Executive Arts Director

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Do you have 20-25 hours a month and a passion for promoting the arts and helping artists explore and share their talents? The ACA, a non-profit created to advance the arts in Addison and its surrounding communities, seeks an Executive Arts Director to organize and set up unforgettable events and experiences in performing and visual arts. This is an independent contractor position, not an employee of the ACA.

Benefits are not included.

Compensation: $25 per hour

As the Executive Arts Director, you’ll source talent, schedule, promote and facilitate our exhibitions, be the liaison between Addison Trail High School and the Village of Addison and manage our small gallery and office during the school year (August through May).

• Source artistic talent and schedule gallery exhibitions
• Facilitate and introduce exhibits and events
• Create a promotional strategy based on goals determined by the board of directors
• Assist with press release writing
• Manage and grow ACA membership
• Collaborate with the ACA Arts Administrator

• Representing the ACA at periodic Community Advisory Meetings (PR, Committee, Village or other Art Community Meetings)
• Collaborate priorities with the board president
• Report progress to the board and event financials to the treasurer
• Attend monthly board meetings
• Facilitate gallery and office operations (permits, forms, schedules, etc.)
• Collaborate with and be aware of docent schedule
• Report any security concerns

• Knowledge and passion for the arts
• Creative thinking and problem-solving
• Access to and knowledge of art communities
• Program strategy and operations
• Experience with non-profit and grant writing a plus

• The culture and beauty of community-building through the arts
• Talent growth and promotion of artists - all ages and genres
• Experience with a dedicated volunteer board
• Event and exhibit planning and management
• Non-profit operations experience

This is a hybrid
work-from-home and onsite position
. Meeting attendance, office/gallery and event facilitation are onsite as scheduled. The office and gallery are on the grounds of the Addison Trail High School. A small theater adjacent to the gallery, village hall rotunda and outdoor village green gazebo host performing events.

• A board of six members, most frequent collaboration is with the president and treasurer
• Village committees, high school administrators and local artists, performers and organizations
• ACA Arts Administrator

Forward your resume to summe
, and we will be in touch.

The Addison Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization created to advance the arts. The ACA is an integral part of life in Addison and its surrounding communities.

We are committed to providing a home for performing and visual arts. We are dedicated to creating quality art programs in order to provide self-exploration, skill development, and aesthetic awareness. We strive to empower the creator, performer, audience member and consumer in order to enhance and enrich the world around us.

Location: 213 N. Lombard Rd., Addison, IL 60101