Job: Associate Director of Visual Arts Programs – Boston Center for the Arts

Organization:
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116
www.bcaonline.org
Region:
Eastern Massachusetts
Category:
Artistic/Programming
Type:
Full-Time
Description:
The Boston Center for the Arts presents and showcases the performing and visual arts and artists of our time. Occupying a city block in the historic South End, the BCA provides a creative home for artists, a welcoming destination for audiences, and an arts connection for youth and community locally, regionally and nationally.

In recent years, the BCA has positioned itself as the foundation and catalyst for creation – the creative home for emerging artists and mid-career visual and performing artists. The Associate Director of Visual Arts Programs is an important leadership role, responsible for the planning and supervision of BCA Visual Arts Programs, under the supervision of the Program Director. The BCA currently has four visual arts programs, including a robust exhibitions program in the Mills Gallery. Duties include, but are not limited to, the supervision of program staff, implementation of program activities, and budget management and tracking. In the absence of a Program Director, the Associate Director may temporarily assume the leadership role for the Program Department.

Specific duties include:
• Oversee and coordinate all Visual Arts programs and initiatives, including but not limited to: Mills Gallery Exhibitions, Artist Studio Program, Artist Residency, and Public Art on the Plaza
• Work directly with all guest curators to ensure a unified BCA voice within the Mills Exhibitions program
• Ensure visual arts programs are responsive to local, regional and national audiences’ and artists’ needs and interests and oversee the evaluation and revision of programs accordingly
• Work closely with the Associate Director of Education and Community Programs on public programming around visual arts
• Manage the Visual Arts program budgets
• Supervise the Gallery staff, as well as interns and volunteers, in conjunction with the Gallery Manager and Associate Director for Education and Community Programs
• Serve as chief liaison to the visual arts community, including attendance at local gallery openings, serving on juries and panels, and conducting studio visits
• Assist the Development Department with fundraising for Visual Arts programs, including help with grant research and writing
• Coordinate with BCA Facilities Department on short- and long-term gallery improvements
• Participation with organizational teams as assigned
Qualifications:
Education: A minimum of a BA or BS degree is required; advanced degree desirable.

Requirements:
• A minimum of three years of progressive experience in visual arts program planning, oversight, and implementation in the non-profit sector
• A track record of success in delivering innovative programs that meet the needs and interests of diverse audiences
• Excellent supervisory experience
• A thoughtful, energetic, and creative disposition and demeanor
• Strong organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent time and schedule management
• The ability and desire to excel in a collaborative environment and be a team player
• An ability to work independently
• Strong interpersonal skills, including an ability to build and cultivate relationships
• Beyond diplomacy and tact, an ability to maintain grace under pressure in an entrepreneurial environment with tight deadlines and rapidly changing priorities
• Excellent computer skills including: experience with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) for Mac OS
How To Apply:
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send a resume and cover letter and salary requirements to:

Boston Center for the Arts
Attn: Associate Director of Visual Arts Programs
539 Tremont Street
Boston, MA 02116

Or jobs@bcaonline.org – reference “Attn: Associate Director of Visual Arts Programs” in subject line

No phone calls or faxes please.

The Boston Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity in the workplace by maintaining a staff, which represents the traditions and voices of contemporary Boston. Interviews will not be scheduled until we have a diverse pool of candidates from which to select.
Apply by:
5/11/2012
Salary:
Education: A minimum of a BA or BS degree is required; advanced degree desirable. Requirements: • A minimum of three years of progressive experience in visual arts program planning, oversight, and i
Date Posted:
4/13/2012
About this Organization:
The Boston Center for the Arts is an historic nonprofit performing and visual arts complex that supports working artists to create, perform and exhibit new work; builds new audiences and connects art to community. It provides a welcoming and intimate environment that invites public participation, and conversation to bring audiences and artists together; and to create a resource for urban youth and neighborhoods; with family-free admissions and discounts and age-appropriate activities to complement performances and exhibitions. The BCA is located in Boston’s South End, the largest landmark district in the United States. The BCA is a four acre complex that includes: The Cyclorama, built in 1884 to display a panorama painting, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The 23,000 square foot Cyclorama rotunda is now the site of exhibitions, performances and community events and houses the Community Music Center of Boston, the Art Connection, the Boston Ballet Costume Shop, three small theaters and a rehearsal studio. The Tremont Estates Building, originally an organ factory built in 1850, now houses over 50 artist studios, the Mills Gallery, two rehearsal spaces and Hamersley’s Bistro. Boston Ballet’s headquarters, a 1991 building designed by noted architect Graham Gund, houses rehearsal and administrative spaces, and a ballet school. For more information, please visit, www.bcaonline.org.