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| | The Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County is a nonprofit membership 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. Find out more and sign up here. |
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| | | | NO DEMO!: PROTECTING HISTORIC TREASURES |
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| | THE KNOWLTON
Owner: Shiran Nicholson
The Knowlton is a 50,000 square-foot event space with three venues and 27 artists' studios on the Pequonnock River estuary in the Washington Park Historic District on Bridgeport's East Side. The main building hosts the artists' studios and two galleries: the Armstrong and 285. The Boathouse is a 9,000 square-foot event space with three large doors that open onto a spacious deck overlooking the Pequonnock River. The Knowlton, most recently known as 305 Knowlton, was once home to the Armstrong Manufacturing Company, a well known tool and die manufacturer in the 1800s, that also created a technologically advanced prototype "horseless carriage" in 1895, and a few years later, the first hybrid electric car. |
| | ❦ – Latest List by Town of Organization and Creative Business Members: here
❦ – Latest List by Town of Artist Members: here |
| | | | The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, raised $11,770 at the Whiplash 2019 fashion show fundraiser on October 17, to support its exhibition and education programs. Catwalk looks were created by WEST boutique of Westport with hair and makeup looks by Whip Salon. Key sponsors for the event included SUX Straws, @beausoleilshop, Cylinder Vodka, Bailey’s Backyard, and PIY Pizza. Attendees enjoyed an evening celebrating creativity with signature cocktails, a silent auction, dancing, and more. |
| | Arts for Learning Connecticut, a Hamden-based nonprofit that engages students of all ages and abilities in learning creatively through the arts, has named a new executive director. John-Michael Parker is an artist, educator, and non-profit leader who was born and raised in Connecticut. After graduating from Yale, he moved to New York City and joined the founding team of The Future Project. He worked with Arts for Learning CT in July of 2019, and is working to help the organization continue to build on its long record of success and service while responding to our state's unique educational, artistic, and non-profit landscape. |
| | Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County will honor two well-known Holocaust survivors-- Judith Altmann and Agnes Vertes at the JHSFC Heritage Award Celebration Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. They have dedicated their lives to educating students on the Holocaust and have spoken to well over 100,000 school children.
The Jewish Historical Society of Fairfield County provides historical and educational materials and information about the Jewish community of Fairfield County and serves the community through its membership and its archival resources. Learn more. |
| | The Town of Fairfield was among two dozen communities in the state to receive accreditation from the Connecticut Economic Development Association (CEDAS) for exemplifying best practices in economic development and land use planning. The Town underwent a rigorous application and peer review process that required documentation of its procedures and adherence to industry best practices. The Town was able to showcase the policies that it uses to support local businesses and target strategic business growth. |
| | The Quick Center for the Arts invites you to dive deeply into the big ideas and themes of its current and upcoming productions through selected books in its new mobile bookstore, which you’ll discover in the Quick lobby. These titles — which you can peruse when you come to buy tickets, before the show, or during intermission — will give you greater insights into the world of the production, offering both confirmations and alternative perspectives on the performance works, which are always provocative and of the moment. More... |
| | | CT HUMANITIES LAUNCHES NEW APP
CT Humanities (CTH) is proud to announce the launch of a new mobile app, ConnTours. ConnTours serves as a mobile-friendly guide to unique and interesting places that comprise the Connecticut landscape. The app is piloted with four theme-based tours which explore sites connected to notable women, Connecticut’s role in the American Revolution, its unique architectural landmarks, and its complicated relationship to slavery. Learn more. |
| | NEMA SALARY SURVEY UNDERWAY
The New England Museum Association recently launched its 2019 New England Museum Salary, Benefits, and Workforce Survey. The more data that NEMA can collect, the more useful the survey will be to the field. This year the survey has included a section for all-volunteer organizations. The goal of this survey is to better understand the museum workforce including volunteer run organizations. The submission deadline is November 22, 2019. Complete details about the Survey, including a General Information and Survey Preview Worksheet, can be found here. |
| | NEW BOOK PROFILES "NEW" HISTORIC SITES
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| | GIVING DAY 2020
Fairfield County's Community Foundation (FCCF) reminds us that Fairfield County's next Giving Day is February 27, 2020. This is our region's biggest philanthropic event. Key items to remember:
● Register at FCGives.org from Nov. 1. Sign-up by Dec. 1 and you get the chance to win $500. ● Sign up for Dec. 12 Giving Day 101 & 201 trainings with GiveGab. Learn how to create and customize your profile and the best practices for donor stewardship. Giving Day 201 focuses on goal setting, social media strategies, engaging your board, and the power of peer-to-peer fundraising and matching challenges. |
| | FUNDING & OTHER OPPORTUNITIES |
| SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY GRAD STUDENTS AID NONPROFITS
Put MBA students to work on your nonprofit management challenges. Would you like a team of MBA students to work for your nonprofit for no charge on an organizational project for your nonprofit? The Center for Nonprofits at Sacred Heart University (SHU) can help you do that. As a graduation requirement for SHU’s MBA program at the Jack Welch College of Business, students complete a capstone project working with a local nonprofit organization to solve a problem, create a feasibility study or more. Students manage a project that they research, design, implement, and evaluate. The program is looking for projects for either its Winter term, early January), or its Spring term, in April. For more information, testimonials, a list of previous clients, click here. |
| | CAP COLLECTIONS ASSESSMENT APPLICATIONS OPEN The Foundation for Advancement in Conservation (FAIC) is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2020 Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program from November 1, 2019, with a deadline of February 1, 2020. The CAP program is open to small and medium-sized museums, zoos, aquariums, arboreta, and botanical gardens in the United States. Participating institutions receive funding for a general conservation assessment from a qualified collection and building assessor. A FREE webinar, An Introduction to CAP, will be held on November 12, 2019, at 2pm. To register click here. |
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CONNECTING TO COLLECTIONS CARE: HOW TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB
Scott Rosenfeld will lead a webinar -- LED Lighting for Museums -- on Nov. 21 at 2 pm. The introduction of LEDs, and the subsequent phasing out of some incandescent lights, are forcing many museums to reevaluate how to light their collections. Thankfully LEDs can do a great job while saving energy and providing access to new and fantastic capabilities. This webinar will provide examples of how good lighting design can help provide a dynamic visitor experience while minimizing light’s harmful impact on collections. More details and registration here. |
| | LEGAL BASICS FOR CT NONPROFITS
Scrutiny of nonprofits has never been more intense than it is right now. Nonprofit leaders – both senior staff and the members of the board – need to be familiar with the many state and federal rules that govern nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations to make sure their organization avoids any missteps. Join Pro Bono Partnerships for an important two-hour workshop on Dec. 11 to learn the fundamentals of nonprofit law and their application to your organization. Register here. |
| | | Professional Development Events Coming Up…
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| | | | KLEIN DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
The Klein Memorial Auditorium Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit, which operates the 1,447-seat performing arts center in Bridgeport, seeks a qualified individual to become its fulltime director of development. This individual will plan, direct, and coordinate all Development activities, major fundraising activities and special projects, by performing the following duties personally, and or with executive director, Board of Directors, as it relates to targeted goals in Development Plan. Full information here. |
| | EDUCATION ASSISTANT ALDRICH MUSEUM
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is looking for an Education Assistant to support the Education Department in developing and deliver innovative, enriching, and creative strategies for engagement with Pre-K through 12 students and educators; college and university students and educators; families, teens, and adults. Supporting outreach and managing the administrative responsibilities associated with these audiences is a critical role for the Assistant. Full information here. |
| | | JOBS STILL AVAILABLE
The Keeler Tavern Museum and History Center, Grantwriter |
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