Job Description
DIRECTOR OF VISUAL ARTS Description: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts seeks a strategic, collaborative Director of Visual Arts to serve as lead curator for our nationally accredited museum in southern Illinois. This position plays the lead role in developing Museum collections and realizing artist exhibitions, commissions, curatorial and public programs, and special projects that activate the Cedarhurst campus, advance forward-looking museum practices, and hone institutional thought leadership. This position reports to the Executive Director. About Cedarhurst: Founded in 1965, the John R. and Eleanor R. Mitchell Foundation operates Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, a nationally accredited art and cultural institution in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. What began as a two-room museum has grown into a vibrant arts destination featuring: The expanded Mitchell Museum (33,000-square-foot cultural center with four galleries, interactive family space, and performance hall) The Shrode Art Center (gallery, classrooms, and studios) The Schweinfurth House and original Mitchell House (event and meeting spaces) A 65-acre Sculpture Park with 60 large-scale works Cedarhurst advances its mission to enrich lives through the arts by presenting high-quality exhibitions, stewarding a nationally significant permanent collection, and developing programs that increase access to the arts for communities across southern Illinois and the surrounding region. In recent years, the museum has broadened its commitment to meaningful community engagement with increased partnerships and offsite programming, and by launching The Lights , a seasonal evening experience that expands holiday access and transforms the sculpture park with immersive light installations. The museum stewards approximately 800 works of art across multiple media, includi