Head of Gallery

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Head of Gallery (temporary appointment with an 18-month term faculty contract)Virginia Commonwealth UniversitySchool of the Arts in QatarPosition: Head of GalleryProgram: Office of Research and DevelopmentLocation: Doha, QatarPosition Begins: Summer/Fall 2024Consideration Process:Those who wish to express interest in this opportunity are invited to submit their materials for best consideration by Friday, May 24, 2024. Materials will be considered as they are received and until a Head of Gallery is identified. Additional instructions for consideration are provided below.The Opportunity:VCUarts Qatar is excited to announce an opportunity for a Head of Gallery that will support and promote the School's vision and mission through impactful exhibitions, speakers, and relevant public programs. This opportunity is a temporary 18-month term faculty appointment that will develop and implement a curatorial vision to guide an ambitious exhibition and speaker program and elevate the intellectual contributions of the VCUarts Qatar Gallery in local, regional, and global discourse. The Head of Gallery will be a dynamic professional with a prominent curatorial voice and vision with significant hands-on experience in all aspects of curation, exhibition design, and associated activities.The Head of Gallery will have curatorial experience working across disciplines in art, design, and art history. This position will provide leadership and vision for the VCUarts Qatar Gallery, teach or co-teach undergraduate or graduate-level courses, and engage in creative practice and/or scholarly research that speaks to their own areas of interest. With an emphasis on showcasing work from emerging and established artists and designers, the Gallery facilitates wide-ranging activities and public programs at VCUarts Qatar, including the Crossing Boundaries Lecture and Workshop Series, Wavelength Lecture Series, Project Spaces exhibitions, the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA) exhibitions, while partnering with the Hamad Bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and the Tasmeem Doha conference.There are generous benefits associated with the temporary 18-month temporary appointment:Competitive international salary Tax protection for U.S. Taxpayers 30% Offshore supplement Medical Insurance (100% employer funded premium and employer cost shared options available) Fully furnished villa or apartment including wireless internet Annual travel allowance to home of record (to include a spouse and dependents relocated to Qatar) Monthly transportation allowance Educational reimbursement for up to 4 dependent children enrolled in an accredited K12 program International Professional Development and Research OpportunitiesVCUarts Qatar:VCUarts Qatar is dedicated to global outreach and education and provides students with an environment for cross-cultural exchange that fosters inquiry, discovery and innovation. Examples of this mission are the two significant international conferences hosted by VCUarts Qatar—the biennial design conference, Tasmeem and the biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art. VCUarts Qatar attracts globally recognized designers, artists and scholars while fostering partnerships within the region, and beyond, that enhance the educational, economic and cultural vitality of Qatar. Having established itself as a center of excellence for education and research, VCUarts Qatar has substantial involvement with the influential art and design world of the Middle East, and is a catalyst for the growth and development of these fields in the region. VCUarts Qatar has over 120 full-time faculty and staff and a student body of over 300 students. VCUarts Qatar was the first campus established in Education City, a unique 2500-acre multiversity campus. VCUarts Qatar was joined by Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, Carnegie-Mellon University, Texas A&M University, Weill Cornell Medical College, Northwestern University, and HEC Paris.Qatar, with English as the standard second language, is a progressive country in the Arabian Gulf and remains one of the healthiest economies in the Gulf region. Doha offers all the conveniences found in a contemporary and cosmopolitan city, while honoring a rich tradition that is evident in the old markets and the city's Islamic Arab architecture. Al-Wakrah Stadium, a venue for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, designed by the defunct deconstructivist architect Zaha Hadid was inaugurated in 2021. The National Museum of Qatar, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened in March 2019 while the Museum of Islamic Art, designed by I.M.Pei opened in November 2008 and the Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf) opened in 2010. The U.S. Embassy considers Qatar among the safest countries in the world for Americans.VCUarts:Ranked by US News & World Report as a top-five arts and design school, VCUarts ) includes over

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