Executive Director Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Center Creativity Arts

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Job Description:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

The Executive Director (ED) of The Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Center for Creativity in the Arts is responsible for leading MCLA''s public arts program-MOSAIC-while developing Kleefeld Center programming, managing gallery spaces, and working with faculty and students to promote arts and culture. The Executive Director is responsible for the organization and implementation of creative programming to enhance and promote MCLA as a national leader of art and arts education to the cultural and creative community locally, regionally, and globally.

The ED will be responsible for working closely with all academic departments, especially Fine and Performing Arts, to select and curate programming that can be integrated into college curriculum in service of learning outcomes. The Executive Director works to cultivate and foster relationships; to introduce new and diverse offerings, opportunities, and people to MCLA; and to further its efforts and commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, which are core values of the College.

In addition, the ED is also responsible for serving the artistic and cultural interests of North Adams and the Berkshires region, maintaining collaborative connections with arts organizations-Mass MoCA, Clark Art Institute, Williams College Museum of Art, to name only the most proximate institutions.

MCLA''s MOSAIC programming is currently undergoing a period of substantial growth and transition, as its new home, the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Center for Creativity in the Arts, is planned to open on campus in Fall 2027. Currently under construction, this interdisciplinary arts and teaching facility will serve as MOSAIC''s primary gallery and arts programming space on campus and will support MCLA programs across the curriculum by providing opportunities for students to engage with artists, their work, and the community.

It will also serve as a dynamic and flexible space for faculty engagement and curricular innovation, fostering meaningful interactions with a rotating array of exhibits and programs. The ED will oversee all artistic programming, budgeting, and staffing needs of the facility and of MOSAIC. During the transition period prior to the Center''s opening, the ED will oversee previously scheduled MOSAIC programming while simultaneously planning the programming for the Center upon its anticipated opening in Fall 2027.

Along with the financial gift that establishes the center, the donor is providing financial support for staffing, as well as furnishing artworks for the regular programming of one of the Center''s two galleries. The Director will serve as the primary contact between MOSAIC and the donor''s representative in managing these funds and programming.

REPORTS TO: Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs

SUPERVISION: MOSAIC Program Manager, interns, and student staff

STATEMENT OF

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Create, develop, and manage arts and culture programming. The Executive Director will

• oversee and implement MCLA community and campus arts programming such as exhibitions, performances and public lectures in both the Campagna Kleefeld Center for Creativity in the Arts and other locations on and off campus;
• oversee and implement annual Benedetti and Summer Arts Immersion residency programs;
• connect the MCLA community with surrounding communities to ensure and sustain MCLA''s presence and representation in the local and global arts community;
• produce an internationally diverse program that is collaborative, thought-provoking, sustainable, and distinctive in its willingness to push creative boundaries;
• respond to current issues, social trends and global themes so that programming remains timely and relevant.

2. Oversee the day-to-day management of activities under MOSAIC. The Executive…