Opportunities

Apply to be a 2025-26 Law, Environment & Animals Program Student Fellow!
 
The Law, Environment & Animals Program at Yale Law School (law.yale.edu/animals) is inviting applications for its 2025-26 LEAP Student Fellows Program. Applications are due on Monday, September 22. 
 
About LEAP:
Launched in 2019, the Law, Environment & Animals Program (LEAP) at Yale Law School is a multidisciplinary “think-and-do tank” dedicated to developing new strategies to address industrialized animal cruelty and its impacts on the living world, and to drawing attention to the questions of conscience and law raised by humanity’s treatment of animals. To this end, LEAP leads and coordinates a diverse program of activities that serve students and scholars at Yale and that contribute to defining, expanding, and advancing the field of animal law and policy. LEAP’s programming includes academic and experiential courses; legal work on climate change and animal agriculture and other research initiatives; active support for student research projects and publications; and regular lectures, panels, and events. Learn more at our website: law.yale.edu/animals. 
 
About the LEAP Student Fellows Program: 
Each academic year, LEAP selects a group of Student Fellows, including both Yale Law School students and other Yale graduate and professional school students. The goal of the Student Fellows Program is to support the academic and professional goals of Yale students interested in helping animals, to further empower these students to do impactful work while at Yale, and to build a robust and fun community of students and scholars interested in animal law and policy on campus.
 
During the academic year, LEAP Student Fellows receive support from LEAP faculty and staff to work on a project related to animal law, policy, and ethics. The projects can take a myriad of forms, such as academic research (either with LEAP or independently); a policy proposal; submission of comments on proposed regulations; an op-ed or popular press article; or another research or creative project of the Fellow’s choosing. Credit or pay is available for some projects. LEAP Fellows shape and participate in the life of the LEAP program in a variety of ways, including helping to envision, organize, and advertise the events that LEAP hosts during the academic year. LEAP Fellows are asked, at minimum, to work on one project of their own choosing, to attend two LEAP events per semester, and to help spread the word about LEAP events and initiatives on campus. 
 
We welcome applications from all Yale graduate and professional school students. No past experience or expertise in animal law is necessary.
 
To apply, please complete this form with a resume and brief statement of interest by MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. If you have questions about the fellowship or application process, please contact LEAP Litigation and Program Fellow Naomi Jennings (naomi.jennings@yale.edu).

YCBA seeks bilingual family programs teacher

The Yale Center for British Art seeks a dynamic, creative, and engaging bilingual family programs teacher to assist bilingual educational programs for our English- and Spanish-speaking visitors. 

The Yale Center for British Art’s (YCBA) permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, and works on paper spans more than five centuries and is the foundation for a museum uniquely focused on the complex histories, legacies, and shifting contexts of British art. The Education Department designs and facilitates programs and learning experiences for visitors of all ages and abilities including curricular integration opportunities for preK-undergraduate students, tours and in-gallery programs for children, youth, and families, artmaking programs, and access programs for visitors with disabilities.  

The ideal candidate will be passionate about engaging children and families through interactive, inclusive, accessible educational programming.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assist YCBA Educators in facilitating interactive gallery experiences and exhibition-related workshops in both English and Spanish. 
• Assist in the creation of bilingual educational materials and resources. 
• Record attendance numbers, distribute and collect surveys, and occasionally take photographic documentation to support program evaluations. 

Qualifications: 

• Demonstrated experience working with children in an educational setting. 
• Fluent in English and Spanish, with excellent verbal and written communication skills in both languages.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with diverse audiences. 
• Availability for evening and weekend work. Must be available to work on key Saturdays, including a Community Day on October 25, 2025. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Undergraduate work or degree (Bachelor’s) in Art History, Education, Fine Art, Museum Studies, Latin American Studies, or a related fieldinvolving analysis, interpretation, and discussion of visual and material culture. 
• Knowledge of art education best practices and familiarity with museum processes and standards. 
• Hours: It is anticipated that the teacher will work an average of 10 hours per month. 

To Apply: Please ensure to upload your resume, cover letter (in English and Spanish), and contact information for two references to this application. We will begin to review applications on September 11. Apply here >

Student ecology / birding project “Taking Flight” seeks volunteer mentors

Two Yale undergrads, Erica Yu and Karinne Tennenbaum, of Taking Flight—an educational initiative that aims to inspire a new generation of climate leaders through birding—are applying for a Saybrook College Creative Performing Arts (CPA) grant ($500) for a visual arts project called Tetraglass (name tentative).

Birds are unique in that they have tetrachromatic vision, allowing them to see ultraviolet light. Unfortunately, seeing more does not aid them in avoiding windows. The United States Geological Service (USGS) estimates that up to two billion birds are killed annually in window collisions. With Tetraglass, they aim to raise awareness of this issue by designing a tetrahedron-shaped, glass mosaic sculpture that memorializes bird mortalities.

Erica and Karinne are searching for 1-2 enthusiastic graduate student volunteer mentors from the Yale School of Art to advise them in this endeavor. Please reach out to Erica via email (erica.yu@yale.edu) directly and cc Karinne (karinne.tennenbaum@yale.edu) by Sept. 3 with interest!

The Center for Collaborative Arts and Media CCAM Studio Fellowship (2025–2026)

The CCAM Studio Fellowship invites creators to produce an original project based at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM).
 
CCAM offers each project: 

• funding for project materials,
• meetings with the group of fellows and our team for project mentorship,
• access to the center’s spaces and Equipment Checkout, and
• an opportunity to present their work in the Studio Fellowship Exhibition.

The application is open to everyone. Please note that the fellowship involves regular in-person engagement at CCAM. The call for proposals is now open! Proposals will be due by Sunday, September 21 at 11:59pm.

Full information & link to apply here >>

Mural Opportunity!

Town Green District is excited to announce the opening of our 2025 Straight Up Art mural program! Submit past pieces of your artwork in this Request for Qualifications round. If you are selected to move onto the next round, Request for Proposals, you will be asked to create a site-specific proposal for the mural location. 
 
Please check out our website for more information on the program and feel free to reach out with any questions.
 
RFQs are due May 9th at 12pm. Submit here >

Nasty Women Open Call 2025:
Hill Blocks View: Coming Together when Things Fall Apart

This is an uncensored unjuried show, and submission is free and open to all. To participate, complete this form by Thursday, February 27, 2025, indicating how you’d like to participate, and what you’d like to contribute. We’re salivating at the mouth to hear your ideas, so dream big. The exhibition will take place at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, CT (80 Audubon St.) from March 8-22, 2025. Should you have any questions, email nastywomenct@gmail.com.

Deadline: Thursday, February 27, 2025. Submit here >

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians!

The New Haven Chamber Orchestra is seeking new musicians in strings, horn, and percussion for the Orchestra’s 20th season.

The group meets weekly on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30PM. Email info@newhavenorchestra.com if you’re interested in joining!

Skowhegan 2026 Applications Now Open!
 
The Call for Applications for Skowhegan’s 2026 Program (June 6–August 8, 2026) is now open! Applications will be accepted from September 1 until October 17, 2025 (11:59 PM EST). 

This year’s call for applications is opening a bit earlier than usual. We’ve made this change to provide all prospective participants more time to organize their summer plans, and to ensure international applicants have ample time to navigate the visa application process.

Every summer, our program offers artists the opportunity to engage within an experimental framework based on the idea of sharing knowledge and skills among participants. During the nine-week program, we live as a community of peers on our 350-acre campus in rural Maine. Artists devote time to their studio practices while participating in a collective learning process through a variety of skill-sharing and theoretical workshops, group and individual studio visits, performances, lectures, and reading groups.

Based on a transversal open structure, Skowhegan creates a space in which participant artists design the program contents in full collaboration with faculty—a distinguished, international group of resident and visiting artists—and our team (primarily Skowhegan alums).

Who can apply? Artists from all over the world and working in all disciplines are welcome to apply. Skowhegan is particularly interested in emerging artists—both U.S.-based and international—with a professional art practice. Experimentation, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to collaborate and interact with peers are the main requirements.

How does the application process work? Our application is conducted online and based on work developed to date. We require 10 images, or 6 minutes of videos/sound projects, and brief explanations of each to provide context. This year, we also ask for a brief video narrative describing your interests as an artist. Detailed video narrative instructions can be found within the application. We do not require applicants to apply with a specific project in mind; instead, we encourage participants to use their time at Skowhegan to experiment based on the experience of living and working together over the course of the nine-week program.

Does Skowhegan provide financial assistance? We do not consider financial circumstances during application review. Our priority is that the School is accessible to any interested artist who is accepted. We have scholarship funds to distribute amongst applicants in need. International artists need to obtain their visas, and we provide a letter of acceptance upon request. We also provide help with travel expenses for international participants.

We encourage you to apply soon or share this Call for Applications with your friends and colleagues to help spread the word!

For more information on how to apply, please visit: www.skowheganart.org/program.

If you have further inquiries you can email: help@skowheganart.org. Please carefully review all guidelines and FAQs before submitting your application.

• The Hopper Prize: Offers a series of individual artist grants on a bi-annual basis.

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