Contemporary Art Room Gallery is proud to announce their 4th “Portrait” Online Art Competition for the month of April 2022. This is an international competition and artists from around the world are welcome to submit their work. We invite artists and photographers to submit their best artworks related to the Portrait theme. A portrait may be a single person, a group, or self-portrait. A variety of interpretations of the Portrait theme can be submitted. All visual art mediums are acceptable (painting, photography, drawing, sculpture, digital, prints, fiber art, collage or installation art) except sound and video art. Winning artists will receive a digital award certificate. First, second and third place will be largely displayed with an article about the artist and their work. First place will be on the poster of the show. $15 for 2 images, $28 for 4, $58 for up to 10 images. Deadline: April 14, 2022.
International Art Competition Portrait
Director of People and Culture
Position: Director of People and Culture
Status: Full-time | Exempt | Salaried
Compensation Group: Senior Director
Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Hours: Mon – Fri 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
The Minnesota Street Project (Project) and the Minnesota Street Project Foundation (MSP Foundation) value a community where everyone can participate in arts and culture and strives to cultivate equity in all of its programs. We value a diverse workforce built upon inclusion, equity, and cultural humility and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We believe that the arts have the power to change hearts and minds, and to inspire social change. We also believe that arts and culture are key elements in creating desirable places to live, learn, work, and visit.
About Minnesota Street Project:
Located in San Francisco’s historic Dogpatch district, the Project is a for-profit enterprise that supports contemporary arts in the Bay Area by providing sustainably below-market rents to artists, art galleries, and arts non-profits and by providing spaces for visiting exhibitions and arts-related programming.
About Minnesota Street Project Foundation:
An affiliate of the Minnesota Street Project, the MSP Foundation was created to advance educational and civic programming and provide direct financial support to artists and arts organizations.
Job Summary
Minnesota Street Project and Minnesota Street Project Foundation are seeking a human-centered, culture-builder, and organizational leader to serve as the Director of People & Culture. This newly created position will provide overall HR leadership to the organization. Reporting to the CEO, the Director is responsible for managing the development and implementation of human resources policies, programs, and services, including recruitment, onboarding, retention, professional development strategy and execution, legal compliance, employee benefits and compensation, employee relations, and employee communications. In addition, the Director will develop and implement key equity, diversity, inclusion, and access initiatives, and support organizational development, culture, and change management to support a high-performance people-centered culture for the Project and MSP Foundation. This is a tremendous opportunity for a motivated human resource professional with strong leadership skills to join the team bringing the Project and MSP Foundation into its next chapter.
This position is internally focused, advances the ethos and mission of Minnesota Street Project by achieving these key objectives:
• Ensuring that the organization’s growth is successfully and sustainably managed through systems, structures, policies, and practices.
• Implementing and maintaining systems and structures for administration, governance, human resources, equity and inclusion, program planning, program assessment, performance management, and accountability.
• Fostering cross-departmental collaboration and multi-disciplinary strategies that enhance the work of MSP and are consistent with continuing the organization’s evolution.
This position may be right for you if:
- You have a passion for people and systems.
- You enjoy solving challenges and always look for creative solutions and new ways of working. You are comfortable leading teams into uncharted territory.
- You bring insight and energy to all aspects of your work. You strive for excellence, not perfection.
- You are comfortable presenting your ideas in front of colleagues, organization stakeholders, or a large audience.
- You are a great facilitator. You like bringing people, teams, and communities together. You aren’t afraid of conflict and have a distinct skill for navigating sensitive situations diplomatically.
- You are passionate about diversity, inclusion, equity, and access and have experience applying equitable practices to your work.
- You are a mentor and collaborator.
- You understand the transformational power of culture, creativity and the arts.
Responsibilities:
- Develop strategies, design processes, and lead all talent management practices including onboarding, recruitment and advancement.
- Provide strategic leadership on the implementation of diversity, racial equity and inclusion initiatives.
- Continuously review the training and development needs of all team members and seek out or create training opportunities to meet those needs.
- Assess organizational needs and drive comprehensive solutions in areas such as performance management, training, supervision, and team development.
- Coach and counsel Department Leads on organizational matters, performance issues, and equitable practices.
- Co-develop effective change management strategies and ensure successful implementation.
- Conduct legal research to ensure that company policies and procedures meet compliance standards and legal requirements.
- Help build and maintain a culture that fosters high performance, growth, innovation, collaboration, mutual respect and support.
- Directly lead all human resources functions of the organization, including providing support to hiring managers for hiring new team members.
- Lead efforts to retain diverse team, including by convening a team satisfaction working group, regularly assessing team member satisfaction, proposing improvements that will enhance satisfaction and retention, and evaluating whether the total work environment provided is competitive with similar organizations.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be an excellent active listener and clear communicator
- Possess impeccable written and spoken communication skills
- Understand the longer-term strategic goals of the company and know how to support them
- Be a self-starter and self-manger as well as excellent collaborator
- Demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and access.
Required Skills, Abilities, and Experience:
- Thorough knowledge of HR practices, procedures, laws, and regulations (including hiring, performance management, and organizational development).
- Demonstrated success in helping achieve diversity, racial equity & inclusion asan organizational value.
- Experience applying a racial equity analysis to one’s work; demonstrated experience developing solutions that address institutional and structural bias.
- Excellent strategic and intellectual abilities coupled with pragmatism and a rollup-one’s-sleeves attitude.
- Strong project, time, and budget management skills; an ability to thrive working under deadlines and handling multiple tasks without sacrificing attention to detail.
- Exceptional qualitative and quantitative analytic skills. Experience using both objective data and informed opinions to evaluate the impact of an organization’s work.
- Experience in assessing organizational health through analyzing recruitment, development and retention data, and assessing management, leadership, and organizational capacity.
- Experience building strong, positive, collaborative relationships with diverse constituencies. The ability to listen to new ideas, encourage open dialogue, and inspire people to work towards common goals.
- Demonstrated success in achieving high level results across multiple HR disciplines.
- Demonstrated success at creating and implementing HR strategies and achieving results.
- Demonstrated success leading organizational change and helping others adjust to a constantly changing environment of high expectations.
- Strong verbal and written communications.
- Demonstrated success in coaching/counseling managers and employees across a wide spectrum of HR, performance, and talent management issues.
- Demonstrated success building collaboration within and across team; demonstrated ability to build strong relationships with people at all levels to obtain successful organizational outcomes and move projects forward.
- Demonstrated success applying analytics and solving complex human resource and organizational challenges.
- Demonstrated success working effectively with diverse populations and in high-pressure situations is essential.
- Proven ability to write clear, structured, articulate and persuasive proposals and collateral materials.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Desired Skills, Abilities and Experience:
- Five (5) years of experience in Human Resource Management in an organization similar in complexity required.
- At least five (5) years of experience supervising teams and developing
leadership teams.
- Bachelor’s degree. This requirement can be substituted for an additional two (2) years of experience.
- SPHR/PHR preferred.
- Capacity to balance prior knowledge and experience in arts and culture with an objective open-mindedness about new solutions.
- Experience negotiating agreements and managing contracts.
- Commitment to Minnesota Street Project mission, vision and values.
- Cultural flexibility/agility and a commitment to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment.
If you are ready to be a part of a committed, collaborative team dedicated to delivering high touch programs and services to our community, we want to talk with you.
To Apply:
Please submit a single PDF that includes a cover letter and resume to “Director of People and Culture – Last Name” to jobs@minnesotastreetproject.com. No calls, please. We will respond only to applicants we intend to interview.
Thank you for your interest in Minnesota Street Project.
Benefits:
Minnesota Street Project offers a competitive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, AD&D, Paid Time Off and Parental Leave, Retirement Savings, 401-k Plan, and Pre-Taxed Commuter and Childcare Benefits.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Minnesota Street Project provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Development Manager
Information & Responsibilities
Reporting to the Assistant Vice President of Development, the Development Manager will be a dependable and highly motivated professional and will work collaboratively as a member of the Advancement team to provide administrative, strategic and project support for the Directors of Development for Major Gifts and the AVP, Development. The Major Gifts team builds strong, lifelong philanthropic relationships with high-capacity alumnx, parents, and friends to the Institute with the purpose of generating significant gifts that support the mission.
The Development Manager will be responsible for providing comprehensive support to serve, foster, and strengthen major giving for CalArts. Key responsibilities include planning and managing the administrative workflow of the team, producing written communications and reports, basic prospect research including RelSci, LexisNexis or other tools, interfacing with peer managers across other campus departments, facilitating calendaring for the AVP and major gifts team, and supporting and collaborating on the stewardship and cultivation of Leadership, Major and Principal Gift prospects, among other activities. In addition, the manager will serve as a first point of contact
for many high-level prospects and must represent the Advancement Division and Institute with poise and professionalism, including a broad knowledge of the arts, higher education, and the strategic vision of CalArts.
The successful candidate will be a digital native with facility in learning and implementing new technologies and productivity tools; have excellent writing skills related to spelling, grammar, punctuation and sentence structure; and the ability to professionally manage communications and relationships with internal and external constituents. Flexibility, creativity, timeliness, organizational skills, strategic thinking, relationship building, and keen attention to detail are essential to this position.
Requirements
Essential Job Functions – Major Gifts Support
Draft, print, and mail formal correspondence including acknowledgement letters, planned giving materials, acquisition mailings, and marketing materials.
Provide copy editing support for proposals, reports, and other front-facing and internal documents
Prepare prospect collateral packets
Draft and update gift agreements and route approved gift agreements for internal signatures
For Major Gifts-related events, provide event support including tracking RSVPs, circulating guest list to team, following up, and conducting confirmation calls when appropriate
Maintain database-related projects, develop analytical systems, and generate associated reports
Collaborate closely with Advancement Services to understand and execute all data related projects and maintain and distribute metrics-related reports
Coordinate with AVP to facilitate research requests in a timely manner
Oversee data and reporting of team metrics for AVP, keeping the team appraised of successes and challenges in monthly meetings
Assist AVP, Development with the timely and appropriate stewardship and cultivation of major and principal gift prospects and portfolio
Required to maintain confidentiality of all information entrusted to this position
CRM Support
Enter contact reports for acknowledgement letters and other formal communication
Ensure accurate records in CRM database including contact information, account ownership, and tracking details
Partner with Advancement Services to query prospect and donor lists as needed for review for invitations, outreach, etc.
Create and update CRM campaigns for Major Gift-led meetings and events
Pull reports from CRM for strategy meetings and as needed
Work with Directors of Development to save files in CRM
Administrative
Manage Major Gift files on server and Google drive
Own and circulate major gifts strategy meeting agenda and takes notes as needed
Schedule meetings when appropriate and distribute agendas and meeting materials prior to meeting
Coordinate travel arrangements as needed
Answer development phone line and general development emails and direct messages to the assigned Director of Development or another appropriate staff member
Assist MGOs and AVP in all administrative functions
Collaborate with all managers across the Advancement division as needed. Build strong collaboration and open communication to help ensure shared accountability among colleagues and teams
Education and/or Experience
A bachelor’s degree is required
2-3 years of experience in administrative or operational roles, preferably in a development, customer relations, marketing, or PR setting, with a proven track record of success. May be supplemented by experience as an employee or volunteer for a not-for-profit institution
1-2 years of experience in non-profit fundraising setting, including confidence in communication with high net-worth prospects, principal and major donors, board members and a variety of diverse internal and external stakeholders
Experience and/or interest in the arts and arts education required; knowledge of the Los Angeles artist and funder communities, including CalArts highly preferred
Emotional intelligence to interpret and act on emotions in themselves and others
Commitment to serving diverse constituents. Ability to effectively convey messages to different audiences in a variety of different formats
Ability to collaborate with a large team and attend to competing needs
Works effectively with coworkers to promote and maintain a positive work environment while supporting strategic partnerships and collaborative relationships across the CalArts campus
Grit to maintain composure when things go wrong and a sense of humor to stay sane and keep a positive attitude no matter what happens
Employ best practices in customer and constituent relations
Strong organizational skills, written and oral communication skills, perseverance, optimism, and the ability to think strategically and creatively toward the advancement of CalArts
Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
High level of self-motivation to proactively move multiple tasks forward while documenting and sharing progress, and meeting strict deadlines
Tech savviness to be able to use best practices to improve and reinforce processes
Experience and confidence in donor database management and ease functioning in CRM systems
Strong computer skills: MS Word, Excel, databases, mail merges, Adobe Acrobat, Prezi and/or PowerPoint, event registration systems (Eventbrite), project management tools (Asana), and survey software (Qualtrics)
Further Information
Must be available to work additional hours during evenings or weekends, and at peak periods of the
year. Accept that on rare occasions during certain times of the year, there will be restrictions to
vacation approvals.
Early Childhood Teaching Artist (PT)
Job Opening: Early Childhood Teaching Artist (PT)
Reports to: Early Childhood Program Manager
Employment Status: Part-time, non-exempt
About this Position: The San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (SDYS) is seeking a
part-time Teaching Artist for its ChIMES (Childhood Introduction to Music Education, with Smiles)
program. Teaching Artists teach classes for children 0-5 years old and their parents/caregivers, as
well as to groups of preschool, TK (transitional kindergarten) or kindergarten students at
contracted sites. Our team begins to build musical skills, creativity, movement, and
social-emotional skills for young children. They also build healthy attachments between children
and parents/caregivers or teachers. The interactive classes incorporate singing, dancing,
movement and hands-on play with instruments, all while paving the way for future musical
development and participation in ensemble experiences.
All SDYS Teaching Artists serve as mentors and role models, while building a place and sense of
community. We do not hire Teaching Artists just to teach music. They demonstrate respect for
young children and are committed to our core values of commitment, creativity, equity,
collaboration, and service. Click here for a video of the ChIMES experience.
Artistic Responsibilities:
● Teach and lead ChIMES music classes (parent/child, preschool and/or T/K, or kindergarten).
● Implement, teach, and develop appropriate pedagogy aligned with SDYS’ early
childhood curriculum while pacing classes to meet student needs.
● Inspire those in the classes to incorporate music into their everyday lives.
● Create a consistent, positive environment with procedures and expectations.
Administrative Responsibilities:
● Learn and use the first names of your students and their families.
● Actively communicate with parents, preschool/TK staff and teachers.
● Arrive on time and prepared. Traveling to various sites is required. Some sites may be outdoors
or remote.
● Attend ChIMES team meetings and actively participate in curriculum development, lesson
planning, and program development with supervisor and other teaching artists.
● Go through proper protocol for CPR/First Aid, fingerprinting, and/or TB testing as needed for
various contracted schools and partners.
Citizenship Responsibilities:
● Keep the “Artist” in the title “Teaching Artist” by maintaining and growing your own personal
performance skills and taking advantage of performance opportunities.
● Foster student involvement, participation, or attendance at different musical performances or
opportunities.
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
● Strong musical skills on an instrument (such as guitar or ukulele) and vocally.
● Culturally sensitive.
● Flexibility and problem solving skills for situations that change.
● Familiarity and expertise of child developmental stages.
● Ability to confidently and enthusiastically lead groups of 10-25 children, with or without
parents/caregivers.
Preferred Qualifications:
● Experience teaching early childhood music (preferably in a group setting with caregivers)
and/or experience teaching preschool or other early childhood groups.
● Bilingual
● Knowledge of, or ability to play/demonstrate, other instruments.
● Familiarity with musical concepts, notation, and classical music.
● Experience working in a music therapy setting; working with children with special needs;
and/or working with other disadvantaged communities.
Additional
This is a part-time position with work responsibilities on weekdays, weekends and/or evenings
according to the class or lesson schedule. Depending on health guidelines related to Covid-19,
Teaching Artist responsibilities may take place in person and/or through live or pre-recorded video.
This position requires sitting, walking, standing, climbing stairs, hearing, speaking, playing an
instrument, using technology, being able to lift up to 25 lb., and driving to locations pertaining to
organizational operations. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to
verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment
eligibility verification document form upon hire.
Hours of Employment: Part-time, varies. Approximately 2-5 teaching hours/week, plus some
hours of prep/meeting time. Most teaching hours are weekday mornings or Saturday
mornings between 9:00am and 12:00pm. Locations could include Balboa Park, Liberty
Station, Chula Vista, and/or other locations yet to be contracted.
Does this sound like you? If so, we’d love to meet you. Email your resume and a thoughtful
cover letter to hr@sdys.org.
About the San Diego Youth Symphony
SDYS’ mission is to instill excellence in musical achievement and personal growth through rigorous
and inspiring music education experiences. We do this through both our traditional youth
symphony programming (Conservatory Programs), our neighborhood-centered programming
(Community Programs) and early childhood music education (ChIMES) classes. We know
firsthand that education, social, community, and personal transformations happen when music is
taught collaboratively and with excellence
Teaching Artist – Strings (PT)
Job Title: Teaching Artist (PT) (Violin/Viola)
Reports to: Community Opus Program Manager
Status: Part-time, non-exempt
Starts: As soon as possible
About This Position
The San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory is seeking a Teaching Artist to support
beginning and intermediate students in Chula Vista and/or City Heights, and to teach
private/group lessons to beginning and intermediate students in Balboa Park, online, or other
locations. Our Teaching Artists build musical skills, teach fundamentals, amplify student creativity,
serve as mentors and role models, and build community with students and families. They are
committed to our core values of commitment, creativity, equity, collaboration, and service.
Position Responsibilities
● Teach appropriate pedagogy aligned with California Arts Standards and/or SDYS audition
requirements
● Contribute to the development of curriculum and instructional philosophy as appropriate
● Provide artistic support and guidance in the classroom at partner schools
● Create a consistent and safe environment with procedures and expectations
● Encourage learning and performance activities that build self-confidence and leadership
● Actively supervise students; take and record student attendance, as appropriate
● Form, build, and maintain relationships with stakeholders
● Go through required protocol for fingerprinting and TB testing at the district and county
offices, if required
● Maintain CPR and First Aid training certification
Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
● Strong musical expertise on specified instrument
● Private and group lesson teaching experience, preferably with elementary school students
● Culturally sensitive with experience teaching diverse learners
● Commitment to centering equity, diversity, and inclusion in teaching practice
● Lifelong learner and growth mindset
● Classroom management experience
● Flexibility and problem solving skills for situations that change or do not go as planned
● Ability to be a team player and enhance a team that is passionate about music education
● Excellent communication with a basic familiarity with Google applications (i.e. Gmail, Google
Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Drive) and video chat software (e.g. Zoom).
● Comfort and willingness to work with and through technology, including basic video and
audio editing.
● Spanish/English bilingual strongly preferred.
Additional
This is a part-time position with work responsibilities on weekdays, weekends and/or evenings
according to the class or lesson schedule. Teaching Artist responsibilities may take place in
person and/or through live or pre-recorded video, per SDYS.
This position requires sitting, walking, standing, climbing stairs, hearing, speaking, playing an
instrument, using technology, being able to lift up to 25 lb. and driving to locations pertaining to
organizational operations. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to
verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required
employment eligibility verification document upon hire.
About the San Diego Youth Symphony
SDYS’ mission is to instill excellence in musical achievement and personal growth through
rigorous and inspiring music education experiences. We do this through both our traditional
youth symphony programming (Conservatory Programs), our neighborhood-centered
programming (Community Programs) and early childhood music education (ChIMES) classes. For
more information, please visit www.sdys.org.
Does this sound like you? If so, please email your resume and a thoughtful cover letter to
hr@sdys.org
Production Assistant (PT)
Job Title: Production Assistant (PT)
Reports To: Production and Operations Manager
Status: Part-time, Non-exempt
About this Position
The San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory (SDYS) is seeking a part-time
Production Assistant (PA) to provide a welcoming atmosphere at rehearsals and to
contribute to the smooth running of rehearsals, events, and concerts. The PA will have a
can-do attitude, provide excellent customer service, and be committed to our core values
of commitment, creativity, equity, collaboration, and service.
Position Responsibilities
The Production Assistant reports to the Production and Operations Manager for the many and
varied jobs that contribute to the smooth running of rehearsals, events and concerts. The PA
is responsible for the following:
● Set up the rehearsal rooms, including chairs and stands, for all ensembles every
Saturday and/or Sunday, as well as some weekday evenings, and ensure student
safety at all times. Enlist students and parent volunteers in the setup and breakdown
when possible.
● Set up other equipment and instruments according to schedules, and move music
equipment to other buildings and spaces as needed.
● Welcome students, families, and visitors to rehearsals and/or events, and answer
questions.
● Copy, prepare, or distribute music under the guidance of the Music Librarian.
● Check out instruments or instrument supplies, process broken instruments, or receive
donations under the guidance of the Instrument Librarian.
● Handle the sale of SDYS merchandise, snacks, and instrument supplies, as needed,
and comply with SDYS cash handling procedures.
● Assist with all elements of concert production and special events, both in advance with
concert planning as requested, and at dress rehearsals and concerts, including loading
and unloading equipment and instruments, stage setup and student supervision.
● Follow and administer all Covid-19 prevention and safety measures as outlined by
SDYS for rehearsals, performances and events.
Other duties as assigned by the Production and Operations Manager.
Qualifications
● Personable, outwardly friendly, and able to deliver effective customer service to
students, parents, visitors, and artistic faculty.
● Positive attitude and proactive problem solver.
● Able to follow directions and also work independently.
● Able to lift and move equipment weighing up to 40 pounds in/out of trucks and across
rooms/buildings for rehearsal and event needs.
● Availability to work Saturday and/or Sunday during the rehearsal season.
● Availability to work some weekday events as well as other weekends for
concerts and events.
● Knowledge of orchestral and band instruments is required; the ability to understand
music notation, including orchestral scores and part distribution, is strongly
preferred.
● Second language skills preferred.
● High school diploma or GED required; some college preferred.
To apply, please send an email with a current resume and thoughtful cover letter to
hr@sdys.org.
Additional
This is a part-time position that requires regular, in-person, weekend availability according to
SDYS’ rehearsal calendar.
This position requires sitting, walking, standing, climbing stairs, hearing, speaking, using
technology, being able to lift up to 40 lb. and driving to locations pertaining to organizational
operations. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity
and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility
verification document upon hire.
About the San Diego Youth Symphony
SDYS’ mission is to instill excellence in musical achievement and personal growth through
rigorous and inspiring music education experiences. We do this through both our traditional
youth symphony programming (Conservatory Programs), our neighborhood-centered
programming (Community Programs) and early childhood music education (ChIMES) classes.
For more information, please visit www.sdys.org.
