illustrator

How to Apply: Email resume or letter of interest and work samples to eileennjg8@gmail.com

 

as of July 18, 2022

MASON GROSS AMBASSADORS
Contact: Emalina Thompson ethompson@mgsa.rutgers.edu
Term: AY 22-23
Type: Paid $13/hr
Description:
The Admissions Office at Mason Gross is seeking to hire vibrant and passionate Mason Gross students to join our team as Mason Gross Ambassadors! If you love being a student at Rutgers and Mason Gross, and want to help shape the future of the Mason Gross student body, please consider applying.

Job description:
Mason Gross Ambassadors are one of the first point of contacts with prospective students and their families. Ambassadors will help with on campus recruitment events, off campus recruitment events and virtual recruitment events.  Duties will include:

  • Weekly campus walking tours
  • Virtual departmental facility tours
  • Virtual information sessions
  • Individual campus visits
  • Participating in student panels
  • On campus auditions and interview days
  • Working at off campus college fairs/conferences
  • Going on high school visits
  • Calling admitted students
  • Helping in the Admissions Office with daily office tasks.

Your work schedule would be flexible and based on your schedule and availability. Your weekly time commitment would range from 1 hour a week to 5 hours a week, max. Most events would occur during the week but some events will be held on the weekends.

Compensation: Ambassadors are paid for all admissions events the University student worker wage; It is currently set at $13/hour. Some events pay more and are arranged on an individual basis.

Requirements:

  • Must be an undergraduate student currently enrolled at Mason Gross
  • Must be in good standing academically and artistically
  • Must be available Saturday, September 17, 2022 and Saturday, April 8th, 2023
  • Must be available and willing to help out at your department’s audition/interview days if applicable

TO APPLY: please fill out our application and submit no later than Monday August 1, 2022MGSA Ambassador Application

RAMP LAB, Rutgers University
Regulation, Action, and Motivated Perception (RAMP) Lab in the Psychology Department at Rutgers has opportunities for you to participate in some brief, paid research studies. You will receive $10 for each study you complete. To learn more, please refer to the following link: https://forms.gle/fyZsMSuznFxrFxq1A

WINDOWS OF UNDERSTANDING is seeking artists to be paired with organizations to create site specific works of public art in New Brunswick, Highland Park, Metuchen, and South Plainfield around the broad theme of BUILDING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY: This includes Mental Health; Violence Prevention; Food Equity; and Women’s Health. Artists representing a wide range of philosophies and mediums are encouraged to apply.

Each artist will be paired with a local organization working on the above issues they care about. An honorarium will be provided to each artist for their work, as well as a stipend for art materials to support their window intervention.

Apply by August 12 via submission form and providing 5-8 examples of your art. Submission form and details are found here: https://www.windowsofunderstanding.org/about-the-artists  Questions may be directed to windowsunderstand@gmail.com.