What are the responsibilities and job description for the Gallery Director position at usm-pilot?
Special Instructions to Applicants
The School of Performing Arts at USM is seeking a new Gallery Director. The Gallery of Art and Design is a university
educational exhibition space that has enjoyed a long history at USM. Over the
years, Art and Design’s exhibition program has presented numerous exhibitions
of national scope, including yearly juried exhibitions of contemporary art and
traveling exhibitions from private and public art collections. The gallery also
regularly presents Art and Design student and faculty exhibitions. The Gallery
is a 2000 sq. ft. contemporary space with dimmable track lighting, modular
walls, and a Unistrut ceiling grid for sculptural installations and suspended
works and serves as the primary exhibition space for The University of Southern
Mississippi Museum of Art. The University of Southern Mississippi maintains a
permanent art collection of more than two hundred works, is NAST, NASD, and
NASAD accredited, and the School of Performing and Visual Arts houses BA and
BFA programs in Theatre, Dance, and Art and Design.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the
United States on a full-time basis without the need for visa sponsorship. The
University will not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B).
Job Summary
The
Gallery Director provides leadership for the planning, curation, and
implementation of visual arts exhibitions and related programming for the Art
and Design program within the School of Performing and Visual Arts (SPVA).
Working collaboratively with faculty and the A&D Exhibitions Committee, the
position supports the University’s teaching mission through exhibitions,
lectures, receptions, and community outreach initiatives. The Gallery Director
oversees all gallery operations, including exhibition design and installation,
budget management, artwork handling and logistics, and event coordination. This
role supervises part-time gallery assistants and student workers to ensure
professional gallery operations. This full-time staff position may include an embedded
instructional load of up to one to two courses per semester, as needed. The
position requires a flexible work schedule that may include occasional evenings
and weekends.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
- Plans,
curates, installs, and deinstalls visual arts exhibitions and
coordinates related programming in collaboration with faculty and the
A&D Exhibitions Committee.
- Oversees day-to-day gallery
operations, including scheduling, exhibition logistics, budget
management, artwork shipping and receiving, and vendor coordination.
- Supervises, trains, and schedules part-time gallery assistants and student workers to ensure professional gallery operations.
- Ensures
the proper care, handling, and presentation of artwork and maintains
safe, professional use of gallery facilities in accordance with industry
standards.
- Teaches up to one to two courses per semester as needed
and collaborates with faculty, staff, and community partners to support
academic and outreach goals.
- Perform other duties as assigned.