Apply for Steering Committee Membership

Help us launch!

email catmuseumnyc@gmail.com

Interested in helping to launch the museum?

Apply for steering committee membership. Tell us how you would like to get involved, and let us know what you can offer!

We are currently seeking folks with skills in the following areas:

• exhibit planning/curation

• accounting (preference for MPA or MBAs with nonprofit experience)

• fundraising, development, and/or grantwriting

• contracting, architecture, and urban design

• legal matters

• graphic design

• volunteer management

• diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) management

• event planning (educational, interactive, adult, family-friendly, inclusive, in-person and virtual)

• research in cat behavior, history, art, human and cat health, and cat rescue/TNR

• artist relations

• vendor partnership relations

• retail and operations (experience in museum gift shops strongly preferred; experience in art, book, and/or cat/pet retail preferred)

• website/SEO

• communications and marketing:

  • newsletters

  • social media

• photography

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion at every step of our organizational planning. At this time, steering committee membership is voluntary and is not a paid position.

To apply or nominate someone for the steering committee:

Email catmuseumnyc@gmail.com with “Steering Committee” in the subject line.

Volunteering and Other Ways to Help the Museum

email catmuseumnyc@gmail.com

If you are interested in helping out with any of the above but are unable to commit to joining the steering committee, there are other ways you can be a part of making the museum a reality.

We welcome offers to volunteer your:

• time

• art (check out our Information for Artists page, and stay tuned for calls for submissions!)

• funding or pledges of future funding (note: the Cat Museum of New York City is not yet a registered nonprofit; non-tax-deductible donations may be made through PayPal or check via our fiscal sponsor, the Independent Media Institute. Read more here.)

• words of support

Email catmuseumnyc@gmail.com
with “Pre-Launch Volunteer,” “Pre-Launch Message of Support,” or “Pre-Launch Pledge to Donate”
in the subject line.