Director: Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame
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OverviewThe Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame (ND) seeks a director to lead this prominent university museum at an exciting moment. Major funding was received in 2017 for a new museum building, and the new director will work with the Office of the Executive Vice President and the University Architect in selecting the architect, constructing and opening the new Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre Dame in 2021. The director will also have the opportunity to shape future exhibitions and to continue and enhance the Snite’s integral role in the vibrant university community, particularly within the new Notre Dame arts district. The director will report to the Vice President and Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and work with a generous and loyal Advisory Council. The director will lead a staff of 16 in exhibition development and educational programs serving over 7,000 ND students and faculty, 15,000 primary and secondary school students, and over 43,000 total visitors annually.The new director will also collaborate on the completion of a major digitizing project. The Snite and the Hesburgh Libraries received a $455,000 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant, enhanced by $500,000 in private gifts, to support making the Snite, Library, Special Collections, and Rare Books collections searchable, discoverable, and available for teaching and research.The director must be a forward-thinking art-museum leader and scholar able to collaborate with diverse elements in a university community and oversee a dedicated professional staff to achieve a shared vision. While the Director may or may not be a person of faith, s/he must wish to support the mission of Notre Dame as a Catholic research university.The director will coordinate and partner with ND academic departments, colleges, and schools to enhance the role of the arts in the curriculum. S/he will work with Development Office staff dedicated to the museum and maintain strong relationships with the Advisory Council to ensure continuing generous financial support from benefactors and alumni. The director will embrace the roles of advocate and relationship-builder for the museum and the arts within the University and ambassador for the museum in the larger South Bend community and nationally.Position Responsibilities Include:Providing vision for the museum within the University, the community, and the field.Leading processes to develop strategic plans and manage and monitor their fulfillment.Managing museum activities in collaboration with professional staff: collecting, documenting, researching, conserving, exhibiting, interpreting, and publishing art.Enhancing the role of the arts at the University in partnership with faculty in academic departments, colleges, and schools.Conducting curatorial research that is shared through exhibitions and publications.Establishing operating policies and procedures and ensuring their execution.Overseeing daily operations and finances.In concert with a university task force, plan, open, and launch the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art at Notre Dame.Working with the university development office to raise the remaining capital for the new museum.Cooperating with library staff to ensure completion of the Mellon digitizing project.Working with the university administration and the museum Advisory Council.Representing the museum in public forums, including participation on boards, in committee activities, and involvement in national professional organizations.QualificationsMA in Art History, Fine Arts or Museum Studies; PhD advantageous.A scholar and a learner.At least five years’ successful direction of an art museum, ideally within a college or university, or similar experience leading a large department at a significant museum.Experience with facility planning and construction, or a similar large-scale renovation or expansion project within a museum.Ability to forge an inspiring vision that integrates others’ aspirations while staying abreast of the evolving ND environment.Political skills, diplomacy, and an engaging personality; able to nurture partnerships and press forward with strength and finesse in a typically nuanced university environment.Deep understanding of and dedication to the art-museum field; and awareness of current thinking and innovations in the field.Demonstrated management skills – big-picture planning, museum processes (exhibition and program development), budgets, and professional staff.Creates an open, productive environment in which staff are challenged, motivated, held accountable, and appreciated.An articulate, enthusiastic public face and advocate for the museum and the arts within and outside the university.Demonstrated success cultivating and maintaining relationships with key constituents and donors.Relationship-building skills: with faculty, library, theater and arts departments, administration, and the larger community.Ready to embrace life in a university situated outside an urban environment.A creative risk-taker within the larger context of a Catholic university.Notre Dame is an EOE and encourages diversity. There is no requirement for applicants to be Catholic.Email cover letter and résumé (Word documents preferred), salary requirement, and names of 3 references with contact information by May 21, 2018 to: Scott Stevens and Marilyn Hoffman, Museum Search and Reference, searchandref@museum-search.com.
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