| ORGANIZATIONS' NEWSLETTER News and Opportunities for the Cultural Nonprofits and Creative Businesses of Fairfield County, CT
August 25, 2018 |
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| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit service organization that supports its members through unified marketing, capacity building, professional development, and advocacy services. This newsletter is sent to all who request it - but we ask that, if you are not a member, you explore membership benefits and consider joining this community of more than 600 individuals and organizations. Sign up here |
| | | | NEW WEBSITE: PREPARE YOUR PROFILES |
| The new, integrated Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County + FCBuzz.org website is nearing completion. FCBuzz will now be a part of the CAFC website and will be known as FCBuzz Events. The URL, "FCBuzz.org" will redirect visitors to the FCBuzz Events section of our new website. You will be asked in the next week or so to upload your profiles to the new website. This is a perfect opportunity to think about the way you present yourself to visitors to our site. In preparation for your re-do on FCBuzz Events, see how your peers present themselves on our current site here. |
| | FUTURE OF MUSEUMS CONVERSATION NOW AVAILABLE AS PODCAST
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| | If you missed it, our August Spotlight on Arts & Culture WPKN 89.5FM program featuring a conversation on Museums of the Future with Kathy Maher, Executive Director of Bridgeport's Barnum Museum, you can hear it as a podcast here. Hear how P.T. Barnum in the early 19th-century was at the vanguard of imagining what "the museum" would look like (buying up part of the collection of Charles Willson Peale's Philadelphia Museum) and then imagining the role of entertainment in making the objects within the museum come alive. Even before a tornado and two hurricanes ravaged the Barnum Museum, hear how Kathy and her Board were focusing on new and innovative methods, integrating history, arts, science and technology to create a dynamic 21st century museum for the future. Hear about other museums on the same track and find out about a panel on this subject coming up at the Museums on the Move 100th Anniversary conference of the New England Museums Association in Stamford, November 7-9. |
| | SAVORCITY: SEPT. 12 - OLA LATIN KITCHEN |
| SavorCity continues its tour of the culinary hidden gems of the most diverse city in Connecticut by visiting Ola Latin Kitchen in Bridgeport's Brooklawn neighborhood on Wed. Sept 12. A $30 prix fixe menu, prepared by chef-owner Rene Lemus, will delight you by the way he spins regional ingredients into beautifully balanced dishes, reflecting the cuisine of Latin America inflected with Portuguese and Spanish flavors. Flamenco and Latin music performed by guitarist Victor Anthony Ramirez and artist weavings by Ruben Marroquin. Reservations please: sign up now. |
| | | We are pleased to announce the return of the Progressive Gallery Tour, our monthly visit to member galleries, town by-town from Greenwich to Stratford. The tour begins Sat. Sept 15, when we visit 5 member commercial galleries in Greenwich between 2 and 5pm. Speakers currently include gallery directors and David Dunlop. The full program will be announced shortly. The program is free to all, but reservations are required. Save the Date!
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| | ORGANIZATION MEMBERS SOCIAL: OCT. 4 |
| | Another Save The Date for all Organizational Members of the Cultural Alliance: all EDs, board members, marketing officers, and all staff are encouraged to attend an Organization Members Social, hosted by Kevin Connors at the Music Theatre of Connecticut (509 Westport Ave., Norwalk) on Thursday, Oct. 4, 5:30-7:30pm. $20 tickets will cover all your refreshments and will be on sale soon. There will be some speed network-ing to get you acquainted with one another and more to be announced. So, hold that date! |
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❦ – Latest List by Town of Organization and Creative Business Members: here
❦ – Latest List by Town of Artist Members: here
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| | | PEACE BY PIECE NORWALK COMMUNITY QUILT PROJECT
Peace by Piece: The Norwalk Community Quilt Project is an inter-generational after-school art program with the mission to mentor young people through the craft of quilt making. Participants range in age from 8 to 89. The group is sponsored by the Norwalk Housing Authority, which provides the workspace and storage at no cost. The Friends of the Norwalk Public Library acts as the sponsoring 501(c)(3) receiving and processing donations from individuals. The volunteer staff is made up of Lizzy Rockwell, and Anna Vecchia, assistant teacher. Communal works of art are created for fundraising purposes or as installations in public institutions. It was conceived in 2008 by Rockwell, as a way to enhance the lives of young people and elders in the city of Norwalk. Peace by Piece meetings are held twice a week, in the community room at Senior Court Housing complex. Youth quilters benefit from the attention and role modeling of their elders, as they develop strong character traits as volunteers in the community who beautify the city with their distinctive communal works of art. Older participants find their lives enriched in manifold ways through involvement with Peace by Piece. Lizzy was first asked to design a quilt made by Peace by Piece for The Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk, CT. Peace by Peace quilts also hang at Norwalk Community College, The Norwalk Public Library, Belden Branch and Sono Branch, and the Newfield Public Library in Bridgeport. Photograph above was taken at the Norwalk Public Library to mark the group's 10th anniversary in March, 2018. Lizzy Rockwell, a picture book author and illustrator, and Cultural Alliance member, is currently working on a children’s book based on this group called, The All Together Quilt, to be published by Random House in 2020. See Facebook page. Donations may be sent directly to Lizzy Rockwell here. |
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| | | ROUND-UP OF MEMBERS' NEWS |
| | The Bridgeport Public Library's History Center has been awarded a $10,511.00 grant by Connecticut Humanities to fund an exhibition and public program-ming conceptualized and delivered by guest curator Michelle Black Smith on the rich history of the Art Center, a vibrant arts and culture organization that had a profound impact on the Bridgeport community during the 1970s and 1980s. We Are Artists Every One: The Art Center in Action, 1970-1986 is an exhibition of photos, art work, photographs, artifacts, and oral histories that explores the Art Center, its influence on the city of Bridgeport, and the context of its role in the national Black Arts Movement. Public programming will include a lecture, panel discussion, documentary screening, K-12 art instruction, and behind-the-scene tours. The exhibition opens Nov 2. More... |
| | Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced that its Peacock Café has replaced its plastic straws with paper straws, and its single-use plastic food containers and utensils with 100% biodegradable options. Assist. Guest Services Manager Peter Gordon located to-go boxes made of 100% biodegradable sugar cane, sandwich boxes made of biodegradable cardboard, Made-in-America paper straws, and wooden coffee stirrers. Plastic utensils have been replaced with a bioblend utensil that is manufactured with 30% less plastic. Said Zoo Director Gregg Dancho, "Single-use plastics are a source of land and sea pollution that cause the death of birds, marine mammals and sea turtles. We’re proud of the first steps we’ve taken to be part of the solution." More... |
| | The Flinn Gallery, sponsored by The Friends of Greenwich Library, is readying to celebrate its 90th Anniversary Year with a series of exhibitions that celebrate the present and the traditions on which it rests. Opening the series will be an exhibit, Looking Forward, Looking Back, co-curated by Cultural Alliance members Leslee Asch and Dianne Niklaus of the Gilles Clement Gallery, features four artists who use their talent, originality and familiarity with the work of past masters to open a dialogue with the inspired innovators whose works preceded them. |
| | The Greenwich Historical Society will open its dramatically transformed campus October 6, 2018, enabling it to welcome more visitors, exhibit more of its collections, and enrich its education and preservation programs. The campus is home to the c.1730 National Historic Landmark Bush-Holley House, home to prosperous merchants and then as the site of one of the earliest American Impressionist art colonies, frequented by Childe Hassam, John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, Elmer MacRae and others who were part of the Cos Cob art colony, gathering at the Holley boarding house 1890-1920. Detail above of rendering of new building designed by the award-winning historic preservation architectural firm David Scott Parker Architects (click for complete image). More... |
| | The Kennedy Center's Maggie Daly Arts Cooperative, through a grant received from the Horizon Foundation, is preparing a new series of Connect and Create Community Art Workshops, due to start Sept. 8 and then every subsequent second Saturday for the next 10 months at its space in the Read's Building, 1042 Broad Street, Bridgeport. Adults of all abilities will be welcome to experience the diverse workshops led by several Kennedy Center Expressive Arts Therapists and Facilitators and local Bridgeport artists. There will be a multitude of art mediums and techniques being taught, with all materials provided. |
| | | | Congratulations to Pequot Library for being selected by the residents of Connecticut to receive the 2018 Connecticut Treasures Award, sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA Connecticut). The award was bestowed on the iconic Romanesque Revival building, designed by Robert Henderson Robertson in 1894 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearly 1,500 votes were cast in the online contest for one of Fairfield's cultural beacons. |
| | Rowayton Arts Center has announced that Emily Kelting has been named its Interim Marketing Director An award-winning photographer, an Exhibiting Member of the Rowayton Arts Center, and an Artist Member of the Cultural Alliance, Emily is also a member of the Carriage Barn Arts Center. She has served as the Public Relations Coordinator at New Canaan Country School and as Director of Communications at Greens Farms Academy. |
| | The Stamford Symphony is continuing its search for its next music director. Last season, the orchestra welcomed five guest conductors, with the intent of appointing one of them as its new music director. At the end of the season, the search committee, weighing the feedback from audience and musicians, decided to continue the search. The next five candidates, who will conduct the orchestra during the coming season (in addition to Ted Sperling) are (names are followed by current appointment): Edward Cumming (Hartt School); Andrés Cárdenes (Carnegie Mellon University Philhar-monic); Lucas Richman (Bangor Symphony & Knoxville Symphony Orchestra); Michael Stern (Kansas City Symphony); and Vladimir Kulenovic (Lake Forest Symphony). For further information, click here. Click on image for larger version. |
| | Westport Astronomical Society's founding member Phil Harrington, was awarded the Walter Scott Houston Award at the 83rd Convention of Amateur Telescope Makers on Breezy Hill in Springfield, Vermont. Harrington is the author of nine books on astronomy and over 200 articles in Astronomy magazine, the world’s most widely read English-language periodical on the subject. His monthly column, Binocular Universe, is a popular feature of the magazine. Visit his website, for more information on his books and articles. More... |
| | | | KRESGE WHITE PAPER ON CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
A new Kresge Foundation white paper on the state of Creative Placemaking, by researcher Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D., explores the value and current status of this growing field, and what it now needs to continue to flourish and have a meaningful impact on communities. Creative Placemaking and Expansion of Opportunity: Observations and Reflections offers ideas and a formulation of critical needs as the field develops. A key concern, Jackson points to, is the need for a clearer understanding of urban inequality (especially its sources and consequences). Creative Placemaking builds on a community’s cultural assets and leads to healthier places where all people, particularly those from historically marginal-ized communities, can thrive. At its best, creative placemaking elevates, shapes and transforms the physical, social, cultural and economic qualities of neighborhoods, especially when fueled by the imagination of community residents and stakeholders, artists, designers and culture bearers, working along with community developers, urban planners and those from other fields. As Creative Placemaking becomes more prevalent, social justice concerns such as gentrification, economic and cultural displacement, and cultural appropriation begin to intersect with the term. That leads to questions about values and ethical practices. If Creative Placemaking is to be understood as an instrument for greater equity and expansion of opportunity for vulnerable populations, what field developments are most essential? See the redacted six critical issues to be faced below, and read the short white paper here.
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| NCAR 4th ANNUAL LIST TOP 40 MOST VIBRANT ARTS COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA
Using 12 measures in three rubrics, SMU's National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) recently published its 4th annual list of Top 40 Most Vibrant Arts Communities in America. Connecticut was again not represented on the list. NCAR uses the three rubrics of supply, demand, and public support for arts and culture on a per capita basis. Supply is measured as total number of arts providers; demand with measures of total nonprofit arts dollars in the community; and public support as state and federal arts funding. NCAR admits its measures of vibrancy "say nothing about artistic quality, or who participates in the arts, or the value or depth of the experience with art for any individual or community, or the many artistic and cultural offerings by non-arts organizations such as parks, military bases, hospitals, and libraries." NCAR will continue to add new rubrics and additional measures "as they become available on a national scale in order to capture the most complete and unbiased assessment of arts vibrancy." The Top 40 comprised the Top 20 Large Communities (over 1 million), the Top 10 Medium (100,000 to 1 million) and Top 10 Small Communities (20,000-100,000). 7 of the Top 20 large communities were in the Northeast (New York, Boston, Newark, Philadelphia, Cambridge, MA, Rochester, NY and Pittsburgh). Of the 10 Medium cities, Pittsfield, MA; and Burlington, VT, were Northeast; and of the 10 small communities, Bennington, VT, and Oneonta, NY, were included. Read the report here |
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| | | Elizabeth Shapiro has been appointed Interim Director of Culture by Commissioner Smith. Liz joined DECD in June 2017 as the Director of Operations for the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) and Museum Division. Prior to joining DECD, she was the Executive Director of the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CHLO). Liz has an extensive background in the arts: she is a choral singer and a theatrical performer. She was a theater instructor at the New York Institute of Technology and an art installer at Babson College. She was a board member of the Light Opera Company of Salisbury as well as a performer of many Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas. |
| | Joan DiMartino is the newest member of the SHPO team and will serve as curator of the Prudence Crandall Museum. Prior to joining the SHPO, Joan served as executive director of the Smith-Harris House in Niantic where she managed a staff of three and 13 volunteers. In addition she was Communications and Museum Administrator for the Colchester Historical Society, where she had many duties, including grant writing/fundraising and assisting in the creation of the Community Conversations forum on race and education. Joan is also on the advisory council for CT History Day, and serves as the CT representative for the National Collaboration of Women's History Sites Votes for Women Trail. |
| | | | CENTER FOR CRAFT, CREATIVITY & DESIGN CRAFT RESEARCH FUND OCTOBER 1
The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design (CCCD) at the University of North Carolina supports research about craft through its Craft Research Fund. The program supports innovative research on critical issues in craft theory and history, the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture, and new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field. The fund offers three types of grants: Project Grants: Up to $15,000 awarded in support of research, writing, support documentation, images, or image rights as part of the research to be completed; Exhibition Research Grants: Up to $15,000 awarded to support exhibition research relating to the goals of the Craft Research Fund; and Graduate Research Grants: Up to $5,000 awarded for research related to a master's thesis focused on U.S. studio craft by students enrolled in graduate programs in any accredited college or university. (Deadline: September 28, 2018) Proposals are welcome from curators, researchers, independent scholars, and graduate students. Applicants must be a U.S. citizen. For complete program guidelines and application instructions, see the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design website. |
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| APAP CULTURAL EXCHANGE FUND
OCTOBER 30
The Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) is accepting applications for its Cultural Exchange Fund. The fund is a travel grant program supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that assists U.S.-based APAP members in building partnerships and collaborations outside of the U.S. and to experience the work of artists from around the world in its cultural context. Grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to individuals and up to $10,000 for groups. The program supports U.S.-based presenting organizations, agents, managers, producers, individual artists, and groups of presenting professionals traveling outside of the U.S. APAP strongly encourages, but does not limit travel to the following: Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. All applicants must be active members of APAP at the time of submission, and membership must extend at least one month beyond proposed travel dates. The October 30 deadline is for ptravel between January and June, 2019. Click for Guidelines. For further information, click here.
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| | GUIDELINES AVAILABLE FOR GOOD TO GREAT DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1 |
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Guidelines are now available for The Good to Great grant program providing between $50,000 and $125,000 in funding for Capital Projects that link art, history and tourism in ways that enhance the visitors’ experience of a cultural venue and/or historic site. The program is designed for small to medium-sized organizations with an average annual income of $500,000 or less, that have received limited state funding in the recent past. Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) organizations that own, operate and/or sponsor a cultural venue or historic site in Connecticut. The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) seeks applications which look beyond basic facilities repair, rehabilitation or expansion towards new means of telling the stories of our state’s rich history and culture in engaging, meaningful, and relevant ways. Collaborative projects that demonstrate a clear vision of how individual sites and organizations can effectively tie together local, regional or statewide cultural assets, will be prioritized. The application deadline is Oct. 1, 2018. The historic site must be listed (or eligible to be listed) on the State and/or National Register of Historic Places. Municipalities and previous Good to Great grant recipients are ineligible. Good to Great is a reimbursement program and awards require a cash match of no less than 25%. |
| | | | HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN CULTURAL EQUITY STATEMENT
From Grantmakers In the Arts. Carmen Graciela Díaz reports on the Queens Council on the Arts experience in writing their Cultural Equity statement: "Why do you need a cultural equity statement?" "Isn’t a mission statement enough?" Those are the questions Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, executive director of the Queens Council on the Arts (QCA), used to introduce a post in which she lays out how and why QCA developed its cultural equity statement. The QCA, according to Krakauer, believes "progress towards a better world can be achieved when an organization takes practical steps forward, internally and externally, in addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion." She takes the reader through the QCA's process in simple, graphic terms and explains how "as a result, every decision we make now reflects consideration of this statement whether it is about hiring, board recruitment, fundraising, community development, programming, or what we’re serving at our next reception." The post continues with some ideas on how to begin a conversation about what cultural equity means and how organizations can take their own steps to write their own cultural equity. See the post here. |
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| BOARD COACH MICHAEL DAVIDSON TOP TEN HINTS FOR ENERGIZING YOUR BOARD
Board Coach, Michael Davidson, in his latest Newsletter, has a set of practical tips for all EDs eager to energize their board. Make board meetings interesting 1. Send committee reports in advance and only discuss those with an action recom-mendation or that are seeking board input 2. Include a strategic or tactical issue for discussion in every board agenda. 3. Include an executive session at the end of every board meeting to allow for the expression of ideas that board members may have self-censored due to staff presence. 4. Include a "mission moment" every board meeting for staff or client presentation of a story about the organization's impact. Make board membership rewarding 5. Give kudos. Acknowledge special contributions of board members, e.g. introductions, access to resources, volunteer expertise, etc.
6. Encourage board members to spend time getting to know each other. Personal connections build mutual responsibility. Make fundraising less challenging 7. Discuss ways that board members can cultivate potential donors without asking for a donation.
Use board members' time effectively 8. Create a board leadership team to manage and support the work of the committees and to plan the agenda. 9. Hold an annual board planning meeting to establish priority objectives for the year. 10. Schedule weekly check-in meetings for the ED and the Board Chair. |
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| | | Professional Development Events Coming Up... |
| | | | LONG WHARF THEATRE FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER
Long Wharf Theatre (LWT) seeks a Front of House Manager to oversee daily front of house operations for all performances and events including concessions; ensure safety of patrons, volunteers, and staff through the proper implementation and enforcement of emergency procedures; oversee volunteer usher program; manage assigned events; and work with key staff to support LWT’s mission, vision, and values. Essential Job Duties include: Front of House: serve as a welcoming face of the theatre for patrons; supervise and schedule bartenders, ushers; ensure patrons are safely and efficiently seated; enforce safety and fire regulations; prepare and distribute detailed house reports after every performance; provide orientation and training for volunteer ushers; develop volunteer recognition and evaluation programs; maintain FOH staff and volunteer handbooks, and more. Concessions and Merchandise: manage budget and track concessions income; inventory and order concessions items; oversee budget, etc. Competencies: ability to work with employees in a collegial manner, and to work alone or on a team, as needs require; strong written and verbal communications skills in English; self-motivated; ability to perform many tasks in one day, etc. Email resume to humanresources@longwharf.org with cover letter and "Front of House Manager" as subject. Complete job description, here. |
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| | NEW BRITAIN YOUTH MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The New Britain Youth Museum is seeking a new Executive Director. This full-time position is responsible for administration of a children’s and cultural Museum in downtown New Britain, and The Hungerford Park Nature Center in neighboring Kensington, CT. Responsibilities include business administration of the organization and working with staff in the planning, funding, and implementation of programs, exhibits, and events. The Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of the arts, the humanities, sciences and the environment through innovative programming, interactive exhibitions and the unique collections of the Museum. Minimum of 5 years’ experience in management, preferably in a museum, other educational organization or non-profit. Demonstrated experience and success in grant writing and fundraising. Salary 48K-55K depending on experience. Benefits available. For a more detailed job description and requirements click here. Send cover letter & resume to: nbymuseum@gmail.com. |
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| | | MATTATUCK MUSEUM EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR
The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, seeks an Executive Assistant to the Director to provide administrative support to the Executive Director and Board President. Additional support for other staff directors as necessary. Areas of coverage include Board meetings, policies and procedures, and general bookkeeping assistance. Also responsible for duties outlined below as well as other duties as assigned. Leadership Assistance: Provide administrative support to Director (correspondence, travel arrange-ments; appointments, receipts/reimburse-ment requests, etc.); provide administrative support to Board President as needed; maintain calendar and schedule appoint-ments for Director and Board President; space reservation logistics and set up for meetings. Membership and Financial Activity: assist Director of Finance and Personnel in maintaining financial records, preparing check requests/reimbursements, etc; Capital Campaign: provide adminis-trative support to the Director, Development Director, Volunteer committee and consultant during the museum’s campaign fund drive. Office Management: Plan/attend weekly staff meetings; manage office supplies/ budget; coordinate office equipment management and repair needs (copiers, desktop. Committee & Board Activity: Assist Director and Board President in Board Meeting Preparation. Visitor Services: Cover front desk for visitor services during daily lunch and breaks; assist with ticketing/shop sales as needed, etc. QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS: The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree or an Associates degree with relevant prior work experience. S/he should enjoy working with the public, meeting new people, and partnering with volunteers. Strong organizational skills are a must and the candidate should have the ability to prioritize and organize multiple activities. S/he will possess strong typing skills, proven accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines. Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel are required. Annualized Salary Range: $26,000-$30,000 Commensurate with Experience. To apply, please send cover letter that addresses qualifications and interest, current resume and 3 professional references to: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR SEARCH, Attn: Bob Burns, Director, Mattatuck Museum,144 West Main Street, Waterbury, CT 06702 or via email to bob@mattmuseum.org. For full job description, click here. |
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| FCCF MANAGER, CENTER FOR NONPROFIT EXCELLENCE
Fairfield County’s Community Foundation (FCCF) seeks a Manager for its Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE), reporting to the Vice President of Community Impact Manager, and respons-ible for creating and executing the programs of the Community Foundation’s Center for Nonprofit Excellence and for developing annual goals and plans aligned with the CNE strategic plan. The CNE is a regional non-profit capacity building initiative, and one of the Community Foundation’s 5 strategic priorities. CNE Program Management: Build working knowledge and professional relationships and identify critical local and regional issues and trends in nonprofit capacity building; proactively design and implement efforts that will advance the goals of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence; conduct research and analysis to inform the CNE programming and collaborate with marketing to publish reports related to nonprofit capacity building; devel-op metrics to evaluate the impact of the CNE; plan and execute CNE workshop calendar and serve as the primary liaison with CNE partners, such as the CT Community Nonprofit Alliance and others; partner with program officers to identify and serve Foundation grantees’ capacity-building and training needs, including training in diversity, equity and inclusion topics; collaborate with Manager of Advocacy and Community Engagement on legislative forums and FCCF’s Advocacy Day; and more. Giving Day: Manage relationship with platform provider and development of platform for Giving Day; develop and execute nonprofit training series to help Giving Day participants successfully participate in Giving Day; oversee nonprofit registration process for Giving Day; plan and execute Giving Day event. Board Relations /Governance: staff the CNE Advisory Committee; serve as key staff liaison to Committee; create timely and consistent communications to keep the Committee engaged and committed to the work. Fundraising and Donor Relations: Support Development to cultivate funding partners and raise the funding necessary to implement the CNE strategic plan; support efforts to build relationships with fundholders passionate about nonprofit capacity building. External Relations: Represent FCCF at community meetings and foundation professional association meetings; provide support to marketing on communications materials focused on CNE. Qualifications: Undergraduate degree in a related field (Master’s preferred); 5-7 years of increasing-ly responsible nonprofit program managment experience and understanding in RBA Methodology required; experience delivering professional trainings in diversity, equity and inclusion, preferred; enthusiasm for FCCF’s mission, respect for the work of nonprofit partners, and strong interest in Fairfield County regional issues and communities. For complete description, click here. Send resume to recruiting@fccfoundation.org. |
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| | | | | SPACE FOR RENTStamford Art Association, 39 Franklin Street, Stamford. Second floor of the Townhouse Gallery is available for rent for solo or small group exhibit November 11-December 16, 2018. 25 wall works can be hung and pedestals are available. The fee is $500 for SAA member and $550 if not. Please contact SAA at stamfordartassn@optonline.net or 203 325 1139. |
| | MARKETING INTERNSJoin Milford Arts on an exciting journey in the realm of marketing, PR, and Communication. We would like to work beside and guide any student who is willing to help us find ways to engage the community through social media and beyond. Join the heart of the arts! |
| | | MEMBERS: Please post your Job Opportunities in FCBuzz Classifieds: http://fcbuzz.org/classified/jobs/ |
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OCTOBER Oct. c1: CT Office of Arts: Good to Great Capital Project Grant Application Deadline Oct. c5: CT Humanities Quick Grant Application Deadline |
| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a 501(c)(3) organization. We are very grateful for the support of our individual and organization members, our individual donors and the following organizations. |
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