Board Member open call 2026
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MICHIYAYA Dance is seeking new voices and perspectives for our Board of Directors. Those who are committed to supporting MICHIYAYA’s multidisciplinary performances and programming which includes boundary-pushing and experimental work of Anya & Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery and their group of collaborators based in New York City and Pittsburgh. We are looking for advocates of the performing arts and contemporary dance who want to provide meaningful connections for a small non-profit.
We seek passionate individuals who are invested in working collaboratively, contributing to our fundraising efforts, providing oversight and governance for an alternative, non-hierarchical company and growing our community of support. Additionally, new Board members should be aligned with our organization’s mission, vision, and values. Before considering applying, we encourage applicants to review our about page.
MICHIYAYA Board MEMBER INFORMATION
Individuals with backgrounds in the following fields would be highly desirable additions to the MICHIYAYA Board of Directors:
Fundraising
Finance
Strategic Plan Implementation
Grant Writing
Graphic Design
Law
Corporate Sponsorships
What We’re Looking For
Each MICHIYAYA Board Member commits to the following with their acceptance:
Quarterly Board Meetings
Attending MICHIYAYA events & performances
Fulfilling an annual give-or-get
Board Responsibilities
Application Opens: April 6, 2026
Applications Due: May 10, 2026
Interviews: May 25-31, 2026
Application Decisions: Mid June 2026
New Members Begin: August 1, 2026
Application Timeline
Our goal is for all board members to serve as an ambassador of MICHIYAYA by actively identifying and pursuing opportunities for organizational growth, including potential partnerships, funding sources, and community connections that advance the company's mission.
Board Advocacy
Who We Are
Our work extends beyond performances including education, community engagement, and professional development initiatives. Serving on MICHIYAYA’s Board of Directors offers an opportunity to help grow our future as a strong queer voice in New York City & Pittsburgh’s art scenes. Board members gain meaningful connections within the arts and culture ecosystem, experience with collaborative governance, and the chance to support bold artistic work in a deeply engaged community setting. This role provides hands-on leadership opportunities within a small but impactful nonprofit—ideal for individuals looking to deepen their involvement in cultural work, develop nonprofit experience, or champion artist-centered spaces.
MICHIYAYA just rounded out their 10th anniversary as a company and now we are entering a pivotal period focused on long-term sustainability and strategic growth. New board members will play a key role in strengthening the organization’s foundation as we move beyond this milestone.
MICHIYAYA is a queer-led dance company that pushes boundaries and centers the divine feminine by creating space for multidisciplinary performances and programming. Artistic Directors Anya and Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery founded MICHIYAYA Dance in 2015 as a way to combine their voices as artists—Anya, a Black queer choreographer/dance artist from Brooklyn, and Mitsuko, a white & Japanese queer visual/performance artist from Manhattan. Together we create multidisciplinary works that often recount or reveal a contemporary engagement with queerness, resistant relationships to schemes of oppression and power, cultural constraints on the body and interpersonal relationships, and other revelatory themes.