Position:Development Assistant and Database Coordinator
Schedule:24 hours weekly: non-exempt, days/hours to be determined
Supervisor:Director of Development
Essential Functions:
Under the supervision of the Director of Development, the Development Assistant and Database Coordinator (1) manages the fundraising database, (2) supports all activities of the annual fund including handling all gift acknowledgements and annual fund mailings, (3) has responsibilities in the areas of foundation and corporation research, grant writing, and reporting, (4) assists in all fundraising events and donor stewardship.
Database management:
Manages database to support high quality relationship, funding management, and knowledge sharing
Daily maintenance of database, including gift processing, contact management, troubleshooting errors
Prepares reports on annual fund progress, special appeals,
Prepares donor lists for all reporting, donor wall updates, annual reports
Annual fund:
Prepares mailing lists and email lists for annual fund
Oversees the production of the annual fund mailing
Liaisons with printer and mailing house to assure timely delivery
Enters gifts into database
Maintain acknowledgment of gifts
Creates regular comparative reports on progress towards goals
Organizes annual Board thank you phone-a-athon
Research and Administration, Foundations and Corporations
Assists with prospect research for foundations and corporations
Prepares boilerplate proposals for submittal
Prepares support materials for all proposals
Assists in writing letters of inquiry
Prepares grant reports to foundations and corporations
Maintains foundation and corporation calendar
Fundraising events and donor stewardship:
Assists in all aspects of annual fundraising event, Party Richmond
Assists with all donor stewardship events
Assists with other events related to donors and Board of Directors
Other:
Other duties as assigned by Director of Development
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree
1-2 years experience working with fundraising software such as Raiser’s Edge, DonorPerfect, Salesforce
Proficient with data entry, data report writing, queries, and exports
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Demonstrated ability to manage and complete multiple tasks in a busy environment.
Ability to work with minimal supervision and independently motivated.
Attention to detail and ability to organize data, schedules, tasks and projects.
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Google Suite.
Examples of Database Assistant skills:
Computer skills – most of a database assistant’s work is done on a computer, so you should be comfortable accessing information and using programs on one or more operating systems
Data entry – database assistants spend a significant amount of time on data entry tasks, so you should have exposure to data entry processes and understand best practices
Attention to detail – this role requires a high level of attention to detail to ensure that data is correctly entered and secured and that it’s accessible by authorized personnel. Database assistants must also pay close attention when verifying data
Team coordination – because they provide support to personnel throughout the organization, database assistants are excellent at working with teams and coordinating their activities with business needs
Time management – this role also requires excellent time management, since database assistants move from task to task throughout the day
Communication skills – effective verbal and written communication skills are also vital in this role, particularly when providing assistance to employees or preparing reports
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
About the Richmond Art Center:
A non-profit organization, the Richmond Art Center has provided 80 years of excellence in arts education and exhibitions for the East Bay region. The Art Center’s mission is to be a dynamic arts organization that empowers and transforms individuals and the community through creative exploration, experience and education. The largest Art Center in the East Bay, the 1951 vintage modern facility is part of Richmond’s Civic Center Plaza and receives partial funding from the City of Richmond. The Art Center offers one of the most extensive schedules of exhibitions and art instruction programs in the East Bay, presenting 13 -16 exhibitions in four galleries, and providing 50-60 art classes and workshops in six studios four times a year to 400-450 students each quarter, ages 5 and up of all skill levels. In addition, the Art in the Community program offers after school art experiences to schools and various community centers, engaging nearly 1700 underserved student age children. The Art Center has over 600 members, 100 volunteers, 11 full-time and four part-time staff. The Center has an operating budget of just over $1.3 million. To apply, please submit the following materials via email: Resume and a cover letter introducing yourself, stating how your work experience qualifies you for this position, how this opportunity supports your career goals. Also include the names and contact information for three professional references. Open until filled. Send all materials to Catherine@richmondartcenter.org
Compensation & Benefits: Depending on experience. DOE, includes vacation, sick, and holidays, contribution towards group health plan.
The Richmond Art Center is an equal opportunity employer, values diversity and respects differences.
Principals only. Recruiters please don’t contact this job poster.
This year, our Art in the Community program (AIC) worked with a total of 48 student groups in ongoing arts learning
experiences, as well as holding a weekly drop-in class at the Richmond Public Library, engaging over 1700 students. In collaboration with the WCCUSD office of expanded learning, we provided after-school art classes in eight local elementary schools and two middle schools.
In its fourth year, our school-wide spring residency at Washington elementary focused on printmaking, mixed media and fibers/weaving. Half of our partnerships occur in non-traditional learning spaces which include local nonprofits, City of Richmond community centers, and housing-affiliated community centers.
This year Art Center staff and teaching artists shared strategies for artmaking with 40 elementary school teachers through our Bring Art to Your Classroom professional development workshop series. Strategies for artmaking that were explored during our workshops emphasize teaching practices that build ownership of artistic processes and skills, comfort with problem-solving/ leadership thinking, reflection, and self expression.
This spring, AIC partnered with Korematsu Middle School to kick of our first class exploring the world of 3D model and design! During the semester students worked with teaching artist Vince De Jesus to learn drawing and design applications in 3D modeling. Students spent the semester conceptualizing sculptural themes and translated their designs into an array of 3D printed objects.
This year’s 6th annual Art in the Community Show, Richmond Creates, highlighted work created via partnerships with 20 local satellite sites. The artists shown here range from ages 5 to 85. For many, this was their first structured arts learning experience. This exhibition showcases work made in a variety of media; printmaking, sculpture, animation, weaving, painting, ceramics and mixed media. The talented teaching artists facilitating these classes are dedicated to sharing the joy and power of the creative process!
We’ve been nominated for Best Art Classes in Best of the East Bay! Help us win: it’s fast and easy! Voting happens here: https://www.EastBayExpress.com/BestOf
You’ll find Best Art Classes listed on page 3. Thank you for sharing the work of the Richmond Art Center!
Hershell West, local arts icon, is very active in the art scene of the East Bay. He was a member and later president of the board of ProArts in Oakland and the Richmond Art Center in Richmond. He served on both the Oakland Arts Commission and the Richmond Arts and Cultural Commission, for both of which he also served a term as president. He helped organize an annual exhibition, TAOLB (The Art of Living Black), one of the largest of its kind in the nation.
The new documentary “The Artist in Society: Talking with Hershell West” is screening is on Saturday, June 16 at 4:00pm in the Richmond Public Library’s Community Room. It is free and open to the public.
Read more about the film and local filmmaker Eve A Ma: http://www.artistinsociety-film.com/
Presented by the Richmond Art Center in partnership with the Northern California Surface Design Association, What Knot? will feature contemporary art by Californian artists working with fiber and textile construction techniques, and offering new twists on traditional processes, materials and concepts. The exhibition will be juried by Camille Ann Brewer, Curator of Contemporary Art at The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum, D.C.
AN INTERVIEW WITH PHIL LINHARES
by Amy Spencer, Exhibition Director
Unlike many exhibitions juried online, the scale of the work for Small Works actually translated very well to a computer screen. Where you thinking about this as you viewed the works?
The submissions came off pretty well. Years ago I dealt with juried shows where the actual artwork was brought in. It was a real hassle. For the centennial of the San Francisco Art Institute Annual we had 16,000 artworks brought in to be juried. So for the Small Works exhibition, being that the works are a small scale, it was especially effective to see them online.
The way I jury a show is I look at everything first to understand the range. Then after looking at the whole field I go back a few times to start making selections. For Small Works we ended up with nearly 60 pieces. If we had more room in the gallery I could easily have selected more.
Some of the artists in the exhibition always work on a small scale. While others work in varying sizes and simply selected a small work to enter. What did you observe about how different artists approach scale?
Some of the works entered in Small Works looked like small works but others you could blow up to six feet and they would still work very well. In some regards art needs to justify its size. Most of the submitted artwork I did not recognize who the artist was by simply looking at the piece.
What do you think artists can learn from participating in juried exhibitions?
Juried shows give artists an opportunity to present their work in a public sphere. It gives them a line on their resume that could allow them to go beyond that venue. I think people have a lot of respect for the Richmond Art Center. It’s important for artists to show work with their peers, meet other artists, and look at new work for inspiration.
What do you learn from jurying exhibitions?
There’s always something unexpected. Something that stands out. Something I continue to think about long after the jurying is over. Looking at new art sustains me everyday.
RICHMOND ART CENTER ANNUAL MEMBERS’ BOARD ELECTION and RECEPTION
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2018, 3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The Richmond Art Center’s Annual Members’ Board Election and Reception will be held at the Art Center beginning at 3:00 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to hold the election for the fiscal year 2018-2019 Board of Directors.
Ballots will be available at the front desk during the reception; completed ballots must be submitted between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m.to the front desk at the Art Center. All members are eligible to vote in person. At least twenty (20) members must vote for the election to be valid.
The Board President, Inez Brooks-Myers, will conduct the meeting, starting at 4:00 p.m. Executive Director, Ric Ambrose and staff will provide updates on the Art Center’s accomplishment of the past year, and plans for the next year. The meeting will be followed at 5:00 p.m. by the public opening reception for the Summer Exhibitions.
Agenda:
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Members’ Reception and Voting
Summer registration for classes and workshops open on May 1! Catalogs are in the mail, but you can get an advance look at what’s in store for summer today.
Unleash your child’s creativity this summer! Art Camp at the RAC gives kids and teens an exciting immersion in visual art practice. Daily projects include drawing, painting, printmaking, textile arts and sculpture. Art Camp runs weekly, Monday to Friday, with a varied curriculum. Whole and half-days available, with extended hours for drop-off and pick up. Art Camp is geared to ages 5-13.
Use this coupon code (CAMP18) to sign up for an additional 10% Early Bird discount, good through March 31.
Richard Ambrose Sweet Lynn Motel 2015
graphite on Arches paper
60 x 35 inches, unframed
Artist Statement
The complex patchwork of urban elements in my immediate surroundings holds tremendous fascination for me. I am particularly struck by the ironies and paradoxes found in both the micro and macro world that surrounds us. My panoramic drawings are a compilation of disparate images stitched together and interwoven much like reconstructing a memory or a recollected experience.
I have always been attracted to the black and white world due in part to my quirky memories of growing up in small industrial Pennsylvania town, constantly gazing out of my third floor bedroom window overlooking a colorless landscape of slate roof tops and coal-fired smoke punctuated by cathedral-like steel mills and bell towers. This disengagement fueled my imagination and made seeing come to life. To me, a drawing is a more suggestive or evocative form of color. Actual color tends to cloud my perception, seeming to be too decorative.
Unlike traditional panoramic views captured from a fixed point and distance, I try to construct my world around the viewer and beyond their periphery, beckoning them to simultaneously partake in the grand scope of its spatial depth and inhabited insignificance. My large – scale work is drawn from my journeys throughout the Bay Area, immersed in its exotic diversity of architecture, landscape, and the paradoxes of human interaction and disengagement. I am as compelled to it as I am to the urban memories of my youth.
The extended drawing format is derived in part from traditional Chinese landscape scrolls. It provides me the ideal vehicle for the depiction of a multitude of disparate elements within a rhythmic spatial context. The elongated format allows the viewer to experience the whole environment as well as its parts, moving through it visually as if he/she were actually travelling within its confines. The element of time is both actual and perceptual. This movement establishes a visual paradox — while one might enjoy digesting the pictorial grandeur (macro) and opulent details (micro) in my work, there is an element of detachment, alienation or even entrapment.
Using the most basic tools – – graphite and an eraser – – allows me to recreate a colorless yet colorful world that suggests a timeless sense of my life experiences.
This year Art Center staff and teaching artists shared strategies for artmaking with 40 elementary school teachers through our 
class exploring the world of 3D model and design! During the semester students worked with teaching artist Vince De Jesus to learn drawing and design applications in 3D modeling. Students spent the semester conceptualizing sculptural themes and translated their designs into an array of 3D printed objects. 
This year’s 6th annual Art in the Community Show
