Opportunities

Executive Director

Syracuse University seeks a visionary and dynamic museum professional to lead the Museum and oversee outstanding exhibitions, collections, research, visual arts education, and exceptional visitor experiences for the University community and Syracuse community at large.

The Executive Director provides comprehensive artistic vision, administration, leadership, and oversight of the Museum staff. The Executive Director works to secure the Museum’s position as an innovative leader among academic art museums; champions the importance of the visual arts, arts education, curatorial practice, and scholarship; ensures that the Museum connects with and is accessible to the local community; and oversees Museum collections, exhibitions operations, finances, and fundraising (in collaboration with the University). The Executive Director is the SU Art Museum’s public advocate and ambassador and is an active partner to the Advisory Board, the University community, and broader arts constituents locally, nationally, and internationally.

Given the Museum’s importance as an educational and cultural asset, the University’s leadership is poised to invest in and support the Executive Director’s bold strategic vision for the SU Art Museum. The Executive Director will redefine the role of an academic museum in the 21st century and reinforce its role as a destination on campus, in the city of Syracuse, and in the Central New York region as a place of welcome, stimulation, and contemplation for students, faculty, staff, and the citizens of Syracuse and beyond for years to come.

Please click to view the full position description or to nominate/apply.

To apply, nominate others, or for further information, please contact:
Lee Kappelman:(202) 803-6674 or leek@moppenheim.com
Oscar Quiros:(415) 762-2643 or oscarq@moppenheim.com

2024- 25 Faculty Fellows Program

The Syracuse University Art Museum Faculty Fellows Program supports innovative curriculum development and the fuller integration of the museum’s collection in university instruction. Now in its third year, the program focuses on object-based teaching and research. Each Faculty Fellow will receive a $5,000 stipend or research subsidy, a hands-on introduction to the collection by museum staff, and ongoing curricular support.

In 2024-2025 SU Art will embrace our mission as a “museum-laboratory” and will turn over two of our galleries to the Faculty Fellows for exhibitions. Each Fellow will have the chance to explore the museum’s collection and select objects to build one or more visual arguments in support of a class they are teaching during the Spring 2025 semester. Fellows will be expected to develop a museum visit lesson plan, at least one object-based student assignment, a teaching exhibition, and a collection-based teaching guide; all materials should be related to a course being taught in Spring 2025. The bulk of this work will be done during summer 2024. The Museum will support up to two (2) Fellows in 2024-2025.

For a detailed description and to apply, click here