Miami Program Manager – Part-Time Arts & Education

Project Art is building the largest art school in America without owning a single building. It is an award-winning, national nonprofit that transforms public libraries into vital cultural hubs through artist residencies where contemporary visual artists teach free, after-school art classes to underserved youth, while developing new artwork in the library.

Job Description:

Program Manager, Miami is in charge of overseeing its Miami programs portfolio. The Manager will work part-time and report directly to Project Art’s Director of Programs, and founder and Executive Directort when needed. The job includes but is not limited to the following tasks.

• Under the leadership of our Executive Director, be Project Art's on-the-ground representative for all things Miami.
• Liaise with art galleries, spaces, cultural institutions and partners with the goal of broadening our reach, showcasing our artists and students work in highly visible spaces, and forming strategic, long-term alliances.
• Oversee Miami's artist residency program and art classes.
• Recruit, hire, train and manage Miami Resident Artists
• Liaise with library partners to work out any programmatic issues and ensure end of year student exhibitions are well coordinated
• Work with public libraries to recruit students to participate in each Project Art program through visits at the library and local schools
• Ensure that each class is taught, evaluations are performed and attendance is regular in all of Project Art’s classes
• Collect payroll hours every two weeks for teachers
• Support the planning and installation resident artist exhibition

Requirements:

• 3-5+ years of experience working in programs.
• Familiarity and connectedness with Miami's art scene
• Experience working with artists
• Ideally, experience in working with youth or in education.
• Ideally, managing budgets and contracts.

Hours per week: approx 15-20 hours.

Pay: $25/ hr.

• EOE/BIPOC/F/Persons with disabilities/ Veterans