January 2, 2025

Artistic Jobs and Opportunities Roundup: January 2025

Looking for employment as an artist or arts administrator in Pittsburgh? We’ve compiled a list of job openings at some of the area's best arts and cultural institutions, as well as regional and national opportunities. If you would like to see your organization’s job opening or artistic opportunity on our next blog post, please submit your free listing, making sure to include salary information.

Pittsburgh-based Arts and Culture Job Openings

• Youth Program Coordinator at The Legacy Arts Project
  Salary: $18-22/hour

• Director of Advocacy and External Affairs at Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

  Salary: $65,000-75,000

• Shop Backup at Pittsburgh Center for Creative Resuse
  Compensation: $15/hour for 17-20 hours/week

• Managing Director, People and Culture at New Working Majority

  Salary: $85,000-124,500

• Development Manager at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
  Salary: $55,000-60,000

• Marketing Specialist at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
  Compensation: $20-25/hour up to 20 hours/week

• Major Gifts Officer at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

  Salary: $75,000

• Subscriptions Customer Service Representative at Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

  Salary: $18/hour

• Senior Accountant at The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh

  Salary: $24-26/hour

• Arcade Academy Director at Arcade Comedy Theater

  Salary: $25/hour, averaging 15 hours/week

• Accounting Manager at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

  Salary: $70,000-77,000

• Exhibit Developer at Carnegie Science Center

  Salary: $27.50/hour

• Prospect Research and Stewardship Manager at Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

  Salary: $45,000-55,000

• Groups and Events Coordinator at Pittsburgh Glass Center

  Salary: $36,000

• Technical Director at Pittsburgh CLO

  Salary: $70,000

• Mainstage Directors at South Park Theatre
  Compensation: $900/production

• Mainstage Stage Managers at South Park Theatre
  Compensation: $700-850/production

• Director of Enterprise, and Visitor Services at Frick Pittsburgh

• Salary: $77,540-90,850

• Media Arts Specialist at Light of Life Rescue Mission

  Salary: $40,000-45,000

• Instructor of Lighting & Scenic Design (Temporary Positions) at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance 

  Salary: $27,221/semester

• Studio Art Model Temporary Pool at Community College of Allegheny County

  Compensation: $20.49/hour

• Bilingual Photographers for Pittsburgh Latino Magazine and PublicSource

  Compensation: $100+ per assignment

Remote Arts and Culture Job Openings

• Grants and Programs Manager at Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)

  Salary: $68,000

• Bookkeeper at Oak Park Area Arts Council

  Compensation: $50-150/hour for 10-20 hours/month

• Administrator at Fischer Architecture

  Compensation: $30/hour on Fridays and weekends

• Marketing Manager at Terry Knickerbocker Studio

  Salary: $60,000-80,000

• Social Media and Operations Manager at Folkalist Records
  Compensation: $25-40/hour for 10-15 hours/week

• Designer at Froghouse
  Compensation: Up to $3,800/month for 20 hours/week for six months

Pittsburgh-based Artistic Opportunities

• Call for Nominations for Black Empowerment Grant

• Call for Applications for Exhibitors of Independent Comics, Creators, Zine Makers, and Small Press Publishers at the Pittsburgh Indie Expo

• Call for Applications for The Data Justice in Pittsburgh’s Black Neighborhoods Initiative’s Artist Educator: Neighborhood Power Building with Larimer

• Call for Applications for Handmade Arcade's 2025 BIPOC Maker Accelerator Program

• Call for Artists for the Three Rivers Arts Festival’s Juried Visual Art Exhibition 2025

• Call for Applications for Theater Artists for ColLABo 2025 at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Drama

• Call for Applications for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's 2025 Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Series

• Call for Performers (Musicians, DJS, Visual Artists, etc.) for Barrel & Flow Fest

• Call for Makers for Made to Last, University of Pittsburgh Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence’s PantherlabWorks’ Education and Network-building Series 

• Call for Artists for Millvale Community Development Corporation's Rainbow Raccoon Park

• Call for Applications for Contemporary Craft's Regional Artist-in-Residence Program

• Call for Auditions for McKeesport Little Theater's Annual Little Theater Love Songs Cabaret

• Call for Letters of Inquiry for Three Rivers Community Foundation's Annual Project Grants

• Call for Scores from Pittsburgh-based Composers for NAT 28

• Call for Student Auditions (Ages 6-18) for South Park Theatre’s Variety Show

• Call for Manuscript Submissions for the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics and Autumn House Press' CAAPP Book Prize

• Call for Manuscript Submissions for Autumn House Fiction Prize

• Call for Performing and Visual Art Applications for 2025 Pittsburgh Fringe Festival

• Call for Shakespearean Actors for The Underlings Theatre Co.'s To Slay or Not to Slay, A Shakesqueered Theater and Drag Competition

• Call for Applications for August Wilson Archive Research Award

• Call for Applications for August Wilson Archive Educator Award

• Call for Applications for August Wilson Archive Student Award

Regional and National Artistic Opportunities  

• Call for Artists for Westmoreland Museum of American Art A-MAZE-D’s Art Maze 

• Call for Applications for Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development's Marketing to Attract Tourists Program

• Call for Applications for Instrumentalists and Vocalists for Butler County Symphony Orchestra Association Collegiate Concerto Competition

• Call for Applications for National Endowment for the Arts' Grants for Arts Projects

• Call for Applications for National Endowment for the Arts' Challenge America Grant Program

• Request for Proposals for Arts + Education at the Hoyt's Reclaimed Public Art Projects

• Call for Applications for Clyfford Still Museum's 2025 Institute Residential Fellowship (Denver)

• Call for Public Art Applications at Kittanning Public Library

• Call for Applications for Anita Wetzel Residency Grant (focused on Mature Artists 45 years old and up) at Women's Studio Workshop (Rosendale, New York)

• Call for Applications for Studio Residency Grant at Women's Studio Workshop (Rosendale, New York)

• Request for Qualifications from Artists and/or Photographers for Public Art Mural at New Brandon Library (Hillsborough County, Florida)

• Call for Applications for Long Meadow Art Residency (Berkshire, Massachusetts)

• Call for Applications for VisArts Emerging Curator Program 2025 (Rockville, Maryland)

• Request for Qualifications for Lit Interactive Public Art Installation with Moline Public Art Project (Moline, Illinois)

• Call for Applications for NXTHVN's 10-Month Fellowship Program (New Haven, Connecticut)