Description
The Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Collections is a key member of the LPA senior leadership team, providing high-level, strategic curatorial vision and overseeing the Curators of Dance, Music & Recorded Sound, and Theatre.
Responsibilities:
- Strategic Curatorial Leadership & Vision: Establish and drive an overarching curatorial strategy for LPA that bridges the Dance, Music & Recorded Sound, and Theatre divisions.
- Operations: Partner with Collection Development to streamline acquisition processes across special collections divisions, train curators on evolving processes, and oversee special collection acquisition budgets.
- Exhibitions, Research & Public Impact: Partner with Curators and the Public Programs & Exhibitions department to collaboratively steward interpretive projects.
- Fundraising & Resource Development: Identify and pursue grant opportunities and philanthropic support, and oversee the successful completion and reporting of grant-funded projects.
- External Relations and Communications: Serve as a spokesperson for LPA’s collections, representing the Library to the media, stakeholders, donors, the academic community, and the broader performing arts community.
Requirements:
- Advanced academic degree in the performing arts, humanities, library sciences, or related field; terminal degree preferred.
- Minimum 10 years experience at a collecting institution, including experience with acquisitions and collection development.
- 5-7 years of experience managing and mentoring high-level professionals, such as curators, faculty, or scholars.
- Experience with, exposure to, or participation in digitization projects, digital repository initiatives, or digital access workflows in a library, archive, or cultural institution.