Jane Hodges
Journalist, Book Author, Residency Launcher
- Role
- Founding Director at Mineral School
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jane Hodges
As a journalist with over 25 years of experience-first in New York, then in Seattle-I\'ve…
Experience
Founding Director
Jan 2015 — Present
Since launching the Mineral School residency program in 2015, I have managed the residency and culinary program every year as well as those programs’ seasonal staffing, and resident logistics - I did this as board president and we disbanded the board and renamed the role in 2019. I manage organization finances, partnerships, in-residency and non-residency events, community relations, volunteer weekends, the facility, most grants, most social media and paid marketing, and most communications to alumni, donors, and media. Since launch the program budget has grown from $0 to annual applicant count has more than tripled from 72 to 250+, we\'ve hosted 140+ artists and more than 83 public events near Mt. Rainier and in Seattle, and all of this has been achieved with no paid staff - although we\'ve begun contracting some labor. I\'ve written successful grants to Amazon Literary Partners, the Sustainable Arts Foundation, and ArtsFund/Paul Allen Foundation, secured Humanities Washington speaker support, and led efforts to collaborate with other arts organizations including Centralia College, Fire Mountain Arts Council, Hugo House, Lewis County Dignity Guild, The Mineral Lake Lions Club, The Rainier Independent Film Festival, and Seattle Escribe.
Education
Dartmouth College
BA, Comparative Literature (w/French)
1988 — 1992
St. Catherine's School
K-12, 13 years at an all-girls' school in the South. Charm, manners, smarts!
1975 — 1988
Sarah Lawrence College
MFA, Creative Writing (fiction)
1993 — 1996
University of Washington
Certificate in Nonprofit Management, Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
2013 — 2014
Skills
- Business Reporting
- Literary Writing
- Non-Fiction
- Small Business
- Newspapers
- Investments
- Web Content
- Magazines
- Writing
- Publishing
- Content Development
- Business
- Arts Administration
- Copy Editing
- Fact-Checking
- Journalism
- Fiction
- Feature Articles
- Bootstrapping
- Creative Entrepreneurship
- Editing
- Creative Writing
- Real Estate
- Publications
- Storytelling
- Report Writing
- Content Management
- Editorial
- Personal Finance
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