Chamber Arts Board Member

Envision Consulting•Los Angeles, CA

About The Position

Chamber Arts, a project of Community Partners, is an artist support organization and arts intermediary based in northeast Los Angeles, California. Established in 2023, it serves early- to mid-career artists from marginalized communities through redistributive projects. Its current priorities include sustaining its Production Support Grant Program, expanding its Advisory Board, and implementing its first external communications plan. Through its Artistic Support Program, Chamber Arts supports a cohort of emerging to mid-career artists developing and producing new work, offering access to studio or rehearsal space, expert-led workshops, monthly group consulting, staff-led individual coaching, a healing-centered cohort retreat, and a project-based regrant award. The volunteer Advisory Board provides strategic guidance and oversight, supports organizational sustainability, and represents Chamber Arts in the community. Because Chamber Arts operates under a Model A fiscal sponsorship relationship with Community Partners, Community Partners’ Board of Directors assumes certain fiduciary duties, relieving the Advisory Board of some responsibilities that ordinarily fall to a nonprofit board. Advisory Board members contribute expertise, relationships, resources, and perspective in support of the organization’s mission and impact. Members are generally expected to attend four Advisory Board meetings each year, participate in at least one committee or working group, review materials in advance, take part in organizational events as appropriate, and support resource development and community engagement. The initial term is one year; future terms are two years, with a maximum of five consecutive years. Interested candidates can contact [email protected].

Requirements

Passion for and commitment to the mission of Chamber Arts.
Professional, volunteer, community, or lived experience that can contribute meaningfully to the organization’s work.
Willingness to contribute time, expertise, networks, and other resources in support of the organization.
Willingness to represent the organization and serve as its spokesperson in the community.
Integrity, accountability, and commitment to responsible nonprofit governance.
Commitment to attend quarterly Board meetings and participate in committee work as necessary.

Nice To Haves

Experience with major donor and institutional relationship management.
Experience in philanthropy or grantmaking, especially with intermediaries.
Experience in external communications, especially social media.
Experience in community engagement.
Experience in arts and cultural programming.
Prior nonprofit Board experience is welcomed but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide oversight, guidance, and strategic direction so the organization fulfills its mission effectively and responsibly.
Help monitor organizational performance and ensure programs and activities remain aligned with the organization’s mission, values, goals, and commitments.
Support resource development through introductions, relationship-building, advocacy, and other appropriate activities.
Review and approve annual budgets, quarterly financial reports, and significant financial decisions, while supporting long-term fiscal sustainability.
Serve as an ambassador for the organization and increase awareness of its mission, programs, and impact within personal and professional networks.
Attend four Advisory Board meetings per year.
Participate in at least one Advisory Board committee or working group.
Prepare for meetings by reviewing materials in advance.
Participate in Board and organizational events as appropriate.
Support resource development and community engagement efforts.
Serve an initial one-year term, with future two-year terms and a limit of five consecutive years.