Associate Director, BRIC Rotunda Gallery
Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Education: Bachelor (BA, BS, etc.)
Location: Brooklyn, New York,
Posted by: BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn
Type: Full time
Last day to apply: September 30, 2007
Description:
BRIC Arts/Media/Brooklyn is a multi-disciplinary arts and media non-profit
dedicated to presenting visual, performing, and media arts programs that are
reflective of Brooklyn’s diverse communities, and to supporting the creative
process. Our signature programs include, in the visual arts, BRIC Rotunda
Gallery; in the performing arts, the Celebrate Brooklyn Performing Arts Festival
and BRICstudio; and in media, Brooklyn Community Access Television.
BRIC Rotunda Gallery occupies an award-winning exhibition space located in
Brooklyn Heights, New York, and offers a highly regarded education program in
schools throughout the borough. The Gallery was founded in 1981 to
showcase the work of Brooklyn-affiliated artists and to support the borough’s
visual artist community. Today, the Gallery continues to emphasize Brooklyn
artists, alongside our expanded aim to increase the visibility and accessibility
of contemporary art while bridging the gap between the art world and global
culture in Brooklyn and the world beyond. The Gallery’s exhibition program
consists of five exhibitions annually and an emerging curator initiative. The
Gallery also maintains a large artist slide registry and a range of public
programs intended to enrich appreciation and understanding of contemporary
visual art.
The Gallery provides arts-in-education programming to thousands of under-
served New York City public school students, curriculum-based Gallery/school
collaborations, teacher-training programs, and Gallery visits. Most schools
served by the Gallery are in low-income communities, where students are
considered at-risk, resources are scarce, and the arts are not often part of
the regular curriculum.
BRIC’s main offices are located in the BAM Cultural District, and we are
actively engaged in the development of a 4,000 square-foot contemporary art
exhibition space at this location. The space will be the anchor contemporary
art space in a long-planned Brooklyn cultural district. The design phase will
commence in Fall 2007, and construction will take place in Fall 2008.
Major Duties and Responsibilities
The Associate Director plays a key role in all exhibition-related activities,
including:
- researching and proposing exhibitions appropriate to the Gallery’s mission,
and reviewing proposals from outside curators;
- developing exhibition budgets;
- overall responsibility for the implementation of exhibitions including all
functions of museum registrar, installation of exhibitions, and serving as liaison
to artists and guest curators;
- offering gallery talks to members of the public and to BRIC Rotunda Gallery
donors, and organizing other public programs;
- overall responsibility for general maintenance of gallery facility, security
systems, and equipment, including all audio-visual equipment.
Other duties include:
- Responsibility for administrative functions including the preparation of
payment vouchers, invoices and receipts for accounting office, and managing
petty cash ;
- Maintaining slide registry, files, and photographic archives;
- Supervising interns and volunteers;
- Overseeing two juried programs: the Emerging Curator Initiative, which
currently provides two emerging curators annually with the opportunity to
present an exhibition in our Project Room space; and a joint residency program
to make BRIC’s Brooklyn Community Access Television Media Center and
training programs available to professional Brooklyn-affiliated artists.
The Associate Director is a full-time position reporting to BRIC’s Director of
Visual Arts Programs.
To learn more about BRIC Arts/Media/Brooklyn visit www.briconline.org
Additional Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have broad knowledge of contemporary art in New
York and beyond. He or she will be an enthusiastic team player committed to
the goal of helping to develop BRIC Rotunda Gallery into Brooklyn’s premiere
space for contemporary art. Requirements include a bachelor’s degree in art
history, studio arts, museum studies, or arts administration, and a minimum of
three years of related experience in a museum or non-profit gallery. Good
writing and public-speaking skills are also essential. The successful candidate
must be detail-oriented and willing to completely oversee the installation of
exhibitions. Knowledge of Brooklyn and its art community a plus.
How to Apply:
Please submit a letter of interest, resume, salary history, list of three
references, and short writing sample to:
[log in to unmask]; subject: Associate Director search
or via Mail:
BRIC Arts/Media/Brooklyn
647 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Attention: Director of Finance and Operations
No phone calls please.
BRIC is an equal opportunity employer.
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