The General Manager of Goodspeed Musicals is a key member of the Senior Operations Team who oversees the central functions of the organization’s administration and operations, including human resources, artist contracting and relations, company management, legal, IT, and more. Reporting to the Managing Director, the General Manager ensures that the organization’s people at all levels (staff, contracted artists, and more) have the necessary support to carry out their work and will play a key role in fostering a healthy culture in which team members and the artistic process can thrive. Note that while the General Manager plays a large role in the productions themselves, their role has a broader focus across the organization. Goodspeed Musicals is the foremost expert in American Musical Theatre. Founded almost 60 years ago, Goodspeed has produced 280 musicals, including over 70 world premieres, and exported 21 productions to Broadway. Goodspeed gained worldwide recognition for the creation of three of Broadway’s longest-running musicals—Annie, Man of La Mancha, and Shenandoah—and has been recognized within the industry with two Special Tony Awards. The mission of Goodspeed is to be the leader in preserving and producing musical theatre of the highest quality. This season, Goodspeed will offer more than 326 performances from April to December of new and newly revived musicals. Performances will be offered on their main stage of the historic Opera House in the bucolic village of East Haddam. This search is being led by Tom O’Connor, President, and Harold Wolpert of My Purple Crayon Consulting. The priority application deadline for this search is April 28, 2023. Applications received by this date will receive priority consideration. While we will still accept and consider applications after this date, we encourage you to apply as early as possible for the best chance at being considered for the position. Please note that meeting the priority deadline does not guarantee an interview.

Strategic brand building for artists and arts organizations has never been more important. As we move into 2022, it’s clear that a strong brand is an essential business asset. Increasingly, artists are starting to see their brands – whether personal or organizational -- as an investment that requires a consistent input of time, money, and energy. And yet many lack the resources and knowledge for developing a successful brand strategy on their own. In this live, sixty minute, highly-interactive webinar, we’ll take a close look at what branding means for artists and arts organizations. Participants will learn how to create a brand narrative that defines organizations and individual artistic practices. This hands-on virtual workshop will give artists and arts organizations the understanding and tools they need to create a marketable brand identity, one that increases visibility and drives greater engagement with key audiences, influencers, and funders. About the Instructor Lyn Chamberlin is an award-winning consultant specializing in strategic brand marketing and communications. She works with individuals and organizations to develop the branding and marketing strategies they need to significantly expand impact, visibility, and engagement. She has held senior leadership positions throughout her career, acting as chief spokesperson for the institutions she represents, overseeing all branding, advertising, public relations, and public affairs initiatives. She has held senior management positions at Harvard University, Radcliffe College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). and Sarah Lawrence College among others. An Emmy award-winning television producer, she was director of television programming at The Christian Science Monitor, and a senior producer at Westinghouse Broadcasting and NBC. Lyn was the founder and chief operating officer of skyePR, a Boston brand consultancy, advising companies such as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Polaroid, IDG, Navigant Consulting, and Technology Review Magazine, as well as numerous emerging technology start-ups and small businesses. www.lynchamberlin.com lyn@lynchamberlin.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynchamberlin/

DominGO! Hartford is an open-streets program set for the fourth Sunday of every month from 9am - 3pm in June - September 2022. This program will temporarily transform our streets into vehicle free public spaces to safely celebrate the diversity and vibrance of the city. Who We're Looking For: To support the success of the DominGO! program, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving and the City of Hartford have partnered on an Arts Activation program. Our vision is to have the streets of Hartford filled with immersive and interactive art and cultural elements during DominGO! days. We are working with the City of Hartford’s Commission on Cultural Affairs to program art and culture projects for the June 26th DominGO! day, as a demonstration of what is possible. We are also opening a call-for-artists for individuals, cultural organizations, and neighborhood groups/collectives that will create or curate art and cultural experiences, specifically for the July, August, and September DominGO! days. Art opportunities will include, but are not limited to, dance, music, theater, painting, street performers and buskers, puppetry, and interactive presentations of your art form such as hands-on arts and crafts activities. We are seeking a range of mediums. Art/experiences can be permanent or temporal in nature. Selected artists will have an opportunity to experience the demonstration projects on June 26 prior to programming their pieces in July, August, or September. We will also pair selected artists with a curator, who will help each artist develop their ideas further. Artist Stipend: The selected artists will receive a stipend for their participation, as follows: Individual piece/performance: $500 - $2,000: This is ideal for an artist or group of artists who already have an art piece in mind or have developed a similar public space performance that could be easily adaptable to DominGO! Hartford. For example, you could be a musician who wants to perform during the day, or have an interactive dance piece that you’d like to stage in the street. Larger, more complex piece/performance: $2,000 - $5,000: This is ideal for an artist or group that has a more complex and/or involved idea or approach for an art piece for the day. Perhaps you’re interested in a day-long immersive and interactive visual art-making program in a vacant lot. Pieces in this category will involve significantly more resources, coordination, and piece length.

The West Hartford Art League, in partnership with the Town of West Hartford, is seeking proposals for public art murals to be created on concrete barriers used to extend outdoor dining into the streets in West Hartford Center and BlueBack Square.

NXTHVN welcomes up to seven artists, two curators, and nine New Haven high school students to its annual Fellowship and Apprenticeship programs. Through a proprietary curriculum that focuses on mentorship, professional development, and skills training, members of the cohort cultivate their individual practices within a collaborative, community-driven context. Each fellow mentors a local high school apprentice, providing them with hands-on instruction in studio and curatorial practices. Through active participation in NXTHVN’s year-long programs, early-career artists and curators make the personal strides and interpersonal connections that advance their careers.