Title: Intern for Nick Cave Plenty Project Type: 12-20 hours per week for at least 12 with possibility of extension weeks through 2017 Status: Internship with honorarium

Company: Young Audiences is the leading arts-in-education organization in the 8 counties of WNY. We accomplish our mission through working with professional artists to engage young people in creative learning opportunities, so that they might become extraordinary adults. A sustainable and growing nonprofit organization, we celebrated 50 years of service in 2013 and are one of 32 affiliates in 23 states. We provide programming in schools and community centers in the visual, literary, media, and performing arts, in multi-year long-term collaborations, residencies, and workshops. A key strategy and growth area is working with young people living in geographically remote communities and/or in poverty as well as those most at risk of educational failure due to addictions, mental health issues, development disabilities and/or involvement with the juvenile justice system.

SUMMARY: Opportunity to intern and coordinate aspects of the Planning Phase for the Citywide Nick Cave Plenty Project. With the support of the working group and leadership team: • Identify and establish connections with diverse community groups • Compile a list of potential local artists – visual, dance and music to participate in the project

Public relations • Coordinate leadership team and working group meetings, take and issue meeting minutes and

maintain communication with these groups • Fundraising and nonprofit support experience. Work to support the development work through

researching funders, coordinating events, and managing mailings • Online editing and publishing.

Nick Cave –Plenty - Project Summary

The magic and wonderment of Nick Cave’s celebratory artistic practice will provide the inspiration for a series of cross-neighborhood dialogues in Buffalo. Trained as a dancer and fine artist, Nick Cave and his unique approach has a magnificent ability to blend fashion, craft, performance, sculpture, and public engagement.

Programming: Create community floats with Cave’s guidance and lead Buffalo artists, after school programming in Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College residency in fashion, dance and theatre, collaboration between professional and ethnic dance groups in production of performances; parade float creation and contest for community at large.

Performances: 4 public performances at city parks (MLK, Unity Island [formerly Squaw], LaSalle, Cazenovia) culminating with a major performance and celebration which will travel from Niagara Square to Silo City. A central focus will be the pairing of city dance groups, hip hop matched with step dancers, belly with ballet dancers, drill teams with swing dancers, krumpers with modern dancers.

Leadership Team: Nick Cave, Artist; Robert Faust, Nick Cave Special Projects Director; Claire Schneider, Director, CS1 Projects; Cynnie Gaasch, Executive Director, Young Audiences of Western New York; Lorna C. Hill, Artistic Director, Ujima Company; David Rust, Executive Director, Say Yes to Education Buffalo; Rick Smith, CEO, Rigidized Metal, Steward, Silo City

Citywide project to bridge Buffalo neighborhoods through art By Colin Dabkowski The Buffalo News. May 19, 2016

For a yearlong period beginning next fall, that task will fall to the Chicago-based artist Nick Cave and several community organizations. They will collaborate on an art and performance project initiated by CS1 Curatorial Projects, spearheaded by Young Audiences of Western New York and funded in part by a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

“Plenty” will launch in late 2017, when Cave will begin working with community groups, local artists, Buffalo students and arts organizations to create a series of dance and theater performances as well as four elaborate parade floats. The performances that emerge from those workshops are planned for early 2018 at public parks in four neighborhoods, and the entire project will culminate in July 2018 with a parade through the streets of downtown Buffalo and a daylong event at Silo City.

The project, shaping up to be the most substantial and wide-reaching collaboration among local cultural organizations since the 2010 exhibition series “Beyond/In Western New York,” is projected to cost $700,000, according to Young Audiences Executive Director Cynnie Gaasch.

The $100,000 grant from the NEA, part of its “Our Town” project aimed at community-building cultural events and programs, combined with about $100,000 of in-kind donations, leaves the group with about $500,000 to raise from local and national sources before “Plenty” launches late next year.

“We see the arts as a tool for young people and their families to build successful lives, learn more about the world, to engage the community at large,” Gaasch said.

Nick Cave Hears Detroit Art in America -- Wendy Vogel, July 20, 2015

The important takeaway of "Here Hear" rather lies in Cave's intention to let Detroit hear itself across barriers of race, class and access. In the Times article, artist and activist Halima Cassells advises newcomers to the city, "You have to come into Detroit respecting the people who have been living here through all the city's struggles." Nick Cave's show is one example of doing just that.

Compensation: The internship will be paid with an honorarium, to be determined based on the availability of the intern

Availability: The intern must be available for at least 12 hours per week and be able to commit to Mid September – Mid December 2016 at least. Interns may start earlier if available.

For further information email with “Nick Cave Intern” in subject line: cover letter, resume and educational goals with three references available to respond to phone calls to: development@yawny.org - No phone calls please.

Young Audiences of Western New York is an equal opportunity employer.