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Upcoming Conferences
Folklorists in the South Retreat
April 7-9
Canton, MS
Museums and the Web Annual Conference
April 19-22
Cleveland, OH
Western States Folklore Society Annual Meeting
April 21-22
Eugene, OR
Arts Reach National Arts Marketing, Development & Ticketing Conference
American Alliance of Museums Annual Meeting & Museum Expo
May 7-10
St. Louis, MO
Association of Arts Administration Educators Annual Conference
May 31-June 2
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
June 16-18
San Francisco, CA
Association of Academic Museums and Galleries Annual Conference
June 22-25
Eugene, OR
International Association of Venue Managers National Conference
August 7-10
Nashville, TN
Arts Midwest Conference
August 28-31
Columbus, OH
Western Arts Alliance Conference
September 5-8
Seattle, WA
National Council of Arts Administrators Annual Conference
September 20-23
Tucson, AZ
Northwest Booking Conference
October 9-12
Tacoma, WA
Social Theory, Politics, & the Arts Conference
October 12-14
Minneapolis, MN
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Job Opportunities
Native Arts & Cultures Foundation
Portland, OR
Portland Opera
Portland, OR
Hamiltonian Artists
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indianapolis, IN
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
Kalamazoo, MI
Sarasota Opera
Sarasota, FL
Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Washburn, WI
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
Santa Rosa, CA
San Francisco Opera
San Francisco, CA
Scottsdale Arts
Scottsdale, AZ
The Wilma Theater
Philadelphia, PA
African American Arts Institute at Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
City of Redmond
Redmond, WA
Morton Arboretum
Lisle, IL
Iowa State University Museums
Ames, IA
Peabody Essex Museum
Salem, MA
Montana Arts Council
Helena, MT
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Eugene, OR
Stern Grove Festival
San Francisco, CA
Aspen Music Festival and School
Aspen, CO
Marketing Manager
Regional Arts and Culture Council
Portland, OR
Prince George County Parks & Recreation
Greenbelt, MD
Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center
Oklahoma City, OK
Museum of Fine Art
Boston, MA
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Bullock Texas State History Museum
Austin, TX
Oakland Museum of California
Oakland, CA
Lakewood Heritage Center
Lakewood, CO
Tulsa Youth Symphony
Tulsa, OK
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York, NY
Central City Opera
Denver, CO
Houston Grand Opera
Houston, TX
Artist Trust
Seattle, WA
Clackamas County Arts Alliance
Oregon City, OR
Boom Arts
Portland, OR
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ
City of Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
Garfield Park Arts Center
Indianapolis, IN
City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs
Atlanta, GA
100 Gates Project
New York, NY
Pittsburgh Opera
Pittsburgh, PA
Milwaukee Art Museum
Milwaukee, WI
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art
Boulder, CO
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Washington D.C.
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Arts & Administration News
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Monthly Alumni Spotlight
Roya Amirsoleymani
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Name: Roya Amirsoleymani
Graduate Degree(s): M.S. Arts Management (concentration: Community Arts) (2013, but entered with graduating class of 2012)
Undergraduate Degree(s): Contemporary Visual Culture & Gender Studies, 2006
Undergraduate College/University: Johnston Center for Integrative Studies in Redlands, CA
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA / Scottsdale, AZ
Current Occupation: Director of Community Engagement
Organization Location: Portland, OR
Job Responsibilities:
- Curation, design, implementation, evaluation of educational, critical and public programs, incl. symposia, panels, roundtables, artist talks, lectures, community forums, participatory workshops, research, guest scholars program, embedded writers initiative, artist residencies - all attending to the social, political, cultural, historical and aesthetic contexts of the contemporary and experimental visual art and performance PICA presents (essentially, the intersection of art, politics, community, social justice, civic life)
- Community producer for socially engaged projects in visual art and performance that demand deep, expansive, or long-term participation or engagement with local communities or publics, working with international, national, and local artists
- Audience diversification/expansion, and related audience research, data collection, and analysis measuring both demographics and program experience
- Community engagement, partnerships, and outreach with both arts and non-arts organizations, institutions, and grassroots groups, including schools, colleges/universities, museums, art centers, community and cultural centers, youth programs, activist organizations, social and human service agencies, and more
- Research, development, piloting of new PICA programs and activities for youth of color
- Attending exhibitions, performances, public programs, and other local art and community events outside standard business hours
- Co-management of PICA's Resource Room (library and archive) and related programs on art, research, and publishing
- Liaise with Board of Trustees and staff on equity, diversity, inclusion and access initiatives/strategies
- Oversight of volunteer coordinator and year-round internship program
- Grant writing, reporting, and budgeting for both Community Engagement & Precipice Fund departments, and assistance with some press/media and marketing for both
- Management of the Precipice Fund, a grants program for local artists that is part of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts' Regional Regranting Program
- Involvement in the broader arts and culture field, including conference presentation and attendance, sitting on local, regional and national grant panels, and participating on boards and advisory committees
- Extensive participation in local contemporary art community, including serving as a co-founding member of Arts Workers for Equity, a POC-led grassroots group working to advance racial equity in Portland's arts and culture sector (I also serve on the Steering Committee for the Jade & Midway District's Art Plan; on the Advisory Board of Know Your City; and as a founder of a coalition of artists, curators and cultural workers organizing for resistance and intervention under fascism)
- Involvement in broader arts/culture field, incl. conference presentation and attendance, lectures, regional and national grant panels, and boards and advisory committees
- I am also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Art & Social Practice MFA Program at Portland State University, where I teach courses in Critical Art Theory, Research & Writing, and Art & Politics, as well as sit on thesis committees and conduct individualized Directed Studies w/ grad students
Favorite Part of your Job:
Helping audiences embrace and engage deeply, critically, and enthusiastically with experimental/contemporary art; connecting art to community; working with diverse communities and individuals across sectors and from around the world; supporting, promoting and advocating for artists and arts workers of color; working in a firmly feminist- and queer/allied organization; radicalizing arts + culture; Portland / Pacific Northwest
Arts & Culture Involvement:
See above and the homepage of my website.
Hobbies:
Exhibitions and traveling (hard to separate work from life when art is both your job and your passion!), reading, writing, hiking, film, spending time with close friends
What arts & culture event/opportunity are you most looking forward to in 2017?
PICA's 15th Annual Time-Based Art Festival (TBA)! See last year's here.
What did you get most out of your AAD experience?
Professional networking, a deeper understanding of the complex and powerful relationship between art and communities, opportunities for in-depth research, supportive faculty, engaging courses, peer learners, a job! (my AAD internship was for PICA, where I've worked since early 2012).
What advice would you give to current students as they enter the professional field?
The art world is no longer sequestered - it is globalized, connected, and the emphasis is on cross-sector and cross-cultural partnership, strategy, and engagement. Be ready for and open to moving between different worlds, speaking to a range of audiences and communities, and looking for possibilities, solutions, and collaborations outside what has historically been a narrowly prescribed "arts and culture sector". Be ready, in turn, to wear many hats in a nonprofit arts organization, and develop skills and, more importantly, curiosities across areas of specialization and training. In fact, that is my biggest piece of advice - exercise insatiable curiosity, radical openness, and critical engagement with the world. It will advance you professionally and feed your soul beyond measure.
Despite the commodification of culture and commercialization of the mainstream art world, never forget art's potential for progressive possibilities and radical imaginings. Art in all its forms can be a tool for activism, resistance, and social change. Always advocate for artists, their economics and livelihood, and the valuable-no, essential--role they play in society.
Get comfortable with public speaking.
Don't give up.
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CultureWork 20th Anniversary
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To kick off this celebration, CCACP and AAD welcomed Miguel Juárez to engage with our students and community partners around the topics of diversity, representation, and visibility for Latinxs and communities of color. This presentation was inspired by his 1997 CultureWork article,
The Invisible Careers for Latinos: Public History and Museum Studies.
AAD and CCACP will be hosting another 20th anniversary event at the White Stag building in Portland, OR on Friday, May 12 from 10:00a-2:00p. Stay tuned for more information about this upcoming event!
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Research Poster Presentations
First-Year Graduate Students
When: Wednesday, March 15 | 10:00a-11:20a
Where: Lawrence Hall | Room 249
Our first-year graduate students will be presenting their proposed research topics during a conversational poster session. Join us in Lawrence 249 to learn more about our graduate students' interests, arts & culture programs and projects, and how this research will be used as they move forward in their academic paths.
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Visiting Artist Lecture: Julie York, Tim Berg, Rebekah Myers
When: Friday, March 17 | 12:30p
Where: Lawrence Hall | Room 177
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Schedule of Events
12:30p Tim Berg & Rebekah Myers,
Glimpses lecture
1:30p Transition to Northsite Ceramics building
2:00p Julie York,
Under the Influence, brief slide talk followed by workshop on model making strategies
York's work encompasses an inquiry into materials, alchemy, skill, labor, tools, and physical ways of seeing. She is intrigued by the connections between objects and their images (both physical and mental) and the ways in which we perceive and understand them. The work presents itself in a way that intends to challenge the understanding of how and what one sees. The lecture, Under the Influence, will focus on York's artistic practice in relation to what informs and guides the work. This artist talk will address ideas told from the perspective of a maker within the discipline of ceramics in the 21st century.
Berg and Myers' lecture Glimpses will discuss the core themes and questions that run through their work, giving the audience glimpses into into their methodology, conceptual concerns and material explorations. In particular, they will address notions of fortune, overabundance, authenticity, disappearance, value and the anthropocene.
Learn more about the artists here:
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Call for Art: Visual as Political
Art History Association Annual Art Show
Deadline: Friday, March 17
Where: LaVerne Krause Gallery
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The Art History Association (AHA) is excited to invite all artists to participate in the 13th Annual AHA Art Show April 24-28, 2017. Visual as Political will accompany the University of Oregon's Department of the History of Art and Architecture Graduate Student Research Symposium. The show aims to explore the relationship between art and politics interpreted in the broadest sense.
To apply please send a JPG of your work or a short proposal along with an artist statement to [email protected] no later than March 17, 2017.
The show will last from April 24-28 at the LaVerne Krause Gallery on the University of Oregon's campus with an opening reception.
Selections will be made by the Art History Association. Artists will be notified no later than March 24, 2017.
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ArtCity Mingle & Make
When: Monday, March 20 | 7:00p-11:00p
Where: Sam Bond's Brewing | 540 E 8th Ave
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Join ArtCity Eugene for a fun night of figure drawing, painting, and making while enjoying live music, food, and drink! Stay after to mingle and socialize with fellow local artists.
Mingle & Makes are the perfect opportunity for you to practice your figurative art skills. Each event will feature an entertaining host, live model, live music, bar, and a community of artists to build connections. You will need to bring your own supplies and paper, ArtCity will have a few materials available if needed. All artistic levels are welcome and no experience necessary.
Mingle & Makes occur on the third Monday of each month at varying locations. Sign up for ArtCity Eugene e-mails to receive event updates and details.
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Building Meaningful Donor Relationships
When: Tuesday, March 21 | 3:00p-5:00p
Where: Hult Center Studio
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What if every donor meeting resulted in increased fundraising support or an enhanced partnership for your organization? What if your donors inspired others to invest in your organization? Anything is possible with an engaged and informed donor community. In this interactive workshop we'll discuss the strategies for creating and strengthening individual relationships that are focused on partnership. Participants will have the opportunity to develop techniques and implement personalized donor cultivation plans, learn how to move relationships forward, and how to honor the investment each donor makes in your organization - at any giving level.
This workshop will be presented by Jen Parker, Director of Development for University Scholarships at Robert D. Honors College. Parker partners with members of the UO philanthropic community to address the needs of students across campus and hopes to share information about the challenges and opportunities for UO's top scholars.
The cost to attend this workshop is $20. Please register
here.
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Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network End of Term Party & Fundraiser
When: Tuesday, March 21 | 5:00p-7:00p
Where: Ninkasi Brewing | 272 Van Buren St
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Emerging Leaders in the Arts Network (ELAN) would like to invite the community to an end of term party and fundraiser at Ninkasi Brewing. ELAN will be the featured organization for NInkasi's
Pints for a Cause, with $1 of every pint sold during the business day donated to ELAN.
Join us for this social event to mingle with the ELAN team, current students, faculty, and local alumni. We hope to see you all there!
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Professional Grant Development Workshop
When: April 5-6 | 8:30a-4:30p
Where: Portland State University
This comprehensive workshop will illustrate how to translate ideas into fundable proposals. The overall strategic plan for writing grants will be addressed, including: the needs statement, mission, goals, objectives, evaluation, key personnel, outcomes and budgets. Our instructor will use interactive exercises, lectures, and discussions to demonstrate how to research, write, and develop your specific project.
You will learn how to:
- Research and identify potential donors
- Address the RFP guidelines
- Identify and effectively write the key elements of a proposal
- Integrate each component of the grant into the final product
- Package professional grant submissions
- Write winning grants that stand out among competition
Dr. Mathilda Harris will lead this 2-day workshop. Cost of attending is $595. More information and registration can be found
here.
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