An Arts Manager assigns, reviews and evaluates the work of a staff engaged in the administration of diverse art activities and programs, such as community and public arts, architectural design and review, cultural grant programs, art collections management, historic preservation, development and fund raising, marketing, youth arts education programs, and cultural planning, or performs professional staff work in the above programs; develops budgets and expenditure plans; utilizes and maintains financial tracking and management systems; engages with the general public and elected officials as required; applies sound supervisory principles and techniques in building and maintaining an effective work force and fulfills equal employment opportunity responsibilities.
REQUIREMENT(S)/MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S)
- Two years of full-time paid experience as an Arts Associate with the City of Los Angeles; or
- Three years of full-time paid experience as a program administrator or director of an organization responsible for supervising a staff and for coordinating, developing, and implementing:
- fine arts, digital media arts, visual arts, folk arts, performing arts, or cultural activities and programs; or
- programs and activities involving public art and/or community arts; or
- grant writing, fundraising, public relations, and/or marketing campaigns for arts, cultural, or educational institutions or programs/activities; or
3. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Art History, Art Administration, Architecture, Business Administration, Cultural Studies, Historic Preservation, Marketing, Communications, English, Nonprofit Management, Public Art, or various artistic disciplines such as Music, Theater, Dance, Film, Design, Digital or New Media, Fine Arts, Literature, or Folk and Traditional Arts; and two years of full-time paid experience coordinating a program which involves the activities described in Requirement #2; or
4. A master’s Degree or Artist Diploma or Artist Certificate from an accredited conservatory, college or university in Art History, Arts Administration, Architecture, Business Administration, Cultural Studies, Historic Preservation, Marketing, Communications, English, Nonprofit Management, Public Art, or various artistic disciplines such as Music, Theater, Dance, Film, Design, Digital or New Media, Fine Arts, Literature, or Folk and Traditional Arts; and one year of full-time paid experience coordinating a program which involves the activities described in Requirement #2.