About Staff
SculptureCenter Employment Opportunities
SculptureCenter is currently seeking candidates for a Development Associate position. The Development Associate will work closely with the Executive Director and other staff to raise funds and cultivate donors for SculptureCenter's programs.
Responsibilities include:
- write proposals, reports, acknowledgements and letters of introduction for foundation grants, government grants and corporate support. Maintain relationships with program officers and identify new opportunities
- manage membership program including planning events and conducting solicitations and membership drives
- assist with the planning and execution of two major fundraising events each year
- assist with cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of individual donors including conducting annual fund drive and planning events for Trustees, donors and individual prospects
- track contributions and help to develop fundraising strategy
- act as Secretary to the Board of Trustees, managing meeting calendar, preparing meeting materials and minutes
Qualifications:
- BA or BS required, museum studies or other graduate training a plus
- Minimum two years of development or other relevant experience, preferably in an arts organization
- Excellent writing, communication, and organizational skills. Ability to craft clear and compelling written proposals is essential
- Ability to manage multiple projects, meet deadlines, and work independently
- Innovative and entrepreneurial in approach
- Computer literate, especially in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or InDesign also helpful.
The ideal candidate will be mature, self-motivated, have superior interpersonal skills and attention to detail. A commitment to and knowledge of contemporary art is important as is a desire to work in a small, fast-paced environment with other dedicated team members.
To apply: Please send cover letter, resume, writing sample, and three references to info@sculpture-center.org with "development associate" in the subject line.
Mary Ceruti, Executive Director
mceruti@sculpture-center.org
Mary Ceruti acts as SculptureCenter's Chief Curator and oversees all aspects of program, planning, and organizational development. She has organized numerous solo and group exhibitions of contemporary art and curated special projects and commissions by over 50 emerging and established artists. Before joining SculptureCenter in 1999, Mary worked as an independent curator and writer and was the Director of Programs at Capp Street Project, an acclaimed international residency program, commissioning installation projects in San Francisco from 1992-98. She started her career as a Curatorial Assistant at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Ms. Ceruti holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Haverford College and in Art History from Bryn Mawr College. She received her M.A. from the Inter-Arts Center at San Francisco State University after pursuing an in-depth study of community-based public art projects.
Katie Bode, Operations Manager and Web Producer
kbode@sculpture-center.org
Katie Bode is the web editor, office manager, archivist, systems admin, and artist liaison for SculptureCenter's In Practice open call and spring fundraiser Lucky Draw. She first joined SculptureCenter as an operations intern, continued as a volunteer and technology consultant and became a full time employee after completing her BFA in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design. When she is not tending to the technology at SculptureCenter, Katie can be found caring for and adding to her menagerie of fantastical creatures.
Fionn Meade, Curator
fmeade@sculpture-center.org
Fionn Meade is SculptureCenter's Curator, responsible for organizing exhibitions and public programming. Most recently, he worked as an assistant curator at the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, where he worked closely with Tom Eccles and Maria Lind. Prior to that he was an assistant curator at the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle. As an independent curator, Meade has organized numerous exhibitions, including Bivouac at Vox Populi in Philadelphia, and In Resonance, a multi-venue sound-based art exhibition. In Fall 2008, he co-curated with Sarina Basta, Degrees of Remove: Landscape and Affect at SculptureCenter and the accompanying film series at Anthology Film Archives. His critical writing has appeared in Artforum, Bidoun, Bomb Magazine, The Fillip Review, and Parkett, among other publications. Meade received his M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, and holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Columbia University.
Nickolas Roudané, Assistant Director for Communications
nroudane@sculpture-center.org
Nickolas Roudané manages communications and visitor support for SculptureCenter, as well as internship and volunteer recruitment. He began working with SculptureCenter in 2006 after receiving a BFA from Pratt Institute in sculpture and painting. In his free time Nickolas can be found making work in his Brooklyn studio and compulsively restoring mechanical music machines. If you have a press inquiry, please email Nickolas at press@sculpture-center.org.
Morgan Edelbrock, Head Installer
Morgan, an Austin, Texas sweetheart, has been making art WORK at SculptureCenter since 2005. As an installer and art handler, she can be found in the highest reaches of SculptureCenter's rafters or the most remote corner of the basement, but wherever she is, rest assured the show is going up.
Interns
If you are interested in Internship opportunities, please visit our Internships page.
Kelly Chan, Communications Intern
intern@sculpture-center.org
Kelly Chan is a student at Vassar College, where she is studying art history and Chinese. She spends some time out of school working as the communications intern at Sculpture Center and the rest of her time baking cookies and contemplating life goals.
Erin Leigh Pierson, Development Intern
intern@sculpture-center.org
Erin Leigh Pierson is a recent graduate from Colgate University, where she studied Studio Art and Philosophy. Intrepidly venturing across the great Hudson, she first interned at Creative Time. Now, at SculptureCenter, Erin enjoys exploring the rafters with the fearless Morgan and chatting with members at events. In her free time, Erin can be found with her life in a knapsack and her feet on the pavement exploring NYC.
Nina Schwarz, Curatorial Intern
intern@sculpture-center.org
Hailing from Cologne, Germany, Nina Schwarz is currently in her last year at Parsons, where she is studying Integrated Design. While she?s not working on sculpture projects with her friends, Nina spends her time at SculptureCenter immersed in curatorial research. Nina plans to travel to Joshua Tree this summer for her next project.