AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

The List Visual Arts Center, MIT's contemporary art museum, enjoys a
long-term reputation for presenting experimental and intelligent
exhibitions, which are accompanied by a wide range of educational programs
and publications. The Director will provide the vision and administrative
leadership for the List Visual Arts Center, building upon its international
reputation for cutting-edge exhibitions and embracing opportunities for
programming that takes advantage of MIT's role as the world's leading
research institution in science, engineering, technology and new media. The
successful candidate will be an accessible, dynamic advocate for the most
innovative contemporary art, as well as an enthusiastic fundraiser and
relationship builder who will represent the List's interests to a broad
range of stakeholders internally and externally.

Reporting to the Associate Provost responsible for the arts, the Director
will ensure that the List's mission is fulfilled and that its strategic
objectives are fully articulated and attained. Working in close partnership
with the staff, the Director will define the scope and direction of
exhibition programming and educational initiatives, will build awareness of
the List through effective branding and judicious marketing and
communications efforts, and foster collaborations within MIT. The Director
also will be responsible for the overall financial and operational health of
the List, including annual and long-term budgets, fundraising, marketing,
and enhancing and implementing its strategic plan. He or she will embrace
the often demanding social schedule of a cultural leader, becoming a visible
presence on campus, in Cambridge and in the greater Boston arts community,
while enthusiastically cultivating new and existing donors, Advisory
Committee members, Friends and community partners.
For more information and a more detailed position description, please go to:
www.phillipsoppenheim.com/positions/list-visual-arts-04-11.html

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