Head of Gallery - Al-Ghuwayriyah, دولة قطر - Foreign & Commonwealth Office

وصف

Head of Gallery(temporary appointment with an 18-month term faculty contract)

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in QatarPosition:
Head of

Gallery Program:
Office of Research and

Development Location:
Doha,

Qatar Position Begins:
Summer/Fall 2024

Consideration Process:

Those who wish to express interest in thisopportunity are invited to submit their materials for bestconsideration by Friday, May 24, 2024.

Materials will be consideredas they are received and until a Head of Gallery is identified.
Additional instructions for consideration are provided below.


TheOpportunity:

VCUarts Qatar is excited to announce an opportunityfor a Head of Gallery that will support and promote theSchool's vision and mission through impactfulexhibitions, speakers, and relevant public programs.

Thisopportunity is a temporary 18-month term faculty appointment thatwill develop and implement a curatorial vision to guide anambitious exhibition and speaker program and elevate theintellectual contributions of the VCUarts Qatar Gallery in local,regional, and global discourse.

The Head of Gallery will be adynamic professional with a prominent curatorial voice and visionwith significant hands-on experience in all aspects of curation,exhibition design, and associated activities.

The Head of Gallerywill have curatorial experience working across disciplines in art,design, and art history.

This position will provide leadership andvision for the VCUarts Qatar Gallery, teach or co-teachundergraduate or graduate-level courses, and engage in creativepractice and/or scholarly research that speaks to their own areasof interest.

With an emphasis on showcasing work from emerging andestablished artists and designers, the Gallery facilitateswide-ranging activities and public programs at VCUarts Qatar,including the Crossing Boundaries Lecture and Workshop Series,Wavelength Lecture Series, Project Spaces exhibitions, the Bachelorof Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) exhibitions, whilepartnering with the Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art andthe Tasmeem Doha conference.

It is expected that a competitiveinternational search will be conducted during the academic year with the goal of identifying a permanent Head ofGallery to start in late 2025/early 2026.

The temporary Head ofGallery will be eligible to apply for the permanent opportunitywhen it is announced.

There are generous benefits associated withthe temporary 18-month temporary appointment:

• Competitive international salary
• Tax protection for U.S.Taxpayers
• 30% Off-shore supplement
• MedicalInsurance (100% employer funded premium and employer cost sharedoptions available)
• Fully furnished villa or apartmentincluding wireless internet
• Annual travel allowance tohome of record (to include a spouse and dependents relocated toQatar)
• Monthly transportation allowance
• Educational reimbursement for up to 4 dependent children enrolledin an accredited K-12 program
• International ProfessionalDevelopment and Research Opportunities