MECA Online Job Opportunities (MOJO) connects students and alumni to jobs, commissions, and freelance opportunities. Employers can register below and we'll provide you with a password to start listing.

Instructions for Posting a Job

Step 1: Register

Go to MOJO
Click on Employer
Click on the red link for Register Now
Complete the registration

Your request will be reviewed. Once approved, you will receive a password.

Step 2: Post your job

You can get to the login page using the same instructions above or use this shortcut.
Enter your ID and password.
Now post your job.

Questions?
Jessica Tomlinson
207.699.5016 or 
jtomlinson@meca.edu

Faculty and artists-in-residence serve a vital role in students' professional development by providing guidance, mentoring, technical, professional, and conceptual information that is specific to each major.

The Artists at Work office supplements the professional curricular experience by bringing professionals, alumni, speakers, and members of the business community to campus to present workshops, lead panel discussions, provide tips, and interview on-site with students for employment opportunities. 

 

Professional Development Series

Since October 2012, MECA has partnered with Creative Portland and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts to present a monthly series of workshops on business basics for artists, including grantwriting, taxes, copyright issues, crowdsourcing, and marketing. Generous funding for the series comes from the Quimby Family Foundation. The workshops are free for MECA students, faculty, staff,and alumni. They are held the second Wednesday of every month in Osher Hall at MECA from 6pm to 9pm. Contact Jessica Tomlinson for the registration passcode. 

Upcoming Workshops

April 10: Social Media + Email Marketing
Evaluating which tools are right for you and linking them all together. Making the most of your contacts. Presenters to be announced.

Websites + Blogging
Choosing the right online portfolio platform for your needs, content basics, domain names, generating traffic and hit reports. 
Resources, handouts, and slide presentations
Video 

Pricing & Valuing Artwork
Presented by Andres Veroza from Aucocisco Gallery, Artist printmakerKyle Bryant, Annette Elowitch from Baridoff Galleries and Meagan Mattingly, Arts in Education Associate from the Maine Arts Commission.
Resources, handouts and slide presentations
Video

Grantwriting
Presented by Darrell Bulmer, Communication Associate from the Maine Arts Commission and Joachim Homann, curator at the Bowdoin Museum of Art.
Resources, handouts and slide presentations 

In September 2012, MECA partnered with the Maine Arts Commission to present a two-day intensive on strategic planning, business plan development, promotions and marketing. More

MECA students are encouraged to pursue internships during their undergraduate education.  Faculty highly recommend and value these experiences because of the real-world knowledge gained by working under a supervisor in a professional setting. See a list of  selected internship employers that have hosted opportunities for students.

Student Guide to Internships

Employer Guide to Internships 

Internship Contract Form

INTERNSHIP BASICS

For Credit
+ On an academic cycle
+ Starts in September, January or May
+ 135 hours over 15 weeks 
+ Requires an on-site supervisor with skills related to the job duties

For Pay 
+ Not limited to academic cycle
+ Can be more than 135 hours in a semester
+ Does not require on-site supervisor with skills related to the job duties

Employers interested in offering an internship can post it online.

MECA INTERNSHIP Q&A

Q:  What is an internship?
A:  The MECA Internship Program can help you get work-based learning experience you need to be competitive in your field.

Q:  Why participate in an internship?
A:  Field experience can be the determining factor in gaining a competitive edge in today's workplace. It is no longer enough to have a degree; you also need relevant work experience before you graduate.  Internships give you the opportunity to network with leading employers in the community.  An internship allows you to move beyond being a casual observer, and move into hands-on learning.

Q: How do I search for an internship?
A:  There are a few ways to find an internship.  Ask the faculty, search internships on MOJO, or propose a site. Contact Jessica Tomlinson at jtomlinson@meca.edu or 699.5016.

Q:  When do most students do an internship?
A:  Usually junior or senior year.  (Fall, Spring and Summer) In some special circumstances a sophomore might take on an internship. 

Q: What do I do once I secure an internship?
A:  If you are using the internship for credit you want to fill out the Internship Contract and write a proposal.  The Student Internship Proposal Forms packet is located on the MECA website.  You will also need to find a faculty member who is willing to be your advisor throughout the internship.

Q:  How do I secure the internship with the employer?
A:  You and the employer will treat this like any job situation.  There usually is a hiring process so look presentable and act professional during the interview and, if you are selected, throughout the internship.

Q:  When is the paperwork due?
A:  Like any class for credit, you must have completed paperwork before the add/drop deadline listed in the Academic Calendar. Your proposal should be turned in to the Internship Coordinator by this date.

Q:  What next?
A:  Your proposal will be reviewed by the Vice President of Academic Affairs & Dean of the College and the Internship Coordinator for approval.  You will receive notification prior to the Add/Drop deadline.

Q:  How long does the internship last?
A:  The internship usually is the length of the semester – 15 weeks.  In most cases the student has started their internship before finding out if it will be approved for credit. 

Q:  How many credits will I earn?
A:  Each credit equals 3 hours of work per week for 15 weeks.  To earn 3 credits you will need to work 9 hours a week for a total of 135 hours.  In most cases the credits are placed in a studio elective.

Q:  Will I get paid for my internship?
A:  The employer is not required to pay the intern if they are earning college credit for the internship, but the College encourages that interns be paid for the services rendered.

Grants

AAUW: AAUW has a history of advancing education and professional oppurtunities for women in the United States and across the globe.

The Alexia Foundation offers production grants to students and professional photographers to give them the financial ability to produce substantial stories that drive change in the effort to make the world a better place. Students also get scholarship opportunities.

ASF awards grants to American students to study and research abroad in Scandinavia.

Art Deadline has been dedicated to world wide distribution of information for artists and institutions; part of their mission is to sponsor grants to help artists as arts is an important and innate part of the human experience.

Arts Writers Grant Program | The Creative Capital |  supports writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors.

Art A - Z: An exhaustive list of opportunities in the arts in the U.S. and abroad. Listed by deadline dat, this Web page includes competitions, grants, scholarships, fellowships, jobs, internships in the arts, and much more.

ArtsLink supports exchange between artists and arts organizations in the United States and various eligible countries.

Artspire funds opportunities for artist projects and emerging organizations.

Artist’s Resource Guide provides a list of grants, fellowships and residencies for artists.

AROHO  selects award recipients who not only demonstrate their talent, but also their motivation. These women must have solid creative goals and a specific project to accomplish during the two-year term of the grant.

BRAF funds highly interactive, community-driven works of art that prioritize community involvement in their development, execution and display. They fund art that is accessible to the public, civic in scope and prompts the viewer to act.

The Center for Craft Creativity & Design: The Craft Research Fund advances, expands, and supports craft, art, and design scholarship in the United States.

CCI: The Center for Cultural Advancement understands working artists need direct support to develop their creative practice and provides grants to provide the support needed.

College Art Association: CAA'S Professional Development Fellowship supports artists enrolled in MFA programs by honoring them with $5,000 grants to help with various aspects of their work.

The Christianson Grant is awarded to individuals who have arranged their own work abroad programs. Proposed programs must be at least six months in length and emphasize a work component.

CIES: The following programs offer grants to lecture, conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields, or to participate in seminars.

Circum-Arts is a not-for-profit arts service organization providing administrative support to individual artists and other non-profits, particularly in the fields of dance, music, performance art, radio, theatre, film and video arts.

Cranbook provides a list of grants for artists.

Creative Capital is a national nonprofit organization that provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines.

The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation partners with entrepreneurs to build strong and capable organizations.

Elizabeth Green Shields Foundation promotes, by its charitable activities, an appreciation of traditional expression in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking, by aiding worthy art students, artists or sculptors who need further training or other assistance during their formative years.

The Freedom to Create Prize celebrates the courage and creativity of artists who use their talents to build social foundations and inspire the human spirit. 

Foundation Center: Foundation Center allows you to look up grantmakers by state, city, or zipcode, along with providing locational statistics and local resources.

The Foundation for Contemporary Arts provides grants in five categories: dance, music/sound, performance art/theater, poetry, and the visual arts. Grants are awarded annually to outstanding or unusually promising artists and arts organizations which create, present, or support work of an imaginative, contemporary nature and need this kind of assistance.

Foundation Grants to Individuals Online FGIO is a grant and resource based search engine for artists, students, researchers, and individuals. 

Getty Through strategic grants and programs, the Foundation supports projects in Los Angeles and throughout the world that advance the understanding and preservation of the visual arts.

The Foundation wishes to encourage artists who have dedicated their lives to developing their art, regardless of their level of commercial success.

Indiegogo allows artists to create campaigns with perks/incentives for people to donate money to their practice.

Jackpots Grants are awarded on a quarterly schedule to eligible individuals and organizations to support new or exemplary arts projects. Jackpots are also designed to support activities that help artists further their careers.

Japan Foundation has various types of support programs. By making available the tools, opportunities, and venues that facilitate exchange activities, we invite individuals and organizations actively engaged in such a mission to participate in our programs.

NASAA: The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is a membership organization that unites, represents and serves the nation's state and jurisdictional art agencies.

NEH: The National Endowment of Humanities allows you to search through their database for grants.

NYSCA accepts grant proposals each year from nonprofit organizations incorporated in New York State. 

The Maine Arts Commission encourages and stimulates public interest and participation in the cultural heritage and cultural programs of our state; expands the state's cultural resources; and encourages and assists freedom of artistic expression for the well being of the arts, all while meeting the needs and aspirations of persons in all parts of the state.

Moon and Stars Project's grants program provides competitively awarded Project and Residency grants for burgeoning and established artists.

NYFA’s Opportunities & Services for Artists a comprehensive online directory for grants, open calls, auditions and residencies and many more nationwide for artists, writers, filmmakers, dancers, performers and musicians.

The Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.

RISCA's new Arts Access Grant program will provide small grants (maximum of $2,500) to new ventures, occasional arts programs or arts and cultural organizations.

SFAC provides a list of grants to support arts and cultural equity.

TCC's Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant supports writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through project-based grants issued directly to individual authors.

The Warhol Foundation’s grantmaking activity is focused on serving the needs of artists by funding the institutions that support them. Grants are made for scholarly exhibitions at museums; curatorial research; visual arts programming at artist-centered organizations; artist residencies and commissions; arts writing; and efforts to promote the health, welfare and first amendment rights of artists.

WomenArts provides women artists a list of resources for grants that can help them in their professional careers.

Worldstudio AIGA sponsors scholarships to allow minority and economically disadvantaged backgrounds realize their artistic dreams.

Fellowships

The Aaron Siskind Foundation is offering a limited number of Individual Photographer's Fellowship grants of up to $10,000 each, for artists working in photography and photo-based art.

The Artists' Fellowship, Inc. is a charitable foundation that assists professional fine artists (painters, graphic artists, printmakers, sculptors) and their families in times of emergency, disability, or bereavement.

Artist’s Resource Guide provides a list of grants, fellowships and residencies for artists.

Art A - Z An exhaustive list of opportunities in the arts in the U.S. and abroad. Listed by deadline date, this Web page includes competitions, grants, scholarships, fellowships, jobs, internships in the arts, and much more!

Boren Fellowships enable U.S. graduate students to add an important international and language component to their graduate education through specialization in area study, language study, or increased language proficiency.

CCA: CAA’s Professional-Development Fellowships support promising artists and art historians who are enrolled in MFA and PhD programs nationwide. Fellows are honored with $5,000 grants to help them with various aspects of their work, whether it be for job-search expenses or purchasing materials for the studio.

The Fellowship at the DeVos Institute of Art Management is an immersive program in arts management strategy designed to prepare mid-career arts managers for executive positions in today’s complex arts environment.

The Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation will seek and fund innovative projects which advance solutions to basic and enduring problems.

The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.

FAWC: The Fine Arts Work Center offers a unique residency for writers and visual artists in the crucial early stages of their careers, located in Provincetown,Massachusetts.

Headland’s Graduate Fellowships provide meaningful support to recent, promising MFA graduates, in partnership with esteemed Bay Area academic institutions.

The Mind Trust empowers talented innovators to transform K-12 education by starting groundbreaking initiatives to address some of its most pressing problems.

The NYC Teaching Fellows program recruits and prepares high-quality, dedicated individuals to become teachers who raise student achievement in the New York City classrooms that need them most.

Ox-Bow welcomes twelve fellowship students from all over the nation. These students live on campus for the duration of the summer season, from approximately June 1 - September 1, where they participate in campus life as both staff members and as artists.

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts presents its annual program of support for advanced graduate research in the history, theory, and criticism of art, architecture, urbanism, and photographic media.

Pew Fellowships in the Arts (PFA) annually awards up to 12 fellowships of $60,000 to artists of exemplary talent.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans provide opportunities for continuing generations of able and accomplished New Americans to achieve leadership in their chosen fields. 

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program annually selects and supports 50 leading artists and scholars who have both exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishments.

2013 Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship, an annual program that provides two individuals with up to $300,000 over three years to develop, test, and implement innovative ideas that have the potential to dramatically improve any area of life in Rhode Island.

The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies supports professional development in museum education, evaluation, and new media.

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has supported outstanding individuals and institutions to help reshape American education.

Residencies

18th Street Arts Center’s Visiting Artist Residency Program includes three, rotating, live/work artist studios at the center. This program hosts artists of all disciplines and occasionally invites art curators, writers and musicians.

The Atlantic Center for the Arts (ACA) has a strong local presence and relationships in the community as a venerated international artist's residency.

The Alliance of Artists Communities provides resources for and about residency programs.

Air-J presents a resource which lists various residencies tailored to what the individual wants and inputs into their system.

ArtsofLighthouses' goal is to generate an inspiring environment, where artists and people with artistic minds can practice their creativity and experience a unique oppurtunity for cultural exchange in the United Kingdom.

The ARCH Artist in Residency Program is an opportunity for artist to pursue thoroughly their creative project amid DC’s vibrant and diverse urban environment.

ARCUS Project “Residency for Artists, Experiments for Locals” aims to support promising artists who engage in creative activities across the world, and also, to promote the Ibaraki area through art.

The Graduate Media Design Program Summer Research Residency runs from April 30 – August 24, 2012 and includes project space within the Wind Tunnel studio—a former supersonic wind tunnel—on the south campus of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

Artist’s Resource Guide provides a list of grants, fellowships and residencies for artists.

Art Farm’s artist residency program for professionals, emerging or established, in all areas of the arts and offering accommodations and studio space to pursue their art in exchange for a contribution of labor of 12 hours per week to help renovate and maintain Art Farm’s buildings and grounds as well as other projects, suited to skills and temperament.

ArtsLink Residencies offers artists and arts managers from eligible overseas countries a five-week residency at an established, non-profit arts organization in the US.

BAC currently has four residency programs: PIR (Production-in-Residence) for international artists, AIR (Artist-in-Residence) for artists, curators and contemporary art writers from the Baltic and Nordic countries, CRR (Collaborative Research Residency) and Paths Crossing. PIR is by invitation only, whereas AIR, CRR and Paths Crossing are open for applications.

The Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts hosts residencies where both the atmosphere and environment offer ideal situations for creative growth and experimentation.

The Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence program is open to professional artists and groups, from all disciplines. The program supports artists’ new work, research and collaborations. Australian and international artists are hosted in purpose-built studios located at the Bundanon properties on the Shoalhaven River in NSW.

The Bray hosts artists from around the world with a vast range of experiences and diverse aesthetic approaches, cultures and perspectives come together.

Caravansarai is an artist-run business adventure creating a vibrant oasis of ideas and energies-- carrying the productive hum of the historical bazaar into contemporary arts practice.

The CAC has presented and procured artists who want to produce, explore, test new concepts and expand the current debates and ideas in today’s art and culture.

Caldera’s Artists in Residence program offers the gift of time and space. Residents are given a cabin, 24-hour access to studios and the time and space to create.

CeRCCa opens its program to artists, critics, researchers and curators interested in participating in self-directed residencies in Llorenç del Penedes, a quiet village located one hour outside of Barcelona and 10 minutes drive to the sea.

The Association of Art La Napoule offers artists in residence at the Castle, a unique environment that fosters creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Chinati Foundation's Artist in Residence program was instituted in 1989 with the aim of supporting the development of artists of diverse ages, backgrounds, and disciplines.

The Patterson Residency Program provides a highly visible, intense and creative environment for the production of artwork in all media.

The Djerassi Resident Artists Program is internationally recognized as one of the eminent artist residency programs.

Eyebeam Fellows are artists, hackers, and engineers who spearhead new research and develop exciting new work at the point where art and technology meet. Eyebeam Fellows regularly develop innovative and creative open source technology within an environment that fosters collaborative development.

Franconia Sculpture Park is an innovative community arts organization that provides residence and work space to emerging and established artists.

The Field provides residencies and resources for growing artists.

The Glore Mill Folláin Art Centre is based in a renovated mill at Treenkeel, just outside Kiltimagh. The centre provides exhibition space for local artists and also offers art courses

The Artist in Residence (AIR) program awards fully sponsored residencies to approximately 45 local, national, and international artists each year.

Hill End has an intriguing history of boom, bust, abandonment and renewal, which has excited and prompted, visits from hopeful miners, speculators, artists and more, seeking fortunes in the striking landscape of the region.

The MacDowell Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination.

The Millay Colony for the Arts offers one-month residencies to six visual artists, writers and composers each month between the months of April and November.

Moon and Stars Project's grants program provides competitively awarded Project and Residency grants for burgeoning and established artists.

The New York Studio Residency Program is located in the heart of the vibrant contemporary art world in DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) in Brooklyn.

NYFA’s Opportunities & Services for Artists, a comprehensive online directory for grants, open calls, auditions and residencies and many more nationwide for artists, writers, filmmakers, dancers, performers and musicians.

Pilchuck offers residencies to emerging artists and professional artists as well as the John H. Hauberg Fellowship, a collaborative residency.

Polli Talu (literally, "Polly's Farm") is a traditional Estonian farm complex situated near the Baltic Sea, 150 km southwest of the capital city Tallinn, not far from the port town of Virtsu.

Ragdale believes that time and space are not luxuries but necessary elements for creating important new work. Add eleven other creative individuals to the mix, acres of idyllic prairie, a family-style dinner each night, and you have Ragdale.

ResArts provides a huge resource list of residencies for artists.

Residency Unlimited fosters customized residency environments for artists and curators in all disciplines and at all stages of their practices, located in New York City.

The Rijksakademie residency is a place for research and production for talented, professional artists from around the world. There are fifty-five studios where resident artists, two years may engage in research, experiments, projects and production.

The Rosenbach Museum & Library’s artist-in-residence program was one of the first of its kind. It commissions artists to create original works inspired by the museum’s collection of nearly 400,000 rare books, manuscripts, and decorative and fine arts objects.

Saltonstall Arts: Time for inspiration, a quiet studio, a beautiful setting, and a stimulating community of artists working in diverse disciplines

Sculpture Space is unique in North America for its service to sculptors who come to Utica, NY to make new work. The program has helped advance the careers of over 400 national and international artists since 1976.

Sitka’s Residency Program has provided more than 200 artists, writers, musicians, and natural science scholars the opportunity to conduct their work in the unique environment of Cascade Head and Salmon River estuary.

Skowhegan, in both its physical and programmatic design, provides opportunities for intense work and creative direction. Because the program focuses on process and experimentation, participants are encouraged to come prepared to work without a preconceived agenda or schedule.

The STUDIO is an arts research center designed to support creation and exploration in the arts, especially interdisciplinary projects that bring together the arts, science, technology and the humanities, and impact local and global communities.

TASARA - an Institution dedicated to creative weaving, is situated In Beypore, a village in Kerala. on the west coast of India. The Centre is well experienced in collaborating with renowned artists and designers in realizing their projects.

threewalls is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to increasing Chicago’s cultural capital by cultivating contemporary art practice and discourse. Through a range of exhibition and public programs, threewalls creates a locus of exchange between local, national and international contemporary art communities.

Triangle Arts Association is a not-for-profit arts organization whose mission is to support emerging and mid-career international and national visual artists, encouraging dialogue and experimentation through workshops, residencies and exhibition opportunities.

Artscape is a not-for-profit organization that makes space for creativity and transforms communities.

The Vermont Studio Center hosts 50 artists and writers each month who participate in 4 to 12 week independent studio Residencies.

Women's Studio Workshop supports artists by providing residency grants which provides time and space where artists can come to work with 24-hour access to the studios, onsite and adjacent housing and technical advice and support.

Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video.

Job Search 

ADBASE allows you to input your information to find new clients and connect with Creatives and Buyers.

AJB: Job search engine by state.

Agency Access: The only one stop promotional service that takes care of direct marketing for commercial photographers, illustrators, artist reps and stock agencies.

Aerotek is a leading staffing agency that matches qualified candidates with top companies worldwide.

Animation World Network provides a job search engine for animators.

ArtJob: Careers in the Visual Arts - including full and part-time employment, internships, grants, public art projects, residencies.

ArtStaffing is an innovative firm that offers staffing, consulting and training programs for museums, non-profit organizations, and art businesses nationwide.

Aquent: Marketing and Design staffing solutions.

Backdoorjobs lists short-term job adventures that allows an individual to work, travel, play, live, learn, help, create, experience, and grow.

Behance.net gives a listing of creative jobs and freelance oppurtunities.

Best Jobs USA is a search engine catered to jobs in the United States.

BookJobs provides a centralized place for job seekers to research available positions throughout the publishing industry.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics gives an informational search engine to find statistics and descriptions of the career in which you have interest.

Career Builder allows you to search careers by occupation and location.

Career Jet is an employment search engine.

Career One Stop allows individuals to search jobs by state.

Careermag has open job listings in the US in all industries and professions.

CGArena posts job listings for those familiar with computer graphics.

Creative Circle offers creative staffing, marketing staffing, and creative jobs in several major cities.

The Creative Group is a leader in matching creative talent with the best companies.

Creative Heads is a job search engine for those familiar with the new media arts.

Design Directory matches up designers with qualifying jobs in the art world.

DBM provides young talent with a job engine to find qualified job postings. 

Ed2010 lists jobs for those wanting to work in the magazine business.

Employment.com provides users with millions of job listings from through out the web.

Employmentguide provides job search resources including job fairs and career advice.

Entertainment Careers provides a job list resource for those looking to enter the entertainment and media art world.

Filter provides creative marketing solutions and staffing resources.

The Firm List provides over 15,000 job listings for the web design and development world.

FP Select Jobs reaches across the web to deliver the most targeted jobseekers and jobs.

The Friedman Agency will cater to your individual needs and deliver exceptional results in the new media fields.

Graduate Jobs is a resource for entry-level and early-career job openings in liberal arts, writing/editing, business/management, education, art, and international fields.

Guru: Freelancers -- find work online and across the globe.

Hire Diversity is the Nations leading online service for diversity recruitment and career development.

Idealist is a search engine that lists jobs, organizations, volunteer oppurtunities, and internships catered to your interests and location.

Indeed: Search engine for jobs.

IMDiversity: Where careers, oppurtunities, and diversity connect.

Indeedthat lists jobs from thousands thousands of company web sites, job boards and newspapers.

Jobs.com is a general career search engine.

TheJobBored is a job search and career advice blog.

Job Finder Advisory: free online advice for a successful career change.

Idea Bounty is a platform for crowdsourcing creative Ideas. Clients are able to post creative briefs and creatives receive a Bounty if they submit the winning Idea.

Monster: career search engine.

NationJob provides an employment and online job search engine.

OPM: Recruiting, Retaining and Honoring a World-Class Workforce to Serve the American people.

Opportunity Knocks is a job search engine.

RocketHub is the world's funding machine. RocketHub is an international and open community that has helped thousands of artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists raise millions of dollars.

Startuphire.com allows individuals to find jobs at startups.

Simply Hired is another job search engine.

Talent Zoo provides a list of jobs in advertising, marketing, creative, design, new media and digital industries.

USAJobs provides a search engine for jobs in the United States.

Usa Today’s job search engine.

Quintessential careers: empowering job-seekers through their search engine.

Venture for America will recruit the best and brightest college grads to work for two years at emerging start-ups and early-stage companies in lower-cost cities.

The WallStreet Journal offers their own career search engine.

Web Director for Artists gives a search engine for the creative fields.

WorkPlace Diversity has diversity and career information from over 2500 sources.

WWD.com is the authority for breaking news, comprehensive business coverage and trends in the worlds of fashion, beauty and retail; they have a growing career search listing.

Zapplication is a one-stop universal online application system that allows artists to submit and manage applications for participating art shows and more.

 

At MECA, we want you to make art and make a living. Through our Artists at Work program, we provide students with the skills, opportunities and experiences to be creative professionals for life.

We do this by offering unique activities in the classroom and in the vibrant city of Portland. You’ll put your creative problem solving skills to use in the studio and out in the world through classes, community partnerships, and internships.

Professional development is not a singular class in your last semester. Creating a meaningful career starts the day you enter MECA and continues throughout your life as an alum of the College.  

Whether you want to be a studio artist, a commercial designer, an educator, or an arts administrator, you’ll take away a set of skills that translate into a variety of career choices. Leadership, critical-thinking, and risk taking are learned through, but not limited to, the arts.

Artists at Work is a center to connect to internships, jobs, commissions, professional development opportunities, and residencies.

Public Engagement at MECA

Alumni Opportunities at MECA

Jessica Tomlinson
jtomlinson@MECA.edu 
Director of Artists at Work
207.699.5016
Contact for: Internships, jobs, commissions, freelance opportunities, calls for art, professional development opportunities

Elizabeth Jabar
ejabar@meca.edu
Assistant Dean and Director of Public Engagement
207.699.6064
Contact for: Public Engagement Projects
 
Jill Dalton 
jdalton@MECA.edu 
Associate Director of Artists at Work and
Director of Alumni Relations
207.699.5018
Contact for: Alumni, residency programs, Belvedere fund

Erin Hutton
Associate Director of Artists at Work and
Special Programs
ehutton@MECA.edu
207.699.5025
Contact for: Holiday Sale, Art Sale, First Friday Art Walk

Photo galleries

Geary's Summer Ale Contest

MECA Holiday Sale

Woodworking & Furniture Design Alumni Exhibition

Alumni Print Project 

Belvedere Award Winners

Student Exhibition in Detroit

Freshman Exhibition in Porteous

"Prints on Sticks" to rally for a cause