Part-Time Faculty: MUS 500.1 Special Topics: Gallery Exhibition Development (Fall 2026)

About the role

The School of Design within the College of Visual and Performing Arts seeks a Part-time Instructor to teach MUS 500.1 Special Topics: Gallery Exhibition Development a three-credit hour course, during the Fall semester, 2026. This course focuses on the ideation, curatorship, program development, and management of an exhibition to be installed at The VPA Warehouse Gallery at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse.

Responsibilities

• Developing and/or updating a class syllabus.
• Preparation of lectures, projects or other student assignments.
• Maintaining regularly scheduled office hours.
• Presenting instruction based on the competencies and performance levels of the course.
• Meting all designated class periods.
• If you are unable to meet your class due to illness or emergency, you should exercise your best effort to reschedule the class or to obtain a substitute.
• You must also notify the department chair of your absence and of your plan to cover the class.
• Submitting completed mid-semester progress reports and final grades according to University regulations.
• Grading student assignments and exams in timely manner.
• Providing departmentally sanctioned forms for completed student evaluations.
• Buiding a positive rapport with students and other faculty.

Qualifications

• MFA or MA in Art History, Arts Management, or other related experience.
• Experience managing exhibition spaces and curatorial experience working with living artists.
• Excellent organization and communication skills, and a working knowledge of institutional exhibition spaces is a must.
• Direct access to a gallery or museum space is required.
• Experience in managing artwork loans and gallery management, including the development of exhibition programming and budget, is desired.
• Extensive knowledge of exhibition design and installation methodology required.