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Director of Cont. Art Galleries, Uni Connecticut
saul ostrow CAA Listing:
The University of Connecticut invites applications for the Director of the Contemporary Art Galleries, an Assistant Professor faculty position to begin in August 2004. The mission of the Contemporary Art Galleries is to present a wide variety of programs in visual arts, including
exhibitions, symposia, lectures, and other events, in order to create a far-reaching discourse of work and ideas about issues and practices in contemporary art. With exhibition spaces at the university’s main campus in Storrs as well as its regional campus in Stamford, Contemporary Art Galleries serves many communities: the Department of Art and Art History, the University as a whole, regional audiences of Connecticut and New England, and national and international art audiences.
The Director is responsible for all aspects of the leadership and administration of an active university gallery program in a department that encompasses undergraduate programs in studio art, design, and art history, as well as an MFA program in studio art and a new MA program in art history. The ideal candidate will be committed to the significant role that a vital exhibition program can play in a university setting, while recognizing the dual mission of the Contemporary Art Galleries as both a professional and a teaching gallery. Responsibilities will
include working with a faculty committee to initiate, plan, and implement exhibitions; administering the department’s visiting artist and lecture series; teaching; and coordinating events and exhibitions with the gallery program at Stamford. The new director will also play a major role in planning exhibition space in a projected new facility for the School of fine Arts. Candidates should have proven records of curating significant exhibitions of contemporary art as well as demonstrated expertise in critical writing, grantwriting, publicity, exhibition design and preparation, and general gallery administration, and teaching experience. Advanced degree is required.
Application materials should include a letter of application; resume;
samples of publications and press coverage; visual documentation of selected exhibits; brief statement of curatorial philosophy; syllabi, and names and contact information for three references. Salary
competitive. A/D: January 12, 2004, for possible CAA interview; position
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open until filled. Please send materials with SASE to: Chair,
Contemporary Art Galleries Director Search, University of Connecticut, Department of Art and Art History, 875 Coventry Road, U-1099, Storrs, CT 06269-1099. URL: www.art.uconn.edu. AA/EOE/WMA. AC-INT by appointment.
Reference:
JOB: Director of Cont. Art Galleries, Uni Connecticut. In: ArtHist.net, Jan 19, 2004 (accessed Feb 27, 2022),
<https://arthist.net/archive/26097>.
