JOB POSTING
Position Summary
The Curatorial Fellow will work to support and amplify our newly created Art Program with The Black School (TBS) Co-founders, the Curator-at-Large (CAL), and the community of New Orleans.
We are seeking a creative, reliable, enthusiastic, and committed specialist to build a program to connect the goals of TBS. This candidate should have demonstrated working in community-based practices with care and sensitivity, while also platforming the arts as a conduit for change, liberation, and deep engagement.
• Position Type: Part-time (w/ potential for employment after 1st year)
• Compensation: $30K
• Location: Must be New Orleans based
The Fellow should have strong communication, writing, and administrative skills, and possess experience with program planning, development, and implementation. A successful candidate is able to plan initiatives in advance, manage multiple tasks at once, and remain calm amidst challenging and intense workflow periods.
Role and Responsibilities:
- Attend and help promote the program at applicable community meetings
- Identify community stakeholders with strong community support and interest within the geographic areas of focus to create exhibitions, temporary public art, and residency engagement
- Assist in planning community dinners with curators, TBS team, artists, and community stakeholders
- Coordinate between participating artists and community to ensure art program goals are met in tandem with other TBS programs
- Participate in team planning meetings for exhibitions and public programs
- Help plan and execute cross-departmental projects, including writing projects, such as exhibition text, labels, blog posts, and papers
- Aid with collaborative research projects for exhibitions and public programs
- Work with CAL and TBS team to identify local artists
- Provide administrative and logistic support to CAL and TBS
- Support the newly developed Artist-in-Residence by providing logistical assistance and coordinating community connection touch points between the artist and the community connected to the project
- Other duties as assigned
Experience and Qualifications:
- High School diploma or equivalent required; bachelor’s degree preferred
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, etc.)
- General understanding and appreciation of art, art history, and public programs
- Knowledge of community organizing and engagement practices, with at least two years of experience in community outreach program development and implementation
- Ability to network and think creatively about building collaborative reciprocal and trust-based partnerships with local community members and other stakeholders
- Familiarity with meeting management and facilitation, with the capacity to contribute to team-centered work
- Understanding of project management practices and ability to collect and process data as it relates to outreach and engagement activities
- Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include weeknights, extended days, weekends, and some holidays
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong logistical experience, with commitment to details
- Detail-oriented, prompt, professional, reliable, highly organized, detail-oriented, self-starter
- Passion about achieving The Black School’s mission and the communities we serve
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
The Black School, Inc. follows an equal opportunity employment policy and employs personnel without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, criminal justice background, and marital status.
This policy also applies to internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, terminations, outside vendors, service clients, use of contractors and consultants, and dealings with the general public.
