Opportunity

Design Position

Information

William McDonough + Partners, an architecture and community design firm and acknowledged leader in sustainable design, is seeking a highly creative individual for our marketing team to create a variety of marketing materials including proposals, project fact sheets, brochures, presentations and reports. The graphic designer will develop projects and work closely with the Directors of Communications and Business Development.

This position requires an experienced, motivated designer with proven web design and print production. Candidates must have a minimum 3 - 5 years of design experience in print and electronic publications, preferably in a design-oriented environment. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (In-Design, Photoshop, Illustrator); Dreamweaver and HTML (including e-mail design); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PPT). Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelors Degree in Graphic Design, Fine Arts or Visual Communications.

Requirements

Contact

View our website at www.mcdonoughpartners.com

Submit portfolio and resume to hr@mcdonough.com

Opportunity

Rebuild New Orleans

Information

Rebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) is a local affiliate of a national nonprofit organization that has restored and revitalized more than 100,000 homes over the past 19 years. With all work done at no cost to the homeowner and utilizing mostly volunteer labor, Rebuilding Together allows low-income families in communities across the country to live in warmth, safety, and dignity. Since Hurricane Katrina, RTNO has worked to help not only low-income and disabled homeowners, but also first-responders (firemen, policemen, EMTs, etc.) return to their storm-damaged homes.

AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 70,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in disaster relief, education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members serve with more than 2,000 nonprofits, public agencies, and faith-based and community organizations. Since 1994, more than 400,000 men and women have provided needed assistance to millions of Americans across the nation through their AmeriCorps service.

AmeriCorps positions are available through Rebuilding Together New Orleans!

To be eligible you must:
· Be 18 years old or older
· Be physically able to handle heavy work
· Have a high school diploma or a GED
· Be an American citizen
· Pass a criminal background check
· Agree to fulfill a full-time commitment

Some benefits of working for AmeriCorps:
· Living allowance
· Skill building
· Health coverage
· Education award (upon successful completion of hours)
· Child care reimbursement (if eligible)

Requirements

Contact

For more information about Americorps, please visit:

http://www.americorps.gov/

For more information about Rebuilding Together New Orleans, please visit:

http://rtno.org/

Opportunity

Call for entries.

Information

To all students in vcuarts visual arts departments:

It’s time to enter your best work (up to three) for juror consideration for the Juried Student Fine Arts Exhibition on April 1st.

This year’s juror is Beverly Semmes who is an internationally acclaimed artist with a BA in Art History and a BFA in Sculpture from Boston Museum School, Tufts University, and an MFA from Yale School of Art.

When to Enter: Tuesday, April 1st from 10 - 4 P.M.

AWARDS: One $500 Dean’s Award and Four Awards of Distinction ($150 each)

Requirements

Contact

Visit below for specific “call for entry” information and a list of locations where work will be accepted:

http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/gallery/aboutStudentShow08.html

Questions? Call vcuarts Anderson Gallery at 828-1522 or check out our website at:

http://www.pubinfo.vcu.edu/artweb/gallery/

*Work that Beverly Semmes selects will be on view at vcuarts Anderson Gallery from April 11 through April 20. Opening Reception on April 11 from 5-7pm.

Opportunity

Travel to St. Louis, MO and document author Nikki Turner’s travels.

Information

We are seeking a sharp recent grad from VCU’s Film or Kinetic Imaging Program for a one time project, that may extend to additional work for the right individual.

I represent author Nikki Turner, who seeks a videographer from the general Richmond, Va area willing to travel (expenses paid) to St. Louis, MO, March 25-26, 2008. We are looking for someone to follow and film her during her time there. Salary is open to negotiation. Interested parties should contact me via my email for an interview, be prepared to show samples of their work, have state-of-the-art video and lighting equipment, and editing capabilities. The quality of the final product must be good enough for submissison to TV. We are looking for someone who has fresh ideas, understands Hip-Hop culture and is serious about their work. We believe this is a wonderful oportunity for someone looking to break into their field. Success could mean continued work from my client. Please respond immediatlely for this opportunity.

Requirements

Please Respond Immediately

Contact

Julie Black
Personal Manager for Nikki Turner
Nikki Turner Enterprises, Inc.
personalmanager4nikki@yahoo.com

Opportunity

Camp Counselor Job

Information

Camp Chanco provides an opportunity for young, college aged students to serve as mentors in counselor and instructor positions. These staff positions are the foundation for the entire camping program. A positive and enthusiastic camp staff is essential for a fun and rewarding camper experience. The Executive Director will review all staff applications, check all references, and extend offers to only the most qualified, experienced, and mature applicants. Virginia is an at will employment State.

All staff positions will meet American Camp Association (ACA) standards and will include a full professional background check. The safety of the campers is THE number one priority of Camp Chanco and this goal depends on a diligent and competent staff. Some of the schools that the summer counseling and program staff have attended are; UVA, UNC, Radford University, University of Richmond, VCU, JMU, Randolph Macon, ECU, Virginia Tech, VMI, and many more. Some of the countries our staff has come from are Britain, Ireland, Germany, South America.

The summer camp is in session from mid-June to mid-August. There is a staff training week from mid-June. Most staff will be contracted to work from June 15 - August 8. Applicants should return the application to Camp Chanco by April 1.

Positions Available:

* Counselors: Ages 18 and older - 8 male, 8 female
* Waterfront Director: 21 years or older with appropriate lifeguard certification
* Waterfront Pool Personnel: WSI, Lifeguards, Canoe Instructors,
* Sailing Instructors - Certified in appropriate areas
* Arts & Crafts Personnel
* Environmental Instructor: First Aid Certification & CPR
* Archery Instructor: First Aid Certification/CPR
* Ropes Course Personnel: 21 years or older - appropriate certifications and/or 2 years or more documented
experience. First Aid Certification/CPR
* Program Director: 21 years or older-First Aid certified/CPR
* Out-trip Personnel: Biking, Rappelling, Canoeing, Sailing, Climbing, - appropriate documented experience 21
years of age or older. First Aid certified/CPR
* CIT: (Counselor In Training) 15 - 17 years old.

Salary Ranges for 10 weeks: Counselor salary ranges - $900.00 - $1,500.00 depending on experience. Program Staff (i.e.. Waterfront, ropes, archery, arts & crafts) Salary ranges - $1,000.00 - $2,500.00 depending upon position and experience. All positions include room & board, staff shirt. In exceptional cases salaries may be negotiated.

Requirements

Deadline is April 1

Contact

Robert Somers
Executive Director
Chanco on the James
www.chanco.org
1-888-7CHANCO
director@chanco.org

Opportunity

Help the Amelia Co. Sheriff’s Office document emergency crisis drills for training purposes.

Information

Amelia County will be conducting a full-scale exercise designed to establish a learning environment for emergency services personnel to exercise emergency response plans, policies and procedures as they pertain to an active shooter situation. The purpose of this exercise is to evaluate Amelia County’s emergency response agencies in response to a crisis situation, such as an active shooter located within one of the public schools.

The event will be held on Saturday, April 12, 2008 and will begin at 9:00 a.m. The Planning Committee would like to have several individuals both inside and outside of the school to document the event using photography and film. Additionally, once the exercise is completed, we would like to have all of the films and photographs combined in to a single DVD so that it may be used for training purposes. It is requested that approximately four (4) to eight (8) individuals be on site to film and photograph the event. This is a perfect opportunity for a Film or Cinematography student to gain real world experience.

Requirements

The deadline for registration is Friday April 4, 2008 at the close of business. In your email, please include your name and whether or not you would like to take digital photographs or videotape the event.

Contact

To register for this opportunity, please email R. Jason Malloy, E 9-1-1 Coordinator for the Amelia County Sheriff’s Office at
rjmalloy@tds.net.

Opportunity

Hang your work in a new restaurant

Information

Mandy, the owner of the brand new Wild Willie’s, is searching for art to adorn the walls of her restaurant and bar. For anyone familar with Mechanicsville, it is the old Joe’s Inn. It is located at 7140 Mechanicsville Turnpike. The restaurant is freshly remodeled and their is plenty of wall space. Mandy is looking for some art work from local and new artists.

I would like to display the work and have my customers contact you if they would like to purchase it. You could come in and change the artwork as frequently as you would like. It is a family restaurant on one side with a bar on the other side of the restaurant.

Requirements

Contact

Please call me at the restaurant.
The number is 804-746-0033.
The restaurant is open 7 days a week.

Opportunity

Event and Call for Submissions

Information

Join the staff of Poictesme, VCU’s premier literary journal, for a night of surrealism and absurdity at our first ever Dada evening. Literary and artistic endeavors will be coupled with free food, prizes, and the chance to have your work published in our upcoming issue. Festivities commence Thursday, March 27th at 9pm in the Student Media Center (817 W Broad St). Email pwatem@gmail.com for more information!

Poictesme is also looking for art for the cover of our upcoming journal. As our formal deadline has passed, please send your best work in IMMEDIATELY, no later than March 22nd. Work for the interior of our journal will also be considered, along with film stills, concept sketches/stills/descriptions of kinetic/extended media, poetry, prose, screenwriting and playwriting under 15 pages in length. If you have any questions, please email pwatem@gmail.com .

Requirements

Deadline for entries is March 22nd.

Contact

pwatem@gmail.com

Opportunity

Internship

Information

The Virginia Center for Architecture is offering an eight week summer internship program to provide practical experience in a museum setting. Meetings with department heads, curators, and staff are arranged to provide a complete overview of museum operations. The internships are unpaid and maintain regular staff hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Internships are available in the following areas of interest

Education

The education intern will work with the Director of Programs to develop and coordinate a variety of educational programming and resources. Responsibilities will include organizing special events, assisting with museum interpretation for current and future exhibitions (including gallery guides and tours), and conducting research. The internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in architecture, museum education, art and/or architectural history, or arts administration.

Marketing

The marketing intern will work with the Director of Marketing and Communication to increase the publicity efforts of the Center. Responsibilities will include developing media lists for events and programs, devising and editing text for publication including press releases and the Center’s website, and designing marketing pieces such as brochures. The internship is open to undergraduate and graduate students interested in marketing, advertising, professional writing, architecture, or arts administration.

Requirements

Deadline is March 31st

Contact

To apply, please send a resume, college transcript, writing sample, and cover letter by March 31st to:

Margaret J. Yarbrough
Director of Programs
Virginia Center for Architecture
2501 Monument Avenue
Richmond, VA 23220

Opportunity

Call for Residents and Call for Interns

Information

Elsewhere Artist Collaborative

2008 residencies for artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers

Elsewhere, an arts production site and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking artists, writers, documentarians, and cultural producers for residencies during its Summer 2008 seasons. Set within a former thrift store housing a 58-year collection of American surplus, thrift, and antiques, Elsewhere invites experimental creators to utilize the immense collection of objects to pursue site-specific material, conceptual, and/or technologically-based projects. Elsewhere’s building—two storefronts on the ground floor, a 14-room boarding house on the second, and warehouse on the third—provides dynamic architectures for the creation and installation of works. Artists live and work within transforming installations; these interactive environments become platforms for re-conceptualizing the theory and practice of art-making as an ongoing process of exchange in community. Experimenting with museum-as-medium within a store where nothing is for sale, Elsewhere offers an unparalleled framework for art practices, processes, and productions outside the traditional gallery, museum, and residency systems.

Internships for artists and scholars

Elsewhere, a 501(c)3 non-profit collaborative art production space and experimental museum in downtown Greensboro, NC, is seeking interns for its Spring, Summer, and Fall 2008 seasons. Set within a three-story former thrift store housing an immense 58-year collection of American cultural objects, Elsewhere explores the collaborative interplay between creative producers, practices, and productions. Elsewhere’s residency program hosts emerging and established international artists-in-residence who create site-specific works utilizing Elsewhere’s resources. All works remain on-site and become part of the fluctuating museum environment. Elsewhere’s evolving three-story installation includes a performance venue, a massive library of books and periodicals, a fabric workshop, and on-site boarding facilities.

Interns apply their creative talents and skills to assist Elsewhere artist-staff and artists-in-residence with the operations and expansion of the museum and on-site creation of new works. Interns have the unique opportunity to cultivate their organizational and creative capacities while learning new skills from a diverse group of professional artists. At any given time, Elsewhere’s internship program hosts two artist-assistants, a documentary intern, and an assistant director as part of the internship program. Students with backgrounds in the humanities and arts-related disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Interns must be extremely self-motivated, detailed, articulate, thoughtful, creative, have a sense of humor, enjoy working within a community, be capable of fusing intellectual and artistic interests, and be prepared to multi-task. All interns participate in the diverse aspects of administrating a small non-profit while learning from artists experimenting with new approaches to arts creation and organization. Elsewhere provides interns on-site housing upon request. The internship boarding fee is $125 per session. All interns must have completed their junior year of college.

INFORMATION

Contact Person: Stephanie Sherman, Internship Coordinator
Email: internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org
Phone: 336.549.5555
Address: 606 and 608 South Elm Street, Greensboro, NC 27406

More information at www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/involvement

To Apply: Send an email to internships@elsewhereelsewhere.org to request a brochure and application.

Applications are also filed via this email address. (no hard copy applications)

Deadlines: SPRING: March 15th to May 31st application deadline: ongoing

SUMMER 1: June 1st to July 9th application deadline March 1st at 5pm

SUMMER 2: July 10th to August 21st application deadline March 15th at 5pm

FALL: August 22nd to November 11th application deadline June 1st at 5pm

Application requirements: Application and Resume.

Requirements: Interns must have completed their junior year of college. Post-graduates welcome.

Stipend: No financial assistance is provided for interns. Housing provided upon request in application.

Requirements

DEADLINES

Summer: June 1st to August 31st (final deadline March 7th 5pm)
Fall: September 1st to October 31st (final deadline May 23rd 5pm)

Contact

The complete call for artists, residency brochure (PDF), and application deadlines are available at
http://www.elsewhereelsewhere.org/residencies.html

Email George Scheer, Collaborative Director, at
residencies@elsewhereelsewhere.org for an application.