Part-Time Gallery Coordinator

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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

The School of Visual Arts (SoVA) invites applications for Gallery Coordinator to partner with our diverse and vibrant community of artists. A studio art background with experience installing art works of all media including but not limited to painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital, mixed, and immersive media. The successful candidate will be the primary point of contact for Zoller Gallery, Patterson Gallery, and the Humpday Gallery within SoVA as well as other exhibiting spaces across Penn State's University Park Campus, currently including Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Center for the Performing Arts, and Café Laura.

This is a part-time position for up to 24 hours per week with a starting wage of $30 per hour.

Duties include:

Exhibition planning and coordination

• Prepare exhibition calendars in coordination with SoVA staff, faculty, and students
• Produce and promote calls for entry
• Communicate expectations, timelines, and available resources to exhibitors including artwork delivery and return
• Organize and manage submissions
• Coordinate with jurors, guest curators, and student groups as required
• Facilitate exhibition configurations
• Coordinate with SoVA staff to promote exhibitions and events
• Maintain inventory gallery installation supplies, ordering materials as necessary in conjunction with the shop manager and SoVA office
• Arrange receptions, artist talks, and special events with the SoVA staff

Gallery Operations

• Provide clean, organized, and professional gallery spaces
• Direct installation and deinstallation of 2D, 3D, and digital artwork including labeling and lighting artwork
• Design and install vinyl wall signage
• Troubleshoot installation issues
• Patch and paint walls
• Maintain lighting, display furniture and gallery seating

Staff management and training

• Schedule and supervise part-time undergraduate and graduate student staff to cover gallery hours, installation, and events
• Provide training for employees, as necessary

Requirements and Qualifications

• Studio art background with experience in art installation
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent customer service skills
• Able to work with people from a variety of cultures and backgrounds
• Reliable, organized, attentive to detail, and dedicated to maintaining a safe workspace

To be considered for this position, you will need to submit a cover letter and resume. In your cover letter, please address how equity, respect, and belonging relate to your professional experience.

Applications will be reviewed in the order they are received and accepted until the position is filled.

The Penn State School of Visual Arts

The Penn State School of Visual Arts is a place where creative and critical thinkers, makers, and educators shape awareness about what is possible and, in doing so, change the way our world is seen, experienced, and understood. Our visual arts and design programs enable people and communities to reply imaginatively to the continuous rush of social and cultural change through exploration, expression and communication that takes place in a multiplicity of ideas, forms, actions, and settings.

The school is comprised of four broad programs: Art Education, Photography, Studio Art, and Digital Art and Media Design. The school delivers eight on-campus degrees: five undergraduate; three graduate; two minors, one post-baccalaureate certification; courses in the Digital Multimedia Design degree program (online), and one online certificate.

The School is housed physically in six buildings and facilities include a shop, exhibition spaces, and galleries including the Zoller Gallery, the Patterson Gallery, and a student-run gallery. SoVA hosts a lively visiting artist program, the John M. Anderson Endowed Lecture Series, which brings in nationally renowned artists for lectures, workshops and critiques. Additional interactions and creative partnerships take place across the College with the Arts & Design Research Incubator (ADRI), the Borland Project Space (BPS), and the Center for Pedagogy in Arts and Design (C-PAD). The School also benefits from proximity to The Palmer Museum of Art, and is part of the Campus Arts Initiative, a project extending across all Penn State campuses. For more information, visit http://www.sova.psu.edu

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