Curator for Programs, Cooperations, and Mediation at ifa-Galerie, Stuttgart
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Employment Type: Part-time (50%)
Contract: Fixed-term (3 years, with potential for extension)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Application Deadline: January 30, 2025
About ifa:
The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) is dedicated to promoting culture, values, and peace worldwide. With a focus on freedom in art, research, and civil society, it fosters international collaborations and serves as a platform for activists, artists, and scholars to contribute to an open society. The ifa creates both physical and digital spaces for dialogue, exchange, negotiation, and co-creation. It is funded by the German Foreign Office, the state of Baden-Württemberg, and the City of Stuttgart.
Job Description:
The curator will be responsible for the conceptualization and realization of globally and locally connected exhibition projects and accompanying programs, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and sustainability. The role will involve both physical and digital programming, with a strong emphasis on international networking and community building. The curator will also work closely with other ifa programs to ensure cohesion and synergy across activities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement exhibition projects and accompanying programs for a wide audience.
- Translate and expand programs into digital formats.
- Actively network and build local and international collaborations and partnerships.
- Foster connections between gallery programs within ifa.
- Contribute to the broader organizational goals of ifa through engagement in the cultural and public sectors.
Requirements:
- A completed degree in Art History, Cultural Studies, Cultural Management, or a related field.
- Several years of experience in curating and managing exhibition projects and programs.
- Strong connections within the international contemporary art and culture scene, with a broad interest in societal, discursive, and transdisciplinary themes.
- Excellent management and communication skills, a high degree of flexibility, and strong teamwork abilities.
- Fluency in German and English, and preferably another foreign language (ideally non-European).
What We Offer:
- A dynamic and varied job at a globally active organization.
- Payment based on public sector collective agreements (TVöD), with a salary in pay group 11 (if qualifications are met).
- A supportive and open working atmosphere with family-friendly working conditions.
- Additional benefits, including a special annual payment, pension contributions, health promotion measures, and opportunities for further professional development.
- Fixed-term contract with the potential for extension.
The ifa is committed to diversity and welcomes applications from people of all nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, and identities.
