The AIR Program seeks 2 New Curators!!

The Berwick is seeking 2 creative and resourceful people to run the Artist in Research residency program. The ideal candidate will have a vested interest in concept-driven art processes and motivation to improve Boston as an art community. The selected applicants will produce all programming associated with the AIR program. This is a volunteer position with an honorarium awarded.

The Artist in Research (AIR) Program is a residency program created under the Berwick Research Institute's non-profit umbrella that provides emerging conceptual artists essential time, space, community and, most importantly, critical feedback. High value is placed on a sustained period of dialogue and critical analysis. There are no expectations for the completion of artwork. Instead we encourage the research and interrogation of an idea, and experimentation with the subsequent results. The AIR Program selects two to three artists each year for ten-week residencies with the following schedule:

Residency 1: April 1 - June 15
Residency 2: July 1 - September 15
Residency 3: October 1 - December 15.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Conduct application/jury process
• Facilitate/manage opening and closing artist events
• Build working relationship with AIR artist
• Follow program time line/create an effective pace for the residency with the artist
• Adapt the program (reasonably) to fit the artists working style and/or needs
• Build relationships with people outside of the Berwick to create a pool of resources
• Schedule and conduct weekly meetings/critiques
• Challenge and motivate the artist
• Provide conceptual or tangible resources for each artist based on research into the artist's topic (i.e. a suggestion of a certain artist or historical period to research)
• Outreach on the artist's behalf to a local art space as host for an AIR event.
• Document residency (events, works in progress, encourage blogging, etc)
• Manage AIR portion of Berwick website
• Keep press contacts current
• Develop press materials
• Manage program Budget
• Manage mailing list
• Write for organizational and programmatic grant funding

Application Deadline- July 15th 2009

Please send CV/Resume and coverletter to Bonnie Bastien

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