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WHO YOU ARE

First and foremost, you’re someone who’s enthusiastic about LGBTQ+ representation. You care about art in all its different mediums. You’re interested in pushing boundaries and trying out new ideas. You’re a team player, which includes advocating for your thoughts even if they’re not the same as others’.

Priority will be given to BIPOC and LGBTQIA2S+ applicants

There are some logistical requirements, too. Our annual festival is held in Salt Lake City and you must be able to commute for festival preparation and the weekend of the festival. You must reside in the state of Utah and be at least 18 years old.

WHO WE ARE

Queer Spectra Arts Festival (QSAF) is an interdisciplinary arts festival held in Salt Lake City, UT, each May. We are a non-profit and getting ready for our seventh annual festival to be held in May 2025. This festival presents all types of artistic disciplines and typically includes keynote addresses, workshops, galleries, and performances. Check out more about the 2024 festival HERE. 

Feel free to peruse our website (queerspectra.com) or our Instagram (@queerspectra) to get a feel for who we are as an organization and the work we’ve done in the past. Note that we’re an ever-evolving organization, and we’re excited about any ideas you bring to the table.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

All organizers attend QSAF organizing meetings, which happen on a weekly basis. The organizing team is responsible for festival planning, coordinating with artists, grant writing, fundraising, marketing and communication, budgeting, coordinating accessibility, community engagement, and day-to-day operations. 

Hours put into QSAF will vary week-to-week, depending on the time of year and projects happening. Typically, organizers spend 3-5 hours per week on QSAF related activities, with a higher amount of activity leading up to our festival in May, and a more relaxed period during the summer and early fall. During the month of April and May commitment may be closer to 10-15 hours per week.

The festival will take place the weekend of May 16-18, 2025 and organizers must be available for the festival and preparation leading up to the event.

These are the skills that we are looking to add to our team; preference will be given to applicants who have knowledge in one or more of the following fields:

• Marketing/Communications

• Event Planning and Production 

• Accessibility

• Budgeting and/or accounting 

Bonus if you have experience in one or more of the following fields:

• Community Engagement and Outreach

• Fundraising

• Grant writing

• Previous non-profit experience

• Second language fluency, especially Spanish

• Legal knowledge 

• Finance 

• Technical Production

WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE

At this time, we are able to offer a $2500 stipend to all organizers for the 2025 fiscal year this includes a commitment from October 2024 to the end of September 2025. 

HOW TO APPLY

Send a resume and cover letter to queerspectra@gmail.com by October 17, 2024. We want to know why you’re interested in working with Queer Spectra and what you can bring to the team!

Please reach out by email to queerspectra@gmail.com with any questions and/or concerns at any time.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Queer Spectra Arts Festival believes that diversity not only builds up our community but is an important reflection of the LGBTQIA2S+ community in all of its breadth and complexities. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, religion, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.