Seeking Curator of Exhibitions and Head of Advancement

The Wexner Center for the Arts, a multidisciplinary arts center at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio is looking for a Curator of Exhibitions and a Head of Advancement.

About the Wexner Center for the Arts
The Wexner Center for the Arts is The Ohio State University’s multidisciplinary laboratory for contemporary art and culture. Through exhibitions, performances, screenings, educational programs, artist residencies, and publications the Wexner Center serves as a vital forum where artists test ideas and where diverse audiences engage the art and issues of our time. In its programs, the Wexner Center balances a commitment to experimentation with a critical appreciation of the past. Its work affirms the university’s pursuit of civic participation, freedom of expression, and robust dialogue.  

DEI Statement
The Wexner Center for the Arts values diversity and offers a supportive, open, and inclusive community. It encourage candidates to apply, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

Curator of Exhibitions
The Curator of Exhibitions will join a dynamic curatorial team, working in partnership with the Head of Exhibitions under the supervision of the Executive Director to propose, organize, coordinate, and develop forward-thinking exhibitions, commissioned projects, and publications. She/he/they will curate exhibition projects that span all visual arts disciplines and feature artists in all phases of their respective careers. The Curator of Exhibitions at the Wexner Center, will facilitate touring and curated exhibitions on behalf of the Wex. Alongside and in support of this work, the Curator will cultivate a practice of rigorous intellectual engagement in the fields of contemporary art and culture, seeking out opportunities for dialogue with thought partners on campus, in the region, and further afield. The Curator will possess a track record of publication and research, an established network of contacts, nationally and internationally, and a knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding modern and contemporary art as well as extensive experience of the processes involved in presenting and organizing artistic projects. As part of this practice, they will also work to align meaningfully with cross-departmental initiatives and opportunities at the center and will play a key role in overseeing scholarship on, and access to, the University’s permanent collection that is stewarded by the Wex, and Exhibitions department archive. The Curator will manage the Associate Curator, the curatorial assistant, as well as the curatorial internship program.

Deadline to apply is January 13, 2024.

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Head of Advancement
Working closely with the Executive Director (with a dotted line relationship to the Assistant Vice President in the Office of Advancement at The Ohio State University), the Head of Advancement serves as the head fundraiser leading all development and donor experience activities and will understand the mission, needs and value proposition of the Wexner Center for the Arts and build relationships with prospective donors and sponsors to increase philanthropic support. Donors such as alumni, friends, patrons, board members, corporations and other university constituents will be identified by listening for opportunities to align their interests and passions with opportunities to donate to the center. The Head of Advancement, in partnership with the Executive Director will create and lead the strategy to identify, develop and maintain a pipeline of donors.

Deadline to apply is February 19, 2024.

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