DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

The Development Director will serve as Art with a Heart’s lead fundraising strategist and a key member of the senior leadership team. Working closely with the Executive Director and Board of Directors, this position will lead fundraising strategy, strengthen donor relationships, expand corporate and foundation support, and identify new opportunities to grow the organization’s financial resources.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and lead Art with a Heart’s annual fundraising strategy.
  • Cultivate, solicit, and steward individual, corporate, and foundation donors.
  • Lead grant strategy, proposal development, reporting, and funder relationships.
  • Build and manage donor pipelines and support major donor cultivation.
  • Develop corporate sponsorship opportunities and long-term partnerships.
  • Track fundraising performance and use data to inform strategy.
  • Engage and support the Board of Directors in fundraising efforts.
  • Represent Art with a Heart at community, corporate, donor, and networking events.
  • Collaborate with staff on communications, marketing, special events, and donor engagement.

What We’re Looking For

The ideal candidate is a relationship-builder and strategic thinker who is passionate about Art with a Heart’s mission. Candidates should have five or more years of relevant fundraising experience, including experience with individual, corporate, and foundation giving. Strong communication, organization, collaboration, and problem-solving skills are essential.

Interested in joining the Art with a Heart team?

Apply for the Development Director position HERE.

PART-TIME TEACHERS, ASSISTANT TEACHERS AND SUBSTITUTES

Essential Responsibilities

  • Work with individual students and groups of students in planned, interactive, hands-on visual art classes.
  • Facilitate and/or assist art instruction as directed by the Art with a Heart curriculum.
  • Establish classroom protocols and expectations.
  • Arrive on time for scheduled classes and ready to work.
  • Be culturally sensitive, compassionate, and able to work effectively with diverse groups of people.
  • Motivate, encourage, and assist students in the process of creating art.

Please send a resume and cover letter to sofie@artwithaheart.net In your cover letter include:

1) A brief description of your teaching experience

2) Explain what this statement means to you: “We need to view our students through a trauma informed lens”.

Job Types: Part-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 – $40.00 per hour

INTERNSHIP

Desired Skills and Characteristics

Art with a Heart interviews and selects interns each semester for one of the following positions. Interns work directly with Art with a Heart staff, volunteers, assistants, and teachers in preparing for and delivering art classes to the community, assisting with community service projects and large scale public art pieces, supporting the workforce development program, working in Art with a Heart’s store (HeARTwares), and general program and office administration.

All Art with a Heart Interns should have a keen interest and personal commitment to Art with a Heart’s mission, possess personal qualities of commitment, integrity, and sensitivity to the needs of others, be culturally sensitive and able to work effectively with diverse groups of people, have college-level coursework in visual arts, education, social work or family studies fields, exhibit a positive attitude, be mission-driven, self-directed and possess the ability to thrive in a complex environment with multiple priorities.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Gather supplies in preparation for projects
  • Create sample projects/products and steps for instruction
  • Provide motivation and tips to volunteers, students, and participants
  • Assist with clean-up and return of supplies
  • Answer and greet visitors at the door and answer phones as needed

All internships at Art with a Heart take place in the office and/or in the field.

To apply, email your resume and cover letter to jonathan@artwithaheart.net