Proposed Salary: $40,000/full-time
Preference given to Indigenous applicants.
Work Culture at artsnb
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is an equal opportunity employer.
Equal opportunity at artsnb means:
- Hiring on merit to attract and maintain a highly qualified workforce
- Removing barriers in employment policies and practices to allow full participation and productivity in all aspects of employment
- Not tolerating discrimination and harassment
- Providing employment accommodation
- Respect for the dignity and worth of every individual in the workplace is fundamental. Our organizational values stress the importance of diversity, fairness and trust.
Qualifications
- A diploma/degree from a college/university program
- Full working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook programs
- Knowledge of social media and marketing methods
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to troubleshoot
- Demonstrated interest in the arts
- Experience in event-planning an asset
Job description / Objectives
Facilitating artsnb’s Intensive Creative Capacity Workshops for Indigenous Artists
1. Organize a series of workshops with local (New Brunswick), regional (Atlantic) and national arts organizations and arts professionals
- Identify and secure an appropriate location for the workshop discipline.
- Identify and secure facilitators for each event, establish rates, duration of involvement, and planning meetings in advance of each workshop (via teleconference or in person as appropriate and according to means).
- Contract facilitators.
- Facilitate planning sessions in advance of the workshop.
- Develop a detailed itinerary and administer the event from beginning to post-mortem (administer entrance survey, opening smudge, catering, logistics, equipment/materials, accommodations, budget, timeline, promotional materials, registration mechanism (Eventbrite/phone/email), closing ceremony, administer exit survey, write final report).
- Lead and manage the event, ensuring all details are properly attended to.
- Develop and administer evaluation frameworks pre – and post-workshop
- Prepare detailed quantitative/qualitative reports on each workshop
2. Increase the number of Indigenous artists in New Brunswick who are prepared to work towards a sustainable professional artistic practice so that they can thrive rather than survive.
3. Organize facilitated training on the essential relationship between traditional and contemporary practice in 7 artistic disciplines: Visual Arts, Fine Craft, Literary Arts, Music, Dance, Film, and Theatre.
4. Provide training and resources so that professional artists are able to navigate the professional arts world for each of the above disciplines and ensure that basic tools are in place for each participant:
a. Develop an artist statement and bio
b. Provide guidelines and resources for developing an artist CV and portfolio
5. Improve the quality, visibility, reputation, and perception of New Brunswick’s Indigenous artists and their work.
6. Build a network of support among established professional arts organizations in New Brunswick and Canada for New Brunswick’s Indigenous artists.
