Colleagues,

The Juniata College Museum of Art (Huntingdon, PA) is currently searching for a new director. Please see the ad, copied below, share with anyone who might be interested, and email me off list if you have any questions.

Best,

Jennifer Streb, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Art & Art History
Curator & Interim Director
Juniata College Museum of Art
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Director of the Juniata College Museum of Art

Juniata College, a highly ranked, national liberal arts college located in the scenic Allegheny Mountains of central Pennsylvania seeks an imaginative Director of the Juniata College Museum of Art who will bring an artistic vision, demonstrated leadership skills, administrative and grant-making experience, a collaborative ethos, and a commitment to liberal arts education  to the position.  This full-time administrative position begins in July 2015.

The Juniata College Museum of Art holds more than 700 works, including 19th-century Hudson River School paintings, portrait miniatures, Japanese woodblock prints, and a wide assortment of pieces ranging from Old Masters (like Rembrandt) to contemporary artists (like Bearden). In addition to exhibiting the permanent collection, the Museum has devoted gallery space for visiting exhibitions. Juniata College has a museum studies program in which the Director can participate. Our students have held internships at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Rockefeller Archives Center in New York City; have earned 100 percent placement in graduate programs; and are employed in museums and nonprofit organizations across the United States.


Primary Duties and Responsibilities: 
The Museum Director oversees all exhibitions within the Museum and holds primary responsibility for managing and growing the permanent collection.  The Director supervises the Museum’s registrar and curator; formulates and carries out strategic, development, and marketing plans; provides fiscal oversight; and develops educational and outreach programming for the campus and the broader off-campus communities.  The Director will teach a course each semester in an appropriate field and will work with the Curator to develop and supervise museum studies students in their coursework including internships.  The Director reports to the Provost of Juniata College.  

Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have outstanding leadership, organizational, planning, and communication skills; an entrepreneurial approach to the arts; and the ability to work effectively in an academic environment.  The successful candidate must have master’s degree in art history, museum studies, or a related field, or a master’s of fine arts degree, and a minimum of five years of administrative experience at an art museum or comparable institution.  
	
Starting salary commensurate with qualifications and experience. 

Applicants should submit a letter of intent, résumé, and contact information for three references to http://www.juniata.edu/jobs.  Review of applications will begin on March 23 and will continue until the position is filled.  It is the policy of Juniata College to conduct background checks.  Juniata College takes positive steps to enhance diversity in both its community and its curriculum.  The College commits to this policy not because of legal obligations but because it fully believes that such practices are basic to human dignity.  AA/EEO

For more information about the Juniata College Museum of Art, please visit http://www.juniata.edu/services/museum/index.html  Please direct any questions to the chair of the search committee, Dr. David Hsiung, Knox Professor of History, at [log in to unmask] or 814-641-3534.
	

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