In order to consolidate its team and structure in the wake of upcoming challenges within the art world of ‘the Americas’ for the year 2022, the cultural platform and magazine Terremoto is looking for an emerging or mid-career art curator or editor with relevant writing, publishing, project management, and fundraising experience, to act as its Guest Editor & Curator for 2022.
The Guest Editor and Curator will work closely with Terremoto’s team in order to:
- Co-commission content for the magazine’s print and online platforms.
- Support existing curatorial programmes of the organisation, such as La Postal, and help conceive new ones in a collaborative fashion.
- Participate in the organisation’s fundraising and development strategies, through new ideas, methodologies and a personal network of contacts.
Job specifics:
- Part-time (approx. 2 full days a week with a 4-week vacation).
- Period of 10 months (October 2021- July 2022).
- Home office position. Candidates must be based in ‘the Americas’ (Latin America, United States, Canada, the Caribbean).
- Honorarium of 120,000 Mexican Pesos (~6000 USD) will be transferred in 3 instalments over the full course of the contract. This amount includes IVA for candidates based in Mexico.
- Applicants must be fully bilingual in English and Spanish. Knowledge of Portuguese is appreciated, although not required.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in the field of contemporary art is required.
- Available for international travel (valid passport required).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, knowledge of Adobe Suite (Photoshop/InDesign) is a plus.
A fully funded, 2 to 3-week trip to Mexico City in February 2022 during art fair week is among the mandatory requirements, in order to participate in the launch of the first commissioned issue of Terremoto of the year, establish or strengthen a network within the Mexico City art scene and work in person with the team on the organisation’s pending projects. Applicants must be available for some other extra funded, international work trips that might come up in the framework of the position’s responsibilities.
Deadline: 20 August 2021
How to apply:
Please send us the following elements to guest2022@terremoto.mx before Friday, August 20 at midnight (CST). All documents must be properly labeled as indicated, uploaded in PDF format, and not weigh over 2MB each:
- Resume with hyperlinks to significant curatorial, editorial, and writing projects. Label: LASTNAME_Resume.pdf
- Cover letter (2 pages maximum): Please describe previous achievements, your interest in Terremoto, and how you think you can contribute to its creative and structural development. Label: LASTNAME_Letter.pdf
- A constructive critique of the editorial lines of Terremoto from which a vision of the content that you could contribute to the magazine is offered + a paragraph about La Postal, and how your past curatorial experience might inform you reshaping the program (2 pages maximum) + Label: LASTNAME_Issues.pdf
3 writing samples of recent texts (these can be published or unpublished articles as well as curatorial texts or any type of writing): please insert all samples in a single PDF document. Label: LASTNAME_Samples.pdf - Please note that applications that do not follow the aforementioned requirements in format, weight, and labeling, or are sent past the deadline, will not be considered.
We encourage applicants from non-hegemonic backgrounds in terms of skin color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical condition.
On Monday, August 30, 2021, 3 selected applicants will be invited for an individual interview to take place during the week of September 6 on Zoom.
The successful Guest Editor & Curator candidate will be announced on September 16, 2021, through a public announcement on Terremoto’s website and social media. The Guest Editor & Curator will start working remotely from October 1, 2021, onwards.
If you have any questions, please write to guest2022@terremoto.mx
