CARA - Senior Curator

The Center for Art, Research and Alliances (CARA), a nonprofit art and research institute and publisher located in New York City is looking for a Senior Curator.

The role of Senior Curator is responsible for contributing to the delivery of CARA’s curatorial vision and mission through the commissioning, development, oversight and implementation of the program at CARA in close collaboration with the Executive Director. The Senior Curator is an integral part of a team which provides a new environment for artists and other practitioners to explore the most critical issues of our time. 

CARA is seeking a leader and experienced Senior Curator with a transnational perspective to be involved in all the programmatic aspects of CARA, including: exhibitions, commissions, fellowships, events, public program and publications. You will be instrumental in the formation and emergence of CARA as an organization and will be part of the senior management and artistic team. They will ideate, research, curate, develop, and care for the full production process and implement, manage and deliver CARA’s content programs working closely with the Executive Director and Programs Team. 

You will be interested in questioning epistemological paradigms and western frame of thinking while bringing to CARA an understanding of the diversity of voices in the abundant landscape of arts and culture. You will be interested in producing cross-disciplinary projects and blurring boundaries between disciplines. You are a creative person who likes to take the initiative. You will nurture relationships with artists, collaborators and stakeholders.

Full time position

Salary range: $90,000 - $100,000  

See here for more detail on the position.

Interested candidates should submit a resume and cover letter to careers@n-y-c.org by March 21, 2022.