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Logistics Manager
Status: Contract - PT (approx 16-20 hrs/wk)
Compensation: $30-45/ hr
Reports to: Kelly McHugh-White, Little Rhinoceros LLC Principal and Maui Public Art Corps Chair
Posted: May 21, 2024
Contract Term: Now through Dec 31, 2024, with potential to extend
There is ongoing demand by private and public partners seeking our support to engage the arts in creative problem solving & community building. To help meet this demand, we are seeking an independent contractor with strong logistics skills, interest in our work and values, and familiarity with the field of public art. This is a remote position that must be based on Maui.
Needs:
Who you are:
You are interested in and connected to the work and values of Maui Public Art Corps and SMALL TOWN * BIG ART. You are outgoing and known for connecting with people from all different backgrounds. You are a big picture thinker and are skilled at thinking across projects, juggling workload, and attending to details. You are an effective, clear communicator who enjoys and is good at listening to and understanding a project’s needs as well as sharing ideas on how you can facilitate needs through the skill sets that you offer. You value relationships and are personable and friendly. You are comfortable making calls and marketing services to potential partners rather than relying on email as your primary form of communication. You enjoy and find value in facilitating the work and ideas of others – you love seeing other people’s ideas come to fruition. You have strong skills in logistics management, meeting and group organization, and connecting with artists and are familiar with the field of public art in the U.S.
Who we are:
Maui Public Art Corps connects people, place and story through the development of exceptional public art projects. It was founded in 2020 to expand the work of SMALL TOWN * BIG ART countywide in partnership with the Maui Historical Society and County of Maui. Monthly art installations are created with community input that align with ‘ōlelo from Mary Kawena Pukui's ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings. Each artwork is spearheaded by professional artists that have submitted project applications exhibiting exceptional quality, style, experience in creating communal or public art and significance to place.
Public Art:
More:
We are highly independent and do not work in an office; you will be working remotely and will attend meetings and public art activities at sites throughout Maui County. We spend a lot of time on Zoom, phone calls, and doing work on computers. We practice agility and support one another with resources and information. We foster a high performing, independent culture, where team members are accountable for their actions and have the independence to make decisions regarding their work. We maintain a hierarchy within each project and regularly collaborate across sectors.
Compensation: $30-45/ hr
Reports to: Kelly McHugh-White, Little Rhinoceros LLC Principal and Maui Public Art Corps Chair
Posted: May 21, 2024
Contract Term: Now through Dec 31, 2024, with potential to extend
There is ongoing demand by private and public partners seeking our support to engage the arts in creative problem solving & community building. To help meet this demand, we are seeking an independent contractor with strong logistics skills, interest in our work and values, and familiarity with the field of public art. This is a remote position that must be based on Maui.
Needs:
- Support the identification & convening of community stakeholders related to project themes, install sites, proposal reviews, project partnerships and public art tours
- Coordinate artist, partner and contractor requests, project developments, agreements and payments
- Organize and oversee special events & hands-on activities that invite the public to be a part of the process of creating each communal artwork
- Gather, develop and present artwork project updates for newsletter, web, print, social, press and partner outlets
- Measure public sentiment via in-person and online mechanisms (qualitative & quantitative)
Who you are:
You are interested in and connected to the work and values of Maui Public Art Corps and SMALL TOWN * BIG ART. You are outgoing and known for connecting with people from all different backgrounds. You are a big picture thinker and are skilled at thinking across projects, juggling workload, and attending to details. You are an effective, clear communicator who enjoys and is good at listening to and understanding a project’s needs as well as sharing ideas on how you can facilitate needs through the skill sets that you offer. You value relationships and are personable and friendly. You are comfortable making calls and marketing services to potential partners rather than relying on email as your primary form of communication. You enjoy and find value in facilitating the work and ideas of others – you love seeing other people’s ideas come to fruition. You have strong skills in logistics management, meeting and group organization, and connecting with artists and are familiar with the field of public art in the U.S.
Who we are:
Maui Public Art Corps connects people, place and story through the development of exceptional public art projects. It was founded in 2020 to expand the work of SMALL TOWN * BIG ART countywide in partnership with the Maui Historical Society and County of Maui. Monthly art installations are created with community input that align with ‘ōlelo from Mary Kawena Pukui's ‘Ōlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings. Each artwork is spearheaded by professional artists that have submitted project applications exhibiting exceptional quality, style, experience in creating communal or public art and significance to place.
Public Art:
- Commissioned by a public process
- Created through broad community engagement
- Designed in response to the place and community in which it resides
- We consider all public art to be temporary
- Public art can include murals, sculpture, memorials, integrated architectural or landscape architectural work, community art, digital new media and performances
- Public art is created in collaboration with artists that are experienced with the scale, adaptation and inclusivity that is required for this unique type of work. Not all artists are public artists - and that's ok!
More:
We are highly independent and do not work in an office; you will be working remotely and will attend meetings and public art activities at sites throughout Maui County. We spend a lot of time on Zoom, phone calls, and doing work on computers. We practice agility and support one another with resources and information. We foster a high performing, independent culture, where team members are accountable for their actions and have the independence to make decisions regarding their work. We maintain a hierarchy within each project and regularly collaborate across sectors.
Other Ways to Get Involved
- Join our next Hui Mo‘olelo cohort; a 3-part storytelling workshop that prepares participants for intergenerational talk-story sessions rooted in a Maui sense of place. These conversations form the basis of annual artist RFP's (request-for-proposals) to be interpreted as communal works of public art throughout the County of Maui. (Our most recent cohort completed their workshop on July 5, 2024. The next start date is TBD).
- Join our Local Public Artist Roster: We regularly receive requests and inquiries about muralists, performers, teaching artists and more. In 2022 we launched a Local Public Artist Roster to help advance our Countywide Public Art Master Plan initiative, and we've found it to become a useful tool in responding to these increasing inquiries. If you would like to be included, click the "Roster Application" button at mauipublicart.org/roster.
- Apply: We work with CaFÉ when a new set of opportunities arises. Established artists share their ideas, samples and references regarding a specific project opportunity, and a community panel makes recommendations on the most promising projects for each site. Our next RFP will be released in August 2024. Join our monthly eNewsletter list HERE to be the first to know.
- Take a self-guided walking tour: Follow the SMALL TOWN * BIG ART virtual map or download the Ho'okama'āina app to get started.
- Use the Ho'okama'āina app in your classroom or community group: Within this tool, you will find three walking tours — cultural, historic and public art — with points of interest that offer details and stories compiled by a team of Wailuku champions. Download Ho'okama'āina here.
- Contribute and collect art at our Little Free Art Galleries: These unique galleries serve as miniature art hubs where artists of all ages and skill levels are invited to contribute their creations. The concept is simple yet powerful – leave a piece of artwork, take a piece of artwork. It's a delightful exchange that encourages artistic expression and community engagement. Learn more HERE.
- Host a film night and discussion of proverbs: Hands-on artist workshops and talk-story sessions that once generated shared imagery and physical exchange in a pre-pandemic world have given way to micro documentaries capturing the conversations that build the cumulative artwork. View our film collection HERE.
- Tune in to the podcast: Click to check out the Public Art Podcast where we talk story with the artists, community members, project facilitators, small business owners, supporters and story holders working together to envision Wailuku as an arts district.
- Interview a loved one for our StoryCorps archive: StoryCorps allows users to upload pre-recorded interviews to its official archive; the largest born-digital collection of human voices housed at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington D.C. View our StoryCorps Archive page HERE.
- Join the Maui Public Art Youth Task Force: As a Task Force member, Maui youth in grades 9-12 actively contribute to public art projects that celebrate Maui's rich history, diverse culture, and unique sense of place. The Task Force's opinions, ideas, and suggestions directly shape works of art, leaving a lasting impact on our community's artistic legacy.