Curator
The Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation in the search for a Curator.
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation seeks a Curator to oversee its non-digital art collections, Post-War Abstract Painting and Art of the Spanish Americas, as well as to assist with the grants process and promote the foundation. The Curator will contribute to the shaping and execution of the foundation’s vision and delivery on its mission as it moves to the next phases of growth.
The Curator will utilize excellent interpersonal skills and a dynamic personality to cultivate relationships that lead to new partnerships with art organizations and museums around the world. This includes being a visible and active member of the national and international art community which will require monthly domestic and international travel to South America and Spain. The successful Curator will have experience working in a creative entrepreneurial organization that requires thinking dynamically about the future while also being effective in the present. Recent PhD graduates, with the interest and drive to work outside of academia or strictly curating, are encouraged to apply. The foundation team includes four staff in Chicago and three in Santa Fe.
The Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation recognizes the power of the arts to challenge and shift perceptions, spark creativity, and connect people across cultures. The foundation lends and exhibits artworks from its collection and provides grants to support innovative individuals and projects in its collection areas (Digital & Electronic, Post-War Abstract Painting, Art of the Spanish Americas, and Japanese Bamboo).
The foundation’s Chicago space in West Town is dedicated to presenting works from the foundation’s art collection. In Santa Fe, the foundation has a public exhibition space, Art House, where it has seasonal rotations of artworks from its collection and hosts related educational programming. The foundation is opening a public exhibition space in Scottsdale in late 2019.
The foundation identifies individuals and organizations that are actively pursuing promising lines of art inquiry that align with its collection areas. It researches and awards those who employ originality and entrepreneurial approaches in their work. Programs include grants to support 501(c)(3) nonprofit arts organizations and academic programs with exhibitions, publications, endowments, and convening opportunities; artwork loans from the collection to museums and venues around the world; exhibitions at the Thoma Foundation spaces, Art House in Santa Fe and Orange Door in Chicago; awards and fellowships to support individuals with artist projects, arts writing, curatorial research, and performances; and education programs for learners of all ages, such as lectures, symposia, and class visits to the exhibition spaces.
