Head of Gallery

**Head of Gallery - VCUarts Qatar**:

- 45001015
- Qatar
- Museums and Fine Arts
- Teaching & Research Faculty
- Qatar Campus MBU

**Head of Gallery**

Virginia Commonwealth University

School of the Arts in Qatar

**Position**: Teaching & Research Faculty

**Tenure**: Ineligible

**Rank**: Assistant Professor

**Appointment length**: 12-month faculty position

**Salary**: Commensurate with experience and training. Generous international benefits available.

**Promotion**: Eligible for promotion in academic rank

**Department/Program**: Office of Research and Development

**Location**: Doha, Qatar

**Position Begins**: July 1, 2026

**The Opportunity**:
**Major Responsibilities**:

- Provides leadership and curatorial vision to guide the Gallery programming, focused on contemporary art, design, and art history
- Provides oversight of the day-to-day operational management of wide-ranging art and design gallery activities
- Develop and teach courses on topics relevant to areas of expertise, with a willingness to teach courses across the academic departments. Courses may be taught at the undergraduate and/or graduate level
- Supports the development and implementation of relevant international programming initiatives that consistently attain standards of international excellence in alignment with the strategic goals of VCUQ and the University
- Supports and enriches the educational, research, and outreach aspirations of VCUQ, working collaboratively with school and departmental leaders, faculty, staff, and other relevant stakeholders
- Works collaboratively with inter-departmental staff, vendors, and clients, coordinating daily activities and facilitating the timely completion of projects
- Collaborates with the Gallery Committee to initiate, develop, coordinate, and provide leadership on internal and external exhibitions and guest lectures
- Collaborates with colleagues on the VCU Home Campus, such as VCUarts Anderson Gallery, the Institute for Contemporary Art (VCU ICA), and the future CoStar Center for Arts and Innovation (CCAI)
- Builds collaborations with community and cultural organizations and engages a wide audience that includes students, faculty, local residents, and visitors throughout the world
- Supervises the Gallery staff who supports day-to-day operations including Associate Curators of Special Projects and Campus Projects
- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor or needed within the general duties typically associated with this position

**Qualifications**:

- MA, MFA or equivalent in Art/Design History, Art/Design Criticism, Museum Studies, or related academic disciplines
- Minimum of five (5) years of curatorial experience in a Gallery, museum, non-profit, or higher education in a supervisory/management role, with progressive responsibility for designing and carrying out a full range of programs or projects
- Experience overseeing and ensuring standards of excellence in museum and curatorial principles, exhibition design practices and procedures, and an understanding and sensitivity to professional ethics related to working with designers, artists, and speakers
- Demonstrated creativity and innovation in developing and implementing all stages of an exhibition, including basic conversations of works of arts, exhibition design, registrar’s procedures, the accession process, installation, and a basic understanding of legal procedures of import/export, logistic and hospitality for artists, agreements for securing loans, and repatriation issues
- Broad working knowledge of art/design history of all periods and specialized knowledge in contemporary art/design, familiarity, and knowledge of non-Western art/design is a benefit
- Strong writing skills for historical and critical analysis of art and design, with the ability to write for both scholarly and general audiences
- Independent, strong project management skills and excellent organizational skills with the ability to organize resources, budget management, establish priorities, and manage deadlines
- Excellent ability to work effectively with administrators, faculty, staff, students, artists, and suppliers, and develop and maintain favorable external and internal partnerships with the various constituencies of VCUQ, VCU Richmond, and local creative industries
- Experience with international project collaboration and working with academic, community, cultural and educational institutions in an inclusive and culturally sensitive manner
- Must possess excellent verbal and written English language proficiency
- Experience coordinating guest speakers and presenting speakers to an audience
- Experience writing and directing all promotional and academic materials, such as exhibition catalogs, in support of exhibitions and speakers
- Established research agenda and a clear potential for external funding, as well as a potential for a scholarship or creative expression to complement and expand existing expertise in the department/unit
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