Visual Arts Program Manager

Visual Arts Program Manager
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Full-time, in person in Montgomery, Alabama. State Merit System Classification 30550
Reports to the Deputy Director, supervises the Exhibitions and Digital Production Specialist
Salary: $44,217–$73,953 annually

The Council on the Arts seeks an arts professional to lead grants, programs, partnerships, and services for visual artists and arts organizations across Alabama. The Visual Arts Program Manager serves as the agency’s primary resource for the visual arts field, guides the Georgine Clarke Alabama Artists Gallery and traveling exhibitions, and supervises a specialist responsible for technical exhibition production.

Key responsibilities

• Manage visual arts grants, guide applicants and grantees, coordinate application review, and monitor funded projects.
• Build relationships with artists, museums, galleries, organizations, and communities statewide; identify needs and develop programs and partnerships.
• Lead exhibition planning, curatorial direction, and public programming for the gallery and traveling exhibitions, inviting ideas and input from the specialist and other collaborators.
• Develop exhibition concepts and identify artists and artworks appropriate for exhibition in a state-funded public gallery.
• Oversee exhibition agreements, interpretive content, schedules, and program outcomes while coordinating technical production with the specialist.
• Supervise and support the specialist and collaborate with Council colleagues on agency initiatives.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in a visual arts medium, art history, arts administration, museum studies, art education, humanities, or a closely related field; AND
• Two years of experience developing and managing visual arts programs / exhibitions for a college/university arts facility, art museum, arts center, for-profit or non-profit art gallery, local art organization, a city, county, state, or federal entity, or similar organization.
  A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in one of the fields above may substitute for one year of the required experience.

Work setting and benefits
In-person work in Montgomery with periodic travel throughout Alabama, including occasional overnight travel. State benefits include health insurance, retirement, paid state holidays, and accrued annual and sick leave, subject to eligibility and state policies.

How to apply

1. Email a cover letter and résumé to Alice Free at [email protected]
2. Mrs. Free will acknowledge receipt and provide instructions for the required State Personnel Department application.
3. Submit application directly to the State of Alabama Personnel Department at https://personnel.alabama.gov/
   Applicants must be certified by State Personnel as qualified and available for employment to be considered.

Application deadline: The exact deadline date has not yet been posted in the new personnel system.