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Storefront for Art and Architecture seeks new director

Who will replace Eva?

Storefront for Art and Architecture seeks new director

Storefront for Art and Architecture seeks new director. (Background image via Storefront for Art and Architecture/Montage by AN)

As last month’s architecture news flurry made clear, Eva Franch i Gilabert, Storefront for Art and Architecture‘s inimitable curator and director, is leaving New York for London to lead the Architectural Association (AA) after eight years at Storefront. In response to Franch’s imminent departure, the organization’s Board of Directors has started the hunt for a new leader.

The job description for chief curator and executive director was drafted by select members of the board and released to the public today. (Full disclosure: William Menking, The Architect’s Newspaper‘s editor in chief, serves on Storefront’s board.) As pretty much everyone on the New York architecture scene knows, Storefront isn’t a staid institution—it’s known for curating oddball shows on topics like sex and the built environment, as well as lectures centered on abstruse architectural theory (for the true heads only).

Like any nonprofit leader, though, the new director and curator will also have to fundraise in addition to managing Storefront’s programming. Per the job description, ideal candidates should have relevant curatorial experience in design, architecture, and art; a strong local and international network in those fields; experience in communications; and the requisite suite of leadership soft skills, like being able to manage a team and not being a grouch or a slacker.

Interested candidates have until May 4 to apply. More information on the position can be found at storefrontnews.org.


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