Community Connector Homeboy Art Academy

Homeboy Industries – Homeboy Art Academy Position Title :

• Community Connector Position Overview As Homeboy Art Academy (HAA) launches its five-year strategic plan, the Community Connector will serve as one of its most public-facing, agile, and relationship-driven team members.
• Rooted in the Academy’s mission to impart healing-centered arts and reclaim self-agency through culturally relevant and responsive programming, this role is critical in building bridges — between the Academy and the broader community, between creative industries and our trainees, and between educational spaces and the real needs of system-impacted individuals.
• Why This Role Matters This role is a pulse point for Homeboy Art Academy’s impact.
• By ensuring we remain connected to the people, partners, and possibilities beyond our walls, the Community Connector ensures that every brushstroke, every workshop, and every program is rooted in relevance — and in the power of art to heal, uplift, and transform.
• Core Responsibilities Mission Advocacy & Community Visibility Serve as an active ambassador of HAA in public, educational, and creative spaces, ensuring our work is visible, valued, and understood.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to partner with local galleries, cultural festivals, collectives, and other community organizations to co-host events, workshops, or showcases that celebrate system-impacted artists.
• Represent HAA at conferences, community forums, and creative economy convenings to advocate for the value of trauma-informed, healing-centered arts programming.
• Academic Engagement & Programming Insight Cultivate relationships with educators, school administrators, and academic partners to gather insights on the evolving needs of learners, particularly those from impacted communities.
• Create consistent feedback loops between community partners and internal program teams to shape relevant, culturally sustaining curricula.
• Support the co-design of art-based programming that reflects real-world needs and opportunities for artistic expression, healing, and workforce readiness.
• Industry Partnerships & Creative Economy Pathways Proactively identify potential employment, internship, or mentorship partners across the creative economy — from design firms to production houses to community studios.
• Translate partner needs into opportunities for skill-building and job alignment within HAA’s Career Pathways programming.
• Maintain a growing network of industry contacts who are invested in equitable talent pipelines, particularly for system-impacted individuals.

Who You Are :

Mission-aligned and culturally fluent :

Resourceful and action-oriented :

Fluent in arts and industry :

Culturally responsive and healing-centered :