Director – Goldstein Museum of Design, University of Minnesota
Association of Academic Museums & Galleries. - Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55443Work at Association of Academic Museums & Galleries.
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Identify, engage, cultivate, solicit, and steward donors, to continue building a philanthropic base of support for the museum.Build strong relationships with donors and prospective donors.Prepare proposals and related materials for prospective supporters and grant-funding opportunities.Establish and manage a volunteer Advisory Board of supporters, as well as a Collections committee to advise acquisitions and de-acquisitions.
Cultivate local, regional, national, and global connections with scholars and museum colleagues and community partners.Represent the museum through membership at local, regional, national, and global organizations.Cooperate with CDES Advancement to promote knowledge of the GMD collection through management of marketing campaigns, social media, advertising, and publications.Serve as the spokesperson and advocate for the museum, responding to inquiries from the media and leading special tours.Other duties, as assignedPerform additional duties as assigned to serve GMD, CDES, and UMN.Uphold UMN brand standards.Work occasional evenings and weekends for special events.REQUIREMENTS
Essential Qualifications and ExperienceBA/BS plus at least six years of experience, or master’s degree plus at least four years of experience, or a terminal degree plus at least two years of experience. At least one degree in design, design history, museum studies, or a related field. Years of experience must be in a similar position at a museum, gallery, or cultural institution.Demonstrated knowledge of standards and best practices for museums, galleries, or similar organizations, emphasizing audience-centered and/or student-centered approaches.Demonstrated knowledge of the histories and legacies of museums, many of which have been colonial enterprises that have (consciously or not) advanced white supremacy, as well as familiarity with contemporary movements to decolonize museum collections and practices.Demonstrated global perspective and clear vision for how museums can be sites of cultural inclusion, social justice, and ethical co-creation with community partners; commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion; and ability to interact with a broad range of individuals including students, faculty, staff, designers, lenders, volunteers, donors, and communities off campus.Demonstrated vision and resourcefulness.Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to make a compelling case for support with prospective donors and advocates, and to distill information for both specialized audiences and the general public.Preferred Qualifications and ExperienceProfessional experience at a museum or gallery, preferably (but not necessarily) one situated in a university.Experience with one or more year(s) of collections-based teaching.Proven success with fundraising and audience development.Experience with the development and implementation of strategic plans.GOLDSTEIN MUSEUM OF DESIGNGovernance.
The Goldstein Museum of Design (GMD) is a research center of the College of Design (CDES) at the University of Minnesota (UMN). Members of the GMD Advisory Board do not have fiduciary responsibility, but support fundraising, communications, and advocacy. Fundraising is supported by the college’s Development team.History.
GMD is a comprehensive design museum situated prominently in the Midwest. It is named in honor of Harriet and Vetta Goldstein, who in 1925 wrote the first related-arts textbook, Art in Every Day Life. Believing in the importance of object-centered learning, they brought examples of global design into their classrooms, including Tiffany metalwork, Rookwood pottery, Navajo rugs, and Indonesian batik. The sisters’ teaching collection became GMD’s core collection. A gift in 1978 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter of The Fashion Group International formed the foundation of GMD’s premier designer fashion collection.Today, GMD conducts operations in the main CDES buildings on both the St. Paul and Minneapolis sites of the UMN Twin Cities campus. GMD presents 5-6 exhibitions annually in galleries at McNeal Hall and Rapson Hall, and cooperates with exhibits at other campus locations. Exhibitions reflect a range of disciplines and feature designers, design process, surveys of design topics, and innovative design concepts. Generally, exhibitions are free and curated by the staff, with guest curators from CDES faculty or visiting designers.Collection.
GMD’s collection contains more than 34,000 designed objects, including apparel and accessories, textiles, decorative arts and product design, furniture, graphic design, and drawings of objects and architecture. Objects are accessed by professional designers, faculty, students, and researchers from the UMN and area colleges, universities, and high schools, as well as by visitors from other locales. Objects in the collection are regularly included in exhibitions and prominently featured in public programs. The digital collection database has increased attention to GMD as a unique design resource, available online for research and study by the UMN community and beyond. The designer fashion collection, a highlight of the collection, contains the work of internationally prominent designers such as Charles Frederick Worth, Elsa Schiaparelli, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Issey Miyake, Norman Norrell, and Isaac Mizrahi. Most of the collection was acquired by donation. Acquisition funds have been allocated for purchases of works by designers of color.UMN Twin Cities Campus
Take the next step in your career now, scroll down to read the full role description and make your application.The Twin Cities is a major design hub, home to design-oriented Fortune 500 companies such as Target, 3M, General Mills, Best Buy, and Medtronic, several international and national award-winning architecture practices, thriving local businesses, and a strong non-profit sector. Our students have a wide range of internship opportunities, our graduates enjoy high employment rates, and our alumni are highly engaged with current students and faculty. We take pride in the University of Minnesota’s designations as a Research 1 and Community-Engaged University, which provide foundations for many of our award-winning projects.The Twin Cities campus is located in an increasingly diverse region at the heart of an increasingly global Midwest, with eleven federally recognized tribal nations, the largest urban Native American population in the country, and growing African American, Latino and Chicano, and Asian American populations. The links between Minnesota communities and communities around the world are notable: Minneapolis-Saint Paul now hosts the largest number of people of Somali descent outside of Somalia and the nation’s largest urban Hmong-American population. The region’s internationally engaged businesses, small and large arts organizations, non-profits, and multifaceted communities create a rich context for learning, partnerships, and engagement with local and global issues and perspectives.The University strongly embraces equity and diversity as foundational values, reflected in its mission statement and advanced on an institutional strategic level. Students on the Twin Cities campus include 24% students of color and 11% international students; 25% of all undergraduates are first-generation college students. Located on traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of Indigenous people, UMN is based on Dakota land ceded in the Treaties of 1837 and 1851. The University acknowledges that this place has a complex and layered history and is committed to ongoing efforts to recognize, support, and advocate for American Indian Nations and peoples.
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