The Event Sales Manager is responsible for formulating, leading, and implementing strategies to grow revenue through event rentals and supporting event planning with organizational partners as well as serving as the liaison with the Museum’s cafe operator. The position solicits and produces income-generating events, maintains relationships with clients and vendors, manages budgets, and manages staff.
Multidisciplinary
Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency
ARTIST RESIDENCIES FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTISTS
theater | performance · dance | movement · music | sound art | instrument invention, collaborations · interdisciplinary work
The Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency (D.E.A.R.) was established in 2012 to support Northern California artists who are actively exploring new aesthetic premises and pushing the boundaries of conventional art forms and media. The program provides early to mid-career artists free studio space and up-to-date equipment to create new work in the time-based arts such as theater/performance, dance/movement, music/sound art/instrument invention, as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary work.
On rare occasions, the program may consider applications from established or older artists whose work does not receive significant institutional support. If your work falls into this category, before taking the time to prepare and submit an application, you must contact us at info @ dresherensemble [dot] org at least two weeks before the final submission deadline and provide your bio and a description of your proposed project for your residency. (Do not apply without a confirmation to go forward.)
D.E.A.R. grants 4 to 6 awards annually to individual artists or to groups of artists collaborating on a single project. The lead artist must be a resident of Northern California and must not be a student at the time of the application and residency.
EACH RESIDENCY PROVIDES:
– Full-time access {24/7} of 1 to 4 weeks to the Ensemble’s West Oakland rehearsal studio (40′ x 42′ sprung dance floor with Marley floor covering with 20′ ceilings and one 9-foot concert grand piano) and fabrication shop. Residency weeks may be contiguous or spread out over a period of months.
– A production stipend (currently up to $1500)
– Access to state-of-the-art sound, lighting, projection, and recording equipment;
– Technical, financial, and managerial consultations from professionals on the Ensemble’s staff (providing fiscal sponsorship if needed).
– Performance opportunities
SELECTION CRITERIA / PROGRAM PRIORITIES:
– The artistic quality and potential impact of the project on the artist’s artistic growth and their audiences;
– Projects whose realization requires continuous and/or multi-day access to our studio space and our available technologies;
– Artists who work with multiple disciplines and/or from culturally diverse perspectives;
– Preference may be given to artists whose work is not currently receiving significant institutional support.
PAST AWARDEES
2022 – 2021 – Previous years
APPLICATION
Online application for 2023 Residencies opens: October 1, 2022
Applications are due Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 11:59 pm PST
Residencies will be announced to artists in January 2023
Free Information Sessions:
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – 7:00 pm in person in our West Oakland studio
Thursday October 13, 2022 – 7:00 pm (zoom session)
[RSVP here]
We have tried to make the application process simple and straightforward. (Please read DEAR 2022 Application Information & Assistance before finalizing your online application.)
Basic information for you and your listed collaborators:
– Name
– Address
– Contact Information
– Birthdate
– Gender Identity
– Ethnicity
– Social Media Presence
Project Information
– Project summary (150 words max.)
– Project description (1000 words max.)
– Biography (500 words max.)
– Desired length of residency
– If you are applying with collaborators, the lead applicant submits up to two work samples and each collaborator submits one work sample. Audio, video, and still image work samples are submitted as links. Texts and musical scores may be submitted as PDFs.
Evaluation:
Three independent panelists (new each year) will score your application using the following criteria and scoring percentages:
– Artistic quality: 60%;
– Suitability to the DEAR program’s goals and priorities: 20%;
– Impact on the applicant(s) and their audience: 20%
FUNDING
We are pleased to announce that the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency program is now receiving support from California Arts Council | Statewide and Regional Network, as well as from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, and several very generous individuals.
Workshop for the Dresher Ensemble Artist Residency [DEAR]
Residencies for Northern California Time-Based Artists
theater | performance ■ dance | movement
music | sound art | instrument invention
collaboration | interdisciplinary work
Applications for 2023 Residencies
November 15, 2022 (11:59 PM)
RSVP FOR ONE OF OUR INFO SESSIONS TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE DEAR PROGRAM AND TO TOUR THE STUDIO
DRESHERENSEMBLE.ORG/DEAR-INFO-SESSION-RSVP/
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 – 7:00 pm in person in our West Oakland studio
Thursday, October 13, 2022 – 7:00 pm (zoom session)
DEAR awards 4 to 6 residencies annually to individual artists or to groups of artists collaborating on a single project.
Each Residency Provide
- Full-time access (24/7) of 1 to 4 weeks to rehearsal studio (40’ x 42” sprung dance floor with Marley floor covering with 20’ ceilings and two 9-foot concert grand pianos) and fabrication shop. Residency weeks may be contiguous or spread out over a period of months.
- Access to state of the art equipment (sound, lighting, projection, and recording)
- A production stipend (currently up to $1500)
- Technical, financial, marketing, and managerial consultations
- Fiscal sponsorship (if needed)
- Performance opportunities (50% of Box Office)
Installation Proposal
The InsideOut is an alternative art space located on 21st and I in midtown Sacramento. Consisting of three bay windows, the space is an extension of a ground floor apartment at the Flop Haus, a structural zeitgeist in the community. Since the entire space is viewed from the street, site-specific installations and projects have the potential to be viewed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The InsideOut promotes artistic collaboration, exploration and experimentation across a large spectrum of the Sacramento community. Since The InsideOut is a not for profit art space, the focus will be on work that has no commercial viability. Artists will receive an opportunity to experiment across disciplines, media, and personal boundaries in order to grow artistically and professionally. On the other hand, the public and greater community will have the chance to engage with art that takes risks, that looks at art for its possibilities not its conventions.
In addition, an art blog platform has been created to complement The InsideOut. Loving referred to as “The Louver”, it is an art blog for everyone. Specifically engaging the greater Sacramento region, The Louver encourages anyone to get out there and experience art in all its forms then share what they find to be significant. Irregardless of praise or criticism, we hope for a diverse cross pollination of ideas that will generate greater participation within the arts.
Installation Proposal
Exhibition Proposal
The InsideOut is an alternative art space located on 21st and I in midtown Sacramento. Consisting of three bay windows, the space is an extension of a ground floor apartment at the Flop Haus, a beloved structure in the neighborhood. Since the entire space is viewed from the street, site-specific installations and projects have the potential to be viewed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The InsideOut promotes artistic collaboration, exploration and experimentation across a large spectrum of the art community. Since The InsideOut is a not for profit art space, the focus will be on work that has no commercial viability. Artists retain all rights to their work and will receive an opportunity to experiment across disciplines, media, and personal boundaries in order to grow artistically and professionally. On the other hand, the public and greater community will have the chance to engage with art that takes risks, that looks at art for its possibilities not its conventions.
Proposal Criteria
Short introduction and motivation for your project. Project proposal: What ideas or issues are you interested in? What would you like to learn more about through your artistic investigation? Please provide no more than (5) images exploring your proposed visual ideas. These can be drawings, altered photos, video, etc. We encourage artists to take risks and to explore unfamiliar territory. Are their gaps in knowledge, of materials, of processes, or direction? Try to foresee possible issues and describe briefly how you will address them or use them to your advantage. Artists should also provide detailed information about how the work will be installed. Link to website if available.
Submission Materials
Digital images: Upload no more than 5 jpgs. Image size: 1024X768 Resolution: 72 ppi. Please label your files with your last name, initial of your first name, and sequential # of files i.e. MesbahM01, MesbahM02, etc. · Video/Film, Computer-based Media, Time Arts, Electronic Art Installations, Web-sites, and Works in Sound: Videos can be uploaded to Dropbox or a Vimeo link can be provided. Questions? Comments? Contact Mehran Mesbah: mehr@the-insideout.org
General Manager
Classification: Full-Time, Exempt
Compensation: $70,000/year, plus employer-paid health and dental insurance, PTO (paid time off), and employee 401K
Reports to: Managing Director
Supervises: Production Manager, Technical & Facilities Director
ABOUT BOSTON COURT PASADENA
Boston Court Pasadena is a nonprofit performing arts center primarily dedicated to developing and producing adventurous new work, significantly re-envisioned classics, and nurturing both emerging and established artists across all art forms. Boston Court strives to create art that thrills, engages, moves and sustains people in order to deepen empathy, community, and provoke change. Boston Court Pasadena is committed to being an anti-racist organization and continuing its commitment to deepening its equitable, diverse, and inclusive practices across all aspects of the institution, public-facing and internally.
Founded in 2003 by philanthropist Z. Clark Branson and producing director Eileen T’Kaye, Boston Court features an intimate facility designed to bring audiences and artists closer together. The 80-seat Marjorie Branson Performance Space and the 99-seat Main Stage serve as homes for Boston Court’s season of daring, adventurous theatre and its richly diverse music series. Boston Court is also the home of an annual New Play Reading Festival, an upcoming new composer initiative, multiple community events and partnerships, as well as rotating visual art exhibits. Boston Court theatre productions have been seen in New York City, Boston, Houston, and Malibu, and have won countless Ovation Awards, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, and many others.
POSITION SUMMARY
Supports the Managing Director, Artistic Director(s) and Staff of Boston Court Pasadena by maintaining and overseeing organization’s operations and provides particular leadership in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, and Production.
Essential Functions:
- Manages and maintains Human Resources benefits and Employee Handbook
- Handles weekly payroll reporting and timekeeping procedures
- Manages expense tracking and bill payments within Quickbooks
- Coordinates and ensures compliance with all trainings, certifications as required by State and Federal laws.
- Working with Technical/Facilities Director and Production Manager, oversees all Operations aspects for Boston Court including rentals, music events, National Theatre Live screenings, workshops, readings, and plays.
- Negotiates and administers all operations contracts and deal-memos for Boston Court facility.
- In conjunction with Production Manager, negotiates and administers all contracts for programming related personnel: directors, designers, choreographers, actors, producers, stage management, running crews, artists, etc.
- Facilitates communications with Actor’s Equity Association in conjunction with Managing Director
Assists in coordinating a prompt response to workplace accidents, accident reporting and workers’ compensation communication. - Ensures that all facilities are operated and maintained in a cost-effective and safe condition, in accordance with the approved BC budget and various manufacturer’s recommendations.
- Works directly with the City of Pasadena departments, including, but not limited to: police, fire, parking, engineering, inspections, and health
- In conjunction with Technical/Facilities Director, oversees and ensures that all events held at the Boston Court abide by all local and national codes, including, but not limited to: fire, electrical, health, ADA, and Covid-19.
- Oversees all internal events such as tech BBQ, Birthdays, Opening Nights, Closing Nights & Other Parties as needed
- Prepares and oversees program budgets in collaboration with staff, based on a detailed analysis of anticipated production and operations for Boston Court
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will be a passionate lover of innovative new plays, with the following abilities:
- Effective communication and team leadership skills
- Flexibility and willingness to find creative solutions to problems
- Comfort and ease talking with all types of personalities.
- Patience to deal with difficult situations
- Good organizational instincts
- A good sense of humor and mirth
- Doesn’t mind picking up the phone to get the job done
- Happy to jump in where needed
- A team player
- A multi-tasker who can keep a number of balls in the air simultaneously with humor.
TO APPLY
Send a cover letter and resume to work@bostoncourt.com with “GENERAL MANAGER application” in the subject line.
