DCCA: Opportunities

JOBS • ARTIST STUDIOS • ARTIST OPPORTUNITIES • INTERNSHIPS

JOBS
There are no current openings. Please check back frequently.

JP MORGAN CHASE ARTIST STUDIOS AT THE DCCA
No studios are available at this time. Please contact Helen Page for more information.

ARTISTS' SUBMISSIONS AND EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITIES
For artist members, there are two opportunities each year for their works to be considered: the annual members’ juried exhibition (postmark deadline around December 1st) and the open call for individual artist members’ solo and group exhibitions (generally in the late spring and early summer of each year). The DCCA has artist members from across the United States. To join the DCCA, please go to: http://www.thedcca.org/membership.html. Please contact the curatorial department if you have questions about current deadlines and opportunities: Watsuki Harrington 302-656-6466 x 7112; wharrington@thedcca.org

The selected works for the annual members’ juried exhibition are determined by an invited outside juror. Past jurors have included, among others, Eleanor Heartney, Kristin Hileman, Ann Landi, Richard Torchia, Darci Alexander, and Roberta Fallon. The members’ open call exhibition opportunity is determined by an annually changing panel of artist members who have had exhibitions at the DCCA along with artist board members and the DCCA director who consider applications by artist members and make recommendations to the curatorial staff. The curatorial staff also review the applications. Out of this process artists are chosen for one-person and thematic group exhibitions at the DCCA.

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts also accepts unsolicited portfolio material or exhibition proposals by non-members on a rolling basis throughout the year. Submissions are reviewed and artists whose works might be considered for exhibition opportunities will be contacted. CDs with jpeg images, DVDs, photographic reproductions, artist statements, résumés, and exhibition catalogues or announcements are welcome. Please do not send slides, videotapes, or original artwork. Due to the volume of submissions, we do not acknowledge receipt of, or return, materials.

Guidelines for all applications: The DCCA looks for artwork created within the last 4 years. The DCCA does not mount retrospective exhibitions. The DCCA does not give one-person exhibitions to artists who already have had one-person exhibitions at the DCCA within the last four years. The DCCA does not exhibit work that was already shown at the DCCA in a previous group or one-person show. The DCCA is highly focused on varieties of artistic vision and experimentation and presents work by emerging, mid-career, and established artists.

"The Book: A Contemporary View" Artist Call for Entries
This exhibition explores the book in contemporary art. This exhibition will look at the different approaches to the book taken by contemporary artists. These approaches include artist-made books, pop-up books, comic books, graphic novels, and both three-dimensional and two-dimensional artworks that explore and stretch definitions of the “book.” The DCCA is searching for artists who want to make proposals for works, including installations, or from those who already have works that are relevant to the topic. This is not a juried show, but the curator is asking for all interested artists who want to be considered for participation in the exhibition to send in their materials to the DCCA.
Deadline: September 17, 2010
Download PDF Submission guidelines here.

2010 Fall Benefit Fundraiser, small art : BIG AUCTION
The DCCA is currently accepting donations of 8" x 10" unframed works for our Fall Fundraiser, small art : BIG AUCTION. Art works donated will be sold at our event on Saturday, October 23, 2010 for $100 each. All proceeds from the auction will directly benefit DCCA's education programs and exhibitions. Finished art work should arrive at the DCCA no later than September 3, 2010. Please contact our Curatorial Coordinator, Watsuki Harrington as soon as possible if you intend to participate in DCCA's largest fundraiser of the year. Donating artists will be listed on our website, and in the event program as well as receive discounted event tickets.
For more information regarding donating a work click here.

2010 Alternatives Holiday Craft Show
The Alternatives Museum Shop at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is currently
taking applications for the 2010 holiday craft show to be held Friday, December 3, 2010 from 5 - 11pm.
All professional artists creating innovative functional and/or wearable handcrafted items in clay, fibers, paper, glass, metal, wood, and/or mixed media are invited to apply. All work must be originally designed and handcrafted by the applicant.
Application Postmark Deadline is September 22, 2010.
Download 2010 Alternatives Holiday Craft Show Application and Guidelines

Direct to: Amy Milli, Retail Manager, Alternatives Museum Shop
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
302.656.6466 x7113 amilli@thedcca.org

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE- Funded Residency / Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program
AIR Call for Fall 2011-Spring 2012 is closed at this time. Please check back in Spring 2011 for the next AIR Call Application.
The DCCA Visual Arts Residency Program has forged relationships between nationally recognized artists and the Wilmington community-- providing innovative artists with the opportunity to develop professionally and to collaborate with under-served community groups to create unique works of art.
For more information please contact Jane Chesson,Curator of Education at jchesson@thedcca.org. 302-656-6466 x7106
Learn More about DCCA's Artist in Residence Programs
Download Artist in Residence PDF Application 2010

ARTIST INSTRUCTORS
If you are interested in participating as an instructor in one of DCCA’s programs, please send a letter of interest and resume that indicates training and teaching experience along with three references to: jchesson@thedcca.org (preferred method)
OR Jane Chesson, Curator of Education, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 South Madison St., Wilmington, DE 19801

Current Teaching Positions Available: Teaching Artist

CONTEMPORARY CONNECTIONS Contemporary Connections Teaching Artist PDF
Contemporary Connections is a school-based program in which DCCA pairs a professional artist with a classroom teacher. This team, together with a DCCA representative, designs a curriculum in which the arts are integrated into core curriculum subjects. The main goal of Contemporary Connections is for students to understand the intellectual and cultural heritage of the arts and to see how this relates to contemporary society, their studies, and their lives. This program also develops teachers’ skills that enable them to use arts integration as a powerful teaching tool in core curriculum subjects is also a key aspect of the program. Applications are accepted on a year-round basis. For more information, please contact jchesson@thedcca.org

If you are an artist and interested in participating in this program, please send work samples along with a resume that indicates teaching experience to:
Jane Chesson, Acting Curator of Education
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, DE 19801

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

DEVELOPMENT INTERNSHIP
We are looking for a highly motivated, recent college graduate who can work with the Director of Development on database maintenance, development research and writing, special event coordination, and communication projects.

The DCCA staff is small and close knit. This is an opportunity to learn about varied aspects of museum operations; work on a meaningful project under the guidance of an experienced professional; and develop mentoring relationships with museum professionals who can advise and support.

Responsibilities may include research on individuals and companies, grant writing, entering information into the Raiser’s Edge database, assisting with the coordination of special events, communicating with potential special events participants/volunteers, and assisting with the Annual Fund campaign and Membership activities.

The focus of this internship will be supporting the ongoing operations of the Development Department. This is an opportunity to learn how a small non-profit art organization generates annual income to support its mission. Put your skills to work and develop new ones. Interns should be energetic, flexible, and well organized. He/she should be able to work independently as well as with a team, should be detail-oriented while keeping an eye on a larger goal, skilled in Word and Excel, and possess excellent writing and problem-solving skills.

This is an unpaid, 30 hour per week internship for a 3 or 6 month term and is potentially renewable.

Please send a letter of inquiry, resumé, brief writing sample, and the names of 3 references to:
Patricia Leach Krouse, Ph.D.
Director of Development
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 S. Madison St.
Wilmington, De 19801

If you prefer you may submit your application for this internship via email and attachments to: pleach@thedcca.org

MARKETING INTERNSHIP
The DCCA Marketing Department is taking applications for unpaid marketing/design inernships for Fall 2010 and Winter 2011. Open to undergraduates, graduate students and recent graduates. Applicants must be able to work a minimum of 16 - 20 hours per week.

Qualifications/Skills: Excellent communication, organizational, and research skills • Attention to detail • Ability to multi task

Applicants experienced or familiar with any of the following are encouraged to apply:
Macintosh operating system and programs, including Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint. Interest in Social Networking Marketing a plus.

Please send a letter of inquiry, resumé, and the names of 3 references to:
Sara Monserrat Teixido
Director of Marketing and Communications
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 S. Madison St.
Wilmington, De 19801

Or submit your application for this internship via email to: steixido@thedcca.org

VOLUNTEERS
The DCCA is grateful for the volunteers who offer their time and talents to support our programs. Volunteer help is needed in our offices, in the galleries and at special events. Training will be provided. Email info@thedcca.org

LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY? ... or a new art instructor?
Maybe you just want to know where all the upcoming gallery openings are. Check out our Artists’ Information Wall across from the ING DIRECT Kids Foundation Education Center and in front of the JPMorgan Chase Artists Studios.