26 Mar 2025

Jobs Artists At Work 2025

Artists At Work –  New York, New York, United States

Artists At Work

Opportunity Description

U.S. Multi-State Deadline: April 18, 2025 – Artists At Work is expanding its reach and impact in 2025-2026! This phase will build on existing partnerships, grow into new geographies, and pilot an extended 18-month employment term.

AAW is thrilled to be able to provide new employment opportunities to 24 artists in six cities through key partnerships with:

  • Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture (Los Angeles, CA)
  • City of Albuquerque Department of Arts & Culture (Albuquerque, NM)
  • Ashé Cultural Arts Center (New Orleans, LA)
  • Southwest Folklife Alliance (Tucson, AZ)
  • The Arab American National Museum (Dearborn, MI)
  • Herbert Simon Family Foundation (Indianapolis, IN)

During the 18-month term AAW Artists will:

  • Make Art!
  • Develop a Community Project
  • Document the Process
  • Participate in Professional Development
  • Set Milestones & Give Program Feedback
  • Share Work

BENEFITS
This new opportunity is intended for artists who will benefit and have the capacity to engage in a full-time (30+ hours per week) employmen trole tha tinvolves significanttime commitment and project development within their community, as well as dedicated time to grow their personal artistic practice and skills. 2025-26.

APPLICATION
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About:
ARTISTS AT WORK (AAW) is a national workforce resilience program in the spirit of the WPA that is designed to support artists and their communities through artistic civic engagement.

AAW provides artists with a W2 salary and benefits to deepen their art practice and work collaboratively in response to local community needs across a range of issues including mental health, substance abuse recovery, cultural preservation, youth welfare, climate resiliency, antiracism, and migrant justice, among others.

Since its inception in 2020, ARTISTS AT WORK has provided 74 artists and culture workers across 11 states with a salary and health benefits, leveraging their power and creativity in partnership with over 80 cultural and community organizations throughout the nation. We are proud to invest in artists and their communities. As we continue to expand with new cohorts launching in 2025, we are focusing on amplifying and sustaining the impact of these investments. We are steadfast in our commitment to providing support to and meeting the needs of today’s artists who are both navigating a difficult gig economy and being called upon to address civic and community needs.

Opportunity Categories: + Open to Multi-Media. Opportunity Types: Jobs. Opportunity Tags: $0 Entry/Application Fee, Deadlines 03 March thru April, and Open to U.S. Multi-State. Benefits: *No Participation Fee, In-Kind Benefit, and Salary.

Opportunity expires in 18 days.

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