LOWER CAPE MAY COUNTY'S COMMUNITY RADIO STATION

On the air by December 2006, it’s WCFA-LPFM 101.5, your community radio station.

Start-up volunteers to serve as engineers and on-air talent are needed.

Start-up underwriters are now being sought. This effort will cost approximately $12,000 per year. Underwriting announcements will be along the lines of those you hear on public radio. Pricing structure is currently being developed.

If you would like us to contact you regarding supporting CCA’s newest program, or to volunteer, please call 884-7525.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

For all positions please send cover letter and resume to Steve Bacher, Executive Director, Center for Community Arts, 712 Lafayette Street, Cape May, NJ 08204, or email them to info@centerforcommunityarts.org. Cover letter should connect candidate’s background and interests to this position and this organization. No phone calls please. Center for Community Arts is an equal opportunity employer.


INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE SUMMER AND SCHOOL SEMESTER:

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY INTERNS
African American Studies/African American History interns sought for African American History Archives, and Community History Program Exhibits & Tours. Assist part-time archivist/curator with accession, oral histories, research and planning for annual exhibits and walking tour. Compensation depending on experience.

DEVELOPMENT INTERNS
Development intern sought for growing community arts organization. Assist with prospect research, proposals, reports, appeals, newsletters, special events. Compensation depending on experience.

ARTS ADMINISTRATION INTERNS
Arts Administration intern sought for growing community arts organization. Assist Executive Director with program development and coordination, personnel policies, advertising, public relations, governance, assessment, capital project, facility management. Compensation depending on experience.


PART-TIME POSITIONS

ARTIST-TEACHERS
Artist-Teachers sought for spring and summer workshops and art camps for children, youth and adults, part-time, days and evenings, Wildwood, Cape May, Villas. Spanish language skills a+. Some paid interns; experience preferred for assistant and lead teachers.

CURATOR/ARCHIVIST
Center for Community Arts seeks a qualified part-time curator archivist for its Community History Program and John T. and Janet D. Nash African American History Archives. Relevant B.A. required; masters preferred. Salary commensurate with experience. Hours are flexible. Number of hours per week are also flexible; eight hours per week minimum, as many as 20 hours per week possible.
With General Operating Support from the New Jersey Historical Commission, Center for Community Arts continues to raise awareness of Cape May’s African American History. Its Community History Program creates annual exhibits and panel discussions in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts, presents African American Heritage Walking Tours to the general public during Cape May’s tourist season and by appointment, and administers the growing Nash Archives of African American History.

The volunteer Community History Program Committee, staffed by the part-time Curator/Archivist, meets monthly to develop exhibits, hone its Walking Tour, and evaluate potential additions to the Archives.

Future Exhibits. CCA is taking advantage of an opportunity to bring Small Towns, Black Lives, an exhibit of photographs by Wendel White, of small towns in New Jersey, to Cape May from January to May 2007, in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts. White’s photographs include details of Franklin Street School and others of nearby Whitesboro, NJ. The exhibit will also include a photographic update of CCA’s work to rehabilitate Franklin Street School.

CCA is in the early stages of planning an exhibit on Cape May African Americans in World War I, the Civilian Conservation Corps and World War II, due to a recent donation to the Nash Archives. This exhibit would take place during early 2008.

CCA plans an exhibit featuring the Nash Collection for the grand opening of the Franklin Street School Community Cultural Center, scheduled for late 2008.

Archives. CCA’s John and Janet Nash African American History Archives continues to receive donations from area families, that are catalogued and accessioned by the part-time archivist and two regular volunteers.

Since January 2006, the Nash Archives has received fourteen accessions for a total of approximately two hundred and fifty items including family photographs of local African American residents and Cape Island places, 1920s -1980s; Cape Island class and school photographs, 1920s - 1950s; yearbooks, 1950s; report cards, 1930s - 40s; documents from David Farmer (custodian of the Franklin Street School), 1908 - 1950s; and recognition awards, letters and photographs, 1987 – 2002, of John Vasser, former mayor of West Cape May.

In Spring 2006, the Nash Archives were bequeathed the largest gift to date – the archive collection of John T. Nash. Mr. Nash was born and raised in Cape May and over the years collected an extensive archive of African American history of Cape May and lower Cape May County. Both he and his wife, Dolly, for whom the Nash Archives are named, willingly shared their memories and love of history. Mr. Nash’s diligence in collecting African American history began long before the founding of Center for Community Arts and the Nash Archives. As a result of the donation, the Nash Archives not only enlarged its collection, but enhanced its scope and depth. Mr. Nash was well-known for acquiring copies of photographs from community members in order to ensure that much of the African American history was preserved. The collection currently contains four carton boxes, with additional items on the way from the Nash estate.