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ABOUT OX-BOW

Ox-Bow, school of art and artists' residency, is seeking an experienced person to fulfill the Ceramics Studio Technician position for the 2009 summer. This is a residential position to live and work among a dedicated community of artists for the duration of the summer, May 25th through September 1st. This position is ideal for recent grads looking for additional experience in managing and taking ownership of the studio and programmatic needs in an educational setting. Applicants should be self-motivated and able to work with a variety of students, faculty, and processes. This position represents an excellent opportunity to engage with an active community, and to gain valuable experience running and maintaining all aspects of a versatile ceramics studio. The position requires that the technician work a minimum of 40 hours over the week and weekend, dependent on course schedules, class turnovers, and repair needs. Hours range from early morning to late evening. Technicians receive a weekly stipend of $325, as well as room and board. Additionally, while class needs are paramount, Technicians are encouraged to use the studio in order to maintain an artistic practice

TO APPLY

Please send a letter of intent, resume, 10 slides or digital images, and contact information for 3 references (email address and phone numbers) to the following address:

Ox-Bow
36 South Wabash, 12th Floor
Chicago, IL 60603

Applications are due March 20th. References for appropriate candidates will be contacted shortly thereafter. For a more comprehensive list of duties or more information, please email Amy Stibich at astibich@saic.edu. For more information on Ox-Bow, please visit www.ox-bow.org.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• General oversight of ceramics facility
• Set up equipment and studio prior to new student orientation (Sunday) for each class
• Maintain a safe, clean, and organized facility
• Be available to instructors for class needs
• Repair and maintain equipment and tools as needed
• Maintain appropriate quantity of clays and glazes for each course
• Oversight of all kiln operations, including electric, propane, glass, and wood-fired
• Manage ceramics studio budget
• Observe proper studio protocol
• Communicate with instructors about individual class needs

PRIOR TO OPENING OF OXBOW

• Acquire studio budget and ordering procedures form administration
• Communicate with instructors about individual class needs
• Coordinate with administration about ordering supplies
• Test and assess all studio equipment
• Insure ample propane supply (coordinate with Ceramics and Glass studios)
• Organize all materials
• Take inventory of material and order as necessary
• General clean up of studio, work areas, and kilns
• Check and restock first-aid kit
• Clean refrigerator
• Secure ample supply of firewood for wood kiln
• Create any safety or information signage and install in studio
• Post ceramic technician hours sign in studio

CLOSING OF CERAMIC STUDIO

• The entire facility must be thoroughly cleaned
• All materials must be organized and inventoried
• See detailed closing procedures for kilns, equipment and studio
• Write an end-of-season report assessing functionality of studio, studio budget, and any recommendations for next season

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Dollars : 10/hr
Hours : 15

We have an exciting opportunity available for a motivated Administrative Assistant for our Glen Allen, VA office. This position will serve Central Virginia.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
• Provides customer service to staff in region/department in regards to ordering, processing of work requests, and special needs.
• Provides administrative support to Regional field offices or Department as necessary for the efficient and effective day-to-day operations.
• Effectively researches, collects, organize and disseminate information in a timely fashion.
• Prepares correspondence, memos, reports and other written materials.
• Assists office volunteers in office-related tasks.
• Assists in creating documents and materials utilizing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Lotus Notes as well as other databases specific to the Division.
• Answers phone inquiries and routes calls to appropriate staff.
• Prepares simple analyses of requested information or data.
• Follows procedures for tracking projects to ensure completion.
• Ensures all communication to both internal and external customers is conducted in a professional manner.
• Assists with the recruitment and training of office volunteers as requested.
• Processes all income per ACS Guidelines.
• Ensures invoices are processed in a timely manner.
• Alerts facilities management when appropriate to ensure facilities are maintained.
• Maintains petty cash as necessary
• Assists with meeting logistics and operations.
• Makes business based decisions; maintains complete and updated files and records in accordance with standards of the Division, submits timely and accurate reports; meets timelines, follows through; apprises supervisor of status; provides viable & innovative solutions to problems; attends meetings/trainings, adheres to approved policy/procedure, represents the organization in a professional manner.
• Maintains and orders adequate inventory of American Cancer Society materials as requested.
• Ensures the memorial program procedures adhere to ACS guidelines.
• Ensures all safety guidelines and emergency procedures are followed according to ACS guidelines.
• Processes requests for ACS literature and materials in a timely fashion.
• Assist the public with requests for wigs, prostheses, bras and other patient service materials as necessary.
• Proactively and assertively addresses issues as they arise.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:
• High School graduate with a minimum of two years of administrative work experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to interact with staff team, volunteers, other organizations, Community leaders and the public at large.
• Intermediate skills on Windows-based PC and Microsoft applications.
• Reliable transportation required

Other Desirable Qualifications:
• Knowledge of general accounting principles preferred.
• Ability to proofread for accuracy
• Good Organizational Skills

Division: 
South Atlantic Division

Preferred Method of Application: 
Through Employer Website
http://careers.peopleclick.com/careerscp/client_acs/external/search.do
And search Job ID #: 3595

The HUB-BUB Artist-in-Residence Program provides three pre-professional and emerging young visual artists and one creative writer the opportunity to "live free and create" for 11-months in downtown Spartanburg, SC.

Each artist is provided with a large studio apartment that is located above The Showroom (HUB-BUB's gallery and performance space) and a bi-monthly stipend of $300 in exchange for 15-20 hours a week of work helping out with HUB-BUB duties and getting involved in community based art projects. HUB-BUB duties include setting up and bartending for concerts, keeping a regular HUB-BUB blog, hanging art shows, helping with fundraisers, assisting in gallery maintenance and more. Community projects may include collaborating with other local non-profits, initiating community art projects, participating in open-to-the-public studio time and other creative charity work. Residents will also be encouraged to donate a piece of work to HUB-BUB for archival purposes. The writer-in-residence additionally will serve as an apprentice with the award-winning Hub City Writers Project, an independent press and literary arts organization.

All residents will be between the ages of 20 and 35 upon application. The ideal candidates for this program are challenging, progressive artists who are self-directed, motivated, and passionate about creating new art. Our facilities will limit certain applicants like welders, potters, and glass artists who require excessive space or special tools.

The live/work spaces will be best suited to artists who work in genres which do not require major equipment, such as (but not limited to) painters, bookmakers, paper artists, filmmakers and computer artists. Photographers are welcome to apply; however there is no dark-room facility in the complex. Artists are responsible for all equipment that they do require (ie. Film artists must provide editing equipment, etc.).

The artists will have an opportunity to showcase and sell their work in our gallery space during their stay, with special gala events highlighting both their existing work at the beginning of their residency and their new work at the end of it.

The next residency will begin June 1, 2009 and to end April 30, 2010. Each residence is worth approximately $20,000, as all Artists-in-Residence will have rent and utilities underwritten for the full 11 months plus be paid a stipend for their work with either HUB-BUB.COM or The Hub City Writers Project.

Division:
Non-Profit Arts

Preferred Method of Application:
Mail

Contact Information:
Alix Refshauge | Director Artists-in-Residence Program
149 S. Daniel Morgan Ave. Suite 2
Spartanburg , South Carolina

Warschawski, a branding, marketing and public relations agency in Baltimore, MD, is in need of an intern for our Creative Design Department! Work with the nation's Best Small Agency of the Year through an exciting internship opportunity. Preferred candidates will have experience in both design and programming and should be proficient in .php or .asp. Knowledge of and ability to work in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), SVN or CVS code, javascript, flash/actionscript, MySQL, CSS, XML, Linux environment and social media applications are a plus. Most importantly, we're looking for candidates who are confident, willing to learn and have an inquisitive nature and an entrepreneurial spirit. Applicants should also possess a continued willingness to learn throughout their tenure at Warschawski.

The three-month program is full-time, requiring 40 hours per week. This is an unpaid position; however, we do offer the opportunity for college credit. Based on your performance, Warschawski may offer continued employment opportunities upon the completion of the program. For more information about Warschawski, our work or our clients, please visit www.warschawski.com.

Preferred Method of Application:
Email Employer Contact

Contact Information:
Jess Jankoviak | Junior Associate
1501 Sulgrave Ave.
Suite 350
Baltimore, Maryland 21209
Email: jess.jankoviak@warschawski.com

Desired Major/Concentration:
Advertising-Mass Communications, BUS-Marketing, Communication Design, Computer Science, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Mass Communications, Public Relations-Mass Communications

Wall Street Shakeup Changes the Job-Search Game
by Joe Turner, for Yahoo! HotJobs

The recent Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and Merrill Lynch sell-off are just tips of a much larger iceberg that will have far reaching economic implications for all of us in the United States. Tens of thousands of layoffs in and beyond the financial industry will signal more sober times as companies across the country will be forced into rethinking their future hiring plans.

Investors are primed for even more bad news. For example, how the untold costs of Hurricane Ike will hit the insurance and energy industries. Further drops in the stock market and other economic losses will also likely occur in the weeks ahead.

One fact seems certain. All of these circumstances will combine to have huge ramifications for job seekers. The combination of a failing economy along with rising unemployment will require individuals to take a fresh approach to their job search.

Referencing the most recent economic crisis, Neil McNulty, principal recruiter, McNulty Management Group states, "The game has changed, but the rules remain the same: Now, more than ever, job seekers need to change their mindset from looking for 'openings' to looking for 'opportunities' ... and opportunities are borne out of crisis and chaos, and exist even in the worst economy."

This means that you, as a job seeker, must look beyond job postings and move into marketing yourself to the managers of the companies and organizations who are experiencing problems that you can solve.

Action Steps:

1. Change your mindset from a passive job seeker to an active problem-solver. Don't just rely on the Internet to find job openings. Scour the marketplace to identify the hidden jobs that aren't advertised. Get yourself in front of people who are receptive to a problem-solving approach rather than one of "Will you hire me?"

2. Talk "results" rather than skills. Stop thinking of yourself as just an assortment of job skills and focus on results that employers want to buy. See yourself as a product to package and market, and then create your own marketing campaign to find your desired job. This includes having a state-of-the-art resume, and sharpening your interviewing skills.

3. Think and talk in terms of Return-on-Investment. View yourself as a mini Profit-and-Loss center for an employer. Be prepared to talk the language of money and demonstrate ways you have helped to positively impact the bottom line of your past or current employer. This means demonstrating ways you've helped make money or save money for your employer or their clients. As employees, we all touch money, though some of us may be closer to it than others. All of us must find ways to prove that we make or save money, and be ready to indicate that in short "sound bites" when we get the opportunity.

Joseph P. Kennedy said many years ago, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." That statement is just as true today as it was then. In this tough economy, whether employed or not, we all share something in common. We all have to get tough, and we all have to get going.

Come to the Career Center and let us help you create an action plan for your job search. We understand that this can be a challenging time. We have great tools and resources that can give that competitive edge in the job search process.

**This is just one perspective, but definitely something to think about.**

Not All Artists Starve: Creative Jobs That Pay Well
by Aimee Chou, EarnMyDegree.com

The myth of the "starving artist" has painted a liberal-arts or fine-arts degree as a death knell to financial stability, leading some "creatives" to become accountants instead. But is the myth really true?

Less Wonk, More Warhol

Without an MBA or M.D., you can still have a well-paying career. Now is an ideal time to embrace your right brain, with a few guidelines:

Go digital. Oil never goes out of style, but pixels pay better in today's market. Invest in a raster-based digital paint application, to stay in tune with the times and still somewhat true to traditional media.

Major in business, minor in fine arts. Like supply and demand, marketing and fine arts are two sides of the same coin. Learn to sketch out a business plan, and your art just might thrive.

Market yourself. Artists starve when commercialism doesn't match creativity. Talent notwithstanding, your work must endear you to a gallery or company's bottom line via marketing or target audience analysis.

Think "four tiers." Artists fit into one of four categories, and so do their income brackets (median salaries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics):

* Art director: Oversees design, layout, copywriting, and more. $68,100
* Multi-media artist: Animators, graphic designers, and game developers. $51,350
* Fine artist: Painters, sculptors, and illustrators. $41,970
* Craft artist: Works ceramics, textiles, stained glass, and more. $24, 090

Hot Art-Related Fields

According to Daniel Pink, author of "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future," left-brained jobs are increasingly outsourced. What remains are more art-related opportunities than ever -- requiring intuition, pattern recognition, and holistic meaning (salaries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unless otherwise noted):

Postsecondary teacher. Art is back -- and bigger than ever -- on the curriculum. Neuroimaging studies show that the arts affect student cognition, reigniting a hot career path. From music to performing arts schools, students everywhere need inspiring teachers. Median Salary: $51,240.

Greeting card writer. Make a living by making people laugh, cry and reminisce. Half sentimental and half humor, this $7.5 billion industry is perfect for creative freelancers. Salary: Two tiers of payment range from $35-$50 to $75-$125 per assignment (Greeting Card Association).

Grant writer. Even if art grew on trees, funding it doesn't. For performing, visual, and literary arts organizations, it comes from compelling proposals. As a bonus, you'll vicariously indulge in the excitement of watching art come to life. Median Salary: $49,623.

Video game developer. This industry never sleeps, as gamers are always waiting for the "next big thing." Don't snooze on the chance to turn your hobby into a vocation -- as a software tester, documentation writer and more. Median Salary: $51,350 (multi-media artists).

Architect. This dual-brained career is growing fast to accommodate infrastructure changes. For a surefire foot in the door, add computer-aided design and drafting technology skills to your portfolio. Median Salary: $62,960.

Curator. Love all things historic, aesthetic, and preserved? As a curator, you'll wear multiple hats doing what you love -- including administration, PR, fundraising, and technology (like digital imaging and scanning technology). Median Salary: $46,300.

Brand manager. More globalization, products, and competition means more careers. Managers mix creativity with business smarts to differentiate one brand among many and ultimately maximize product sales. Median Salary: $72,620.

***TOMORROW***

The VCU department of Sculpture + Extended Media is proud to present:

Curator Helen Molesworth
lecture: Sentiment and Sentimentality:
Some Thoughts on Ree Morton and Robert Gober

Tuesday, October 7 at 3:45 pm
Life Science Building, room 155
(Northwest corner of Cary and Harrison Streets)

Curator Helen Molesworth is well known for (among other things) her highly acclaimed exhibition and corresponding catalogue of 2006 at the Wexner Center for the Arts titled “Part Object Part Sculpture”. In it, she reconsidered the Minimalist/Post-Minimalist paradigm assumed about post-war contemporary sculpture as assumed by art history. She served previously as contemporary curator at the Whitney Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art. Molesworth was recently appointed curator of contemporary art at the Harvard University Art Museums, including Harvard’s oldest art museum, The Fogg that opened to the public in 1895. Her visit to VCU will be an opportunity for Molesworth to present her considerations about sculptors, Robert Gober and Ree Morton.
http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/0-271-02855-6.html
http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2006/11/new_harvard_cur.html

The Wolf Trap Internship Program is designed to provide meaningful hands-on training and experience in the areas of arts administration, education, and technical theater. Internships offer the practical opportunity to become an integral member of the staff and to work side-by-side with professionals producing, promoting, and administering the full spectrum of the performing arts.

This is a great opportunity to learn more visit:

http://www.wolftrap.org/Education/Internships_for_College_Students.aspx

Here is more information:
Internship duration

Summer: 12 weeks, full-time (40-plus hours per week)
Fall and Spring: 12 weeks, part-time (maximum of 24 hours per week)
Note: Duration and hours required may vary per internship.

Benefits

College credit
Complimentary tickets to many summer performances
Field trips to other Washington, DC metro arts organizations
Guest speaker series/presentations by department heads
Mentorship program
Performance facility tours
Professional development training workshops
Stipend to help offset housing and transportation expenses
Discounts at Concessions and Foundation Gift Shops
Free Master Class participation
Credit Union