Gallerist & Professional Development Manager - Adult Day Program
Location
Thousand Oaks, CA | United States
Job description
*This position will temporarily be located at our Chatsworth location with plans to move to Thousand Oaks Spring 2024!
Momentum is seeking a Gallerist & Professional Development Manager for our new Adult Day Program in Thousand Oaks. The Gallerist & Professional Development Manager is responsible for multiple roles, both visible and invisible, including providing and overseeing the mentorship and training of artists to support skill acquisition and production, developing and coordinating the work of putting on exhibitions promoting their artists, direct artist mentorship, and selling the works.
In conjunction with assigned Art Advisors, the Gallerist & Professional Development Manager will provide resources and information related to personal benefits, basic income management skills, and options for expanding the production and sales of their work or skills to optimize vocational opportunities.
Gallerist & Professional Development Manager Essential Responsibilities:
- Supports and supervises the implementation of curriculum, training methodologies, and adaptive tools to optimize individual skill acquisition and personal expression; directly trains staff who support artists in their vocational art practices
- Assesses individuals regarding the need for training and mentorship to maximize independence and personal expression in the creation of visual art and the practice of tasks and work adjacent to creative projects and industries
- Performs outreach with community partners including schools, local businesses, and like agencies to cultivate opportunities for, exhibition, internship, employment, business, and service development
- Oversees website management, portfolio, and art storage, and archiving as completed by assigned team members
- Oversees the development, installation and coordination of all exhibitions, partnerships, performances, and events to feature artists in collaboration with the Senior Director of Innovation and Operations and the Curatorial & Adaptive Design Manager, across all programs
- Maintains catalogues of work to showcase artists, training methodologies, tools, and exhibition history for use with/in partners, grants, and professional affiliations
- As engaged, provides external consultation and assessment related to the design and implementation of curriculum, art practice, and adaptive tools via Momentum programs, services, and microenterprises
- Coordinates internal and external art projects in conjunction with the Senior Director of Innovation and Operations and the Curatorial & Adaptive Design Manager
- Cultivates relationships with emerging and established artists and galleries to establish distinguished opportunities for the marketing, development, and extension of studio artists
- Designs and oversees the implementation of complete curricula and adaptive design plans for professional studio arts programming, individual home studio tracks, internships, and employment opportunities or enterprises
- Mentors instructional staff to create art-based objectives that incorporate increased dexterity, motor coordination, self-expression, and communication
Education and Experience:
- A Master of Fine Arts Degree; highly preferred
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience teaching fine arts, portfolio development, and adaptive design/fabrication; required
- Proven design acumen demonstrated by an original portfolio and exhibition CV
- Experience working with people with intellectual and physical disabilities; highly preferred
- Specialized knowledge of various fine arts disciplines, both traditional and digital, as well as framing, exhibition practices, and adaptive environmental design; required
Requirements:
- Must have a valid California driver’s license, insurance, reliable transportation, and clean driving record
- Ability to run, push, pull, bend, squat, kneel, and lift up to fifty (50) pounds
- Successfully pass all post-offer, pre-employment screening requirements, including criminal background check and provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States
With 40 programs and service sites spanning several counties, Momentum is the largest nonprofit provider of direct support for individuals with disabilities in Southern California.
Momentum is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates. Momentum also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment pursuant to California Law and, if applicable, the L.A. Fair Chance Ordinance.
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