Arts Scoop: Resources, Information, and Opportunities

Organization: Commonwealth Theatre Center
Title: Outreach Teaching Artist
Commonwealth Theatre Center’s Blue Apple Outreach team seeks energetic Teaching Artists to teach in schools this January – July 2022. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Theatre or in a related field with a theatre minor/background who are passionate about teaching young people in diverse communities throughout the Louisville Metro and surrounding areas.
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Organization: Commonwealth Theatre Center
Title: Managing Director
The Managing Director will serve as a dynamic and diplomatic leader for the 20 member staff, representing the organization both locally and nationally. This individual will work side-by-side with the Artistic Director to provide strategic and inspirational vision to strengthen CTC’s sustainability and growth, while embracing the principles of inclusion and belonging, collaboration, and access.
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Organization: Kentucky Opera
Title: Patron Services Associate
The Patron Services Associate maintains and develops strong and positive relationships with Kentucky Opera’s audience through telephone, email and in-person customer service communications. This individual extensively uses Tessitura, the company’s CRM system, maintaining patron accounts, setting up campaigns, extracting lists, and supporting a robust pipeline that grows patron revenue through Kentucky Opera’s ticketed performances, donor events, and all other audience-building programs. This position works closely with all departments to fulfill the mission of Kentucky Opera.
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Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts, Governor's School for the Arts
Title: Alumni Coordinator
The Governor’s School for the Arts Alumni Coordinator provides visioning and coordination for all alumni programming and initiatives. The Alumni Coordinator collaborates internally and externally to coordinate social media, special events, and communication pieces; this person also plays a pivotal role in the general planning and organization of programmatic events such as recruitment presentations, auditions, and the summer program.
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Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts, Governor's School for the Arts
Title: Program Manager
With support from the Associate Director and in collaboration with a variety of internal and external partners, the Governor’s School for the Arts Program Manager advances GSA’s administrative activities by providing leadership, supervision, organization, implementation, and administration of programmatic functions, events, and offices. A pivotal person in the planning and execution of all GSA activities, the Program Manager also serves as director of summer program campus operations when the Associate Director is absent (with support from the Executive Director).
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Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: House Manager
Provides excellent service to Kentucky Performing Arts patrons, instructive supervision to Floor Managers, and deliver unqualified leadership to staff by executing essential duties personally or through delegated supervision.
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Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Floor Manager
Provides excellent service to Kentucky Performing Arts patrons and instructive supervision to Volunteers by executing essential duties personally or through effectively delegated supervision.
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Organization: Kentucky Performing Arts
Title: Production Manager
The Production Managers at Kentucky Performing Arts (KPA) are primarily engaged in the planning and execution of events, receiving, and administering training, and maintaining KPA equipment, systems, and theaters. They are responsible for providing the highest level of Production services to Kentucky Performing Arts staff, patrons, clients, and visitors. The Production Manager will work alone and with teams of KPA staff to execute events.
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Organization: Louisville Ballet
Title: Director of Development
The Director of Development is responsible for implementing Louisville Ballet’s fundraising strategy to increase philanthropic revenue from individual, corporate, foundation, and government sources. Working closely with the Artistic and Executive Directors, Board of Trustees, and Louisville Ballet Leadership Team, the Director of Development drives momentum across Louisville Ballet’s development programs and oversees the production of key events to generate sustainable funding for the organization’s short- and long-term needs, including the Louisville Ballet School and the community engagement.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Director of Administration, Equity, and Inclusion
At this important time of community focus, and strong commitment to equity and inclusion, the Speed Art Museum seeks a dynamic and inspiring Director of Administration, Equity, and Inclusion. The Director of Administration, Equity and Inclusion is the museum’s central nervous system, allowing for fluid, efficient, and healthy planning, and administration of the organization with DEAI (Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Inclusion) at its core. As a pivotal administrative leader, and leader of equity and inclusion, this position occupies a critical leadership position at the Speed. Working closely with and reporting to the Museum’s Director, the Director of Administration, Equity, and Inclusion is a member of the Senior Leadership Team and works with other senior leadership and varied teams across the museum to develop and implement administrative frameworks, DEAI initiatives, policies and practices and highly functional, cross-departmental processes. This position will play a critical role in imagining and realizing the museum as a strategy-driven, equitable and inclusive community. They will provide administrative leadership, strategy tracking and DEAI implementation and stewardship across all departments and work in concert with human resources.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Major Gifts Officer
The Major Gifts Officer will assume a key leadership role within the Advancement department by advancing the mission of the Speed Art Museum through the expansion of funding from individuals. As a senior member of the Advancement team, the Major Gifts Officer will develop, organize and cultivate donors and prospects who have the capacity to make significant multi-year investments. The Major Gifts Officer will manage planning, organizing, and events for several donor groups. The ideal candidate will be energetic and self-motivated with experience and success making direct solicitations, working with volunteers and staff across the organization. The Major Gifts Officer creates compelling proposals, presentations, and materials to solicit and steward gifts. This position works closely with the Deputy Director, External Relations & Advancement and the Director who will also maintain major donor portfolios.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Programming Manager
Works with relevant Museum departments to organize and oversee all event details in the planning and execution of internal programming including, but not limited to, After Hours, exhibition openings, Cinema+, Lecture Series, Sunday Showcase, Free Cinema Screenings. Works with artists, partners, volunteers, vendors, and other departments to successfully achieve event, department and Museum goals. Provides additional support as-needed to support Advancement events and facility rentals.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: IT Director
Are you an IT Professional looking for a way to work in and around the arts? Join a dynamic Operations department in supporting the oldest and largest Art Museum in the state of Kentucky! Our ideal candidate is eager to dig into our IT systems and to build processes that support all of the tech needs of the various departments that make up the Speed. Immediate projects are working with a consulting group to complete an IT Audit, developing early warning control mechanisms to detect and prevent network access disruptions, viruses, etc., and to develop an inventory control that will enable us to maintain adequate equipment levels and budget accordingly.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Community Outreach Coordinator
The Speed Art Museum seeks an individual to provide support for the Museum’s community outreach programs and partnerships. This position will build meaningful relationships with partner organizations throughout the city, while also serving as a liaison between the Museum and the community. This individual will have a professional practice that has been informed by meaningful community engagement, particularly with communities impacted by inequities such as economic, racial, social, environmental, and/ or systematic injustice.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Control Room Officer
Provides for the safety and security of Museum employees, visitors, assets, and owned/loaned property under the Museum’s care by providing a positive, welcoming, and visible presence on Museum property, controlling access, assisting visitors and employees, and monitoring and responding to various systems and reports. As a member of the Protection Services Department, the Control Room Officer works closely with their peers, supervisors, and senior staff to fulfill the mission of the Museum and provide exceptional visitor experiences while maintaining the highest standards of professional practices.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Advancement Events Coordinator
The Advancement Events Coordinator works with relevant Museum departments to oversee all event details in the planning and execution of internal advancement events, to include key annual revenue generating events: Museum Ball, Art of Bourbon, Bacchanal. Works with clients, committees, volunteers, vendors, and other departments to successfully achieve event, department and Museum goals. Provides support regularly for public programming events and as needed for facility rentals.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Curator of Contemporary Art
The Speed Art Museum seeks a dynamic, knowledgeable, collaborative, and highly motivated curator to lead its contemporary exhibition and collection program. Working with the Executive Director and curatorial staff, the Curator of Contemporary Art will be responsible for advancing the Speed’s inclusive Mission to “invite everybody to celebrate art,” through a multi-faceted curatorial program that reflects a spectrum of artistic disciplines, ethnic and gender diversity, and subject matter. Responsible for the acquisition, exhibition, documentation, and preservation of the Museum's contemporary collection, this position engages and cultivates collectors, donors, and community partners to continue shaping an inclusive collection and related programming.
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Organization: Speed Art Museum
Title: Accounts Receivable Specialist
Do you love the arts and have a background in accounts receivable? Come support the largest and oldest Art Museum in the state of Kentucky with your specialized AR knowledge! The Accounts Receivable Specialist will join a finance team to support the operations of the Speed Art Museum. The Speed seeks a detail-oriented professional to secure revenue by verifying and posting receipts and resolving discrepancies.
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