Artistic Director

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Artistic Director

Founded in 1972 by local artists, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoCA) is a non-collecting institution that annually presents 20+ exhibitions at its flagship in downtown Boulder and partner locations. In 2025, BMoCA engaged over 200,000 people through its exhibitions and 500+ programs that foster the exploration of art, dialogue about current issues, and art-making among all ages. Celebrating its 54th anniversary in 2026, BMoCA is at an exciting time in its history.

Over the past decade, the museum has reached new heights thanks to record-breaking attendance numbers, dramatic programmatic growth, and the critical support of its community. In 2022, the museum launched a capital campaign to support a new flagship facility, tentatively scheduled to break ground in 2027 and open in 2030.

BMoCA’s vision is to become a leader in the global conversation about contemporary art and culture and a defining voice for creativity and innovation in its region and beyond. By welcoming diverse aesthetics and perspectives, BMoCA seeks to provide an inclusive forum for an investigation of contemporary art and what a twenty-first century museum can be for its community. This aspiration is coupled with a commitment to the museum’s ongoing mission to inspire creativity and foster community through contemporary art.

The position of Artistic Director represents a new leadership structure in how BMoCA leads and delivers its purpose, and offers a rare opportunity to shape the future growth of one of Colorado’s most dynamic cultural institutions. The Artistic Director will report to the Executive Director+Chief Curator, and play a pivotal leadership role in growing and deepening community engagement with the museum through its regional outreach programming and Boulder flagship exhibitions and engagement programs.

This includes providing strong creative leadership to help successfully usher the museum into an inspiring new era — one defined by artistic innovation, educational impact, and civic collaboration in a new intentionally designed museum building in the North Boulder Art District.

The Artistic Director position will shape and execute the programming vision at BMoCA, taking the program seamlessly from its current location to the greatly-anticipated new site in North Boulder. This dynamic new position connects and integrates the museum’s existing curatorial and learning and engagement activities, and envisions new programming opportunities ensuring that exhibitions and public programs advance BMoCA’s mission and further a financially sustainable future.

The position’s wide-ranging accountabilities include collaborating with the Executive Director+Chief Curator and senior leadership to guide the curatorial and strategic direction, design, and delivery of exhibitions, learning initiatives, and artist collaborations, as well as identifying and shepherding new revenue-generating programmatic opportunities that are in alignment with the museum’s vision and mission. More detailed accountabilities include:

• In partnership with the leadership team develop and implement an integrated artistic and educational vision that reflects BMoCA’s mission and values.
• Lead the conceptualization and execution of exhibitions and public programs that explore the forefront of contemporary art as well as social, and cultural themes of our time.
• Partner with the Executive Director and leadership team to shape and implement the museum’s multi-year strategic plan, including the evolution of the financial model.
• Strengthen connections between the museum’s exhibitions, education, and community outreach programs to create cohesive and impactful visitor experiences.
• Serve as a visible and inspiring ambassador for BMoCA, representing the institution to artists, funders, partner organizations, and the broader cultural community.
• Assess and integrate community interests into the museum’s programming strategy.

• Position learning as a central pillar of the museum’s mission by integrating educational programming…