Description

The Georgia Museum of Art invites applications for the position of Deputy Director of Curatorial and Academic Affairs and Curator of American Art.

The Georgia Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of Georgia, in Athens, is both an academic museum and, since 1982, the official art museum of the state of Georgia. The permanent collection consists of American paintings, primarily 19th- and 20th-century; American, European and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings; and growing collections of southern decorative arts and Asian art.

The Deputy Director of Curatorial and Academic Affairs and Curator of American Art is a faculty, non-tenure track, senior leadership role at the Georgia Museum of Art (“Museum”), responsible for setting and executing the museum’s curatorial vision across its entire collection and exhibition program. Reporting to the Director, the Deputy Director provides strategic direction for exhibitions, acquisitions, publications, and academic programming, while ensuring the museum’s curatorial mission is deeply integrated with the teaching, research, and public service goals of the University of Georgia.

The Deputy Director leads and mentors a team of curators and curatorial staff, serves as a primary spokesperson for the museum’s collections and exhibitions, and plays a key role in long-range institutional planning.

Requirements

Degree requirements include a Ph.D. in art history, history, museum studies, or a related field and an established national or international professional network in the museum and art history fields as well as advanced arts management training.

Curators and scholars with relevant experience are encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will have expertise in at least one area of American art and broad familiarity across the field from the colonial period through the present as well as at least two years of experience curating and organizing major exhibitions and publications.

The committee will begin reviewing applications immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The anticipated start date for the position is July 1, 2026. For full consideration applications should be submitted promptly.

Application materials will only be accepted through the University of Georgia, UGAJobs website University of Georgia | Deputy Director of Curatorial and Academic Affairs and Curator of American Art (ugajobsearch.com).