Part-time Gallery Director at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA

Part-time Gallery Director

Location: Meadville, PA, United States

Key Responsibilities

• Overseeing exhibition installation, organize food/beverage for opening, attend opening, manage exhibitions.
• Hire, train, schedule, and supervise student gallery assistants, including students responsible for gallery sitting hours, installation support, de-installation, and public-facing gallery responsibilities.
• Collaborate with ART 580 faculty and Senior Comprehensive Project students to support student exhibitions, including wall text, exhibition layout, promotional materials, opening receptions, and other related needs.
• Coordinate visiting artist programming connected to gallery exhibitions, including artist travel, lodging, schedules, class visits, panels, workshops, and public talks. Organize visiting artist panels or public events, including identifying and communicating with moderators, coordinating event logistics, and supporting student participation.
• Administer the gallery budget, ensuring that artists, speakers, vendors, and participants are paid or reimbursed appropriately and in a timely manner.

• Work toward stronger community engagement by developing relationships with local educators, community partners, and regional arts organizations. A future goal of this position should include expanded K–12 visits, community-engaged events, and more consistent public programming.

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Minimum of 1-3 years preferred of relevant professional experience.

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s most historic and innovative four-year colleges with the distinct requirement of completing a major and minor in different academic areas. This multidisciplinary learning celebrates students’ unusual combinations of interests and provides creative, independent thinkers with a path for educational depth and intellectual growth, preparing them for a successful launch after graduation and even for careers that may not yet exist. Located in western Pennsylvania, 1.5 hours equidistant from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo, Allegheny College is one of 40 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives” and recently ranked #4 by The Princeton Review in its Top 20 Best Private Schools for Making an Impact. In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s top 100 national liberal arts colleges, with special distinctions including one of the top 10 best for senior capstone experience and one of the top 25 best for undergraduate research and creative activities.

Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).

Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. Women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Allegheny does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, or national origin.

Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Director of Human Resources.

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