The Judith Green Blumberg z"l Coordinator for Arts Engagement

Brown RISD Hillel

Role Overview

Brown RISD Hillel is excited to be seeking an outside-the-box thinker, instinctual networker, and creative producer to serve as the Judith Green Blumberg z"l Coordinator for Arts Engagement. In a role unique in the Hillel ecosystem, the Coordinator for Arts Engagement will develop deep relationships with a broad network of Brown and RISD students, connecting them with resources and mentorship, convening them in thoughtful communities of learning and collaboration, and elevating their work through exhibitions, galleries, and performances. The Coordinator for Arts Engagement, in partnership with BRH’s executive and assistant directors, will oversee implementing an expansive set of resources and programmatic models designed to transform the experiences of art-focused Jewish students and to center art as a significant platform for Jewish engagement, most broadly, on College Hill. BRH’s Coordinator for Arts Engagement will ensure that art, in its variety of expressions and media, will come to serve as a prism through which all students can more subtly and with greater nuance approach the complexities of Jewish history, meaning, and community.

What You’ll Do

• Develop relationships with a broad network of arts-focused students at RISD and Brown.
• Ferociously support distinguished student artists in bringing their creative visions to reality.
• Develop BRH’s role as a meeting place and platform for student artists as well as for national and global Jewish creatives.
• Connect student artists with BRH’s network of gallerists, professional artists, historians, and collectors.
• Coordinate visiting artists series and immersive trips for students to NYC and beyond.
• Recruit for and facilitate a year-long fellowship for student artists and performers who will gather for dialogue, exploration of Jewish text, and to foster creative collaborations on Jewish themes.
• Work in collaboration with Hillel partners to design and recruit an arts-focused Birthright trip.
• Plan a bi-annual Campus Summit for Jewish Arts, convening Jewish student artists, Hillel professionals, thought leaders, and funders for two days of networking, learning, and collaboration at Brown RISD Hillel.
• Liaise with BRH’s trustee Arts Committee
• Develop collaborative relationships with university partners and national organizations and initiatives.
• Collaborate with BRH colleagues to center the arts in broader BRH programming.
• Be present for evening and weekend programming including staffing Shabbats, welcome events, and student initiatives.

What You’ll Bring to the Job

• Capacity to juggle multiple projects with competing deadlines in a fast-paced working environment.
• Eagerness to take initiative to innovate new processes and projects.
• Enthusiasm for collaborating with a variety of partners.
• Deep personal engagement with the creative arts.
• Knowledge of contemporary global Jewish art and artists and trends in the broader arts universe.
• Experience producing art events (visual, musical, dance, performance, etc.)
• Optimism about the possibility of Jewish culture, identity, and tradition serving as a source of meaning for emerging Jewish artists.
• Passion for getting to know new people.
• Entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit.

What You’ll Receive

• Opportunity to be a movement leader, redefining the possibilities of arts engagement for Jewish campus life across the Hillel ecosystem.
• Personal relationships with BRH’s network of art world professionals.
• Competitive salary in the nonprofit marketplace. The salary range for this role is $50,000 - $60,000
• A comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plan, Life, AD&D and Long-Term Disability (LTD) insurances, Flexible Spending accounts, generous vacation/sick time, and parental leave.
• Great professional development, mentoring, and skill building opportunities
• Travel regionally and abroad, particularly to Israel
• Chance to set up shop in “The Creative Capital”, Providence, R.I., a livable and diverse city, filled with amazing food, a community of disrupters, located 30 minutes from mind-bogglingly beautiful beaches, 2 ½ hours by train to NYC

About Brown RISD Hillel

Brown RISD Hillel serves as the gateway to Jewish life at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). More than a center for Jewish programming and ritual, Hillel is an integral part of the social, cultural, educational, and political life for students. Brown RISD Hillel is situated in the historic College Hill neighborhood of Providence, R.I., a cool urban center for creative entrepreneurs, recent grads, and young families. 45 minutes from Boston and just a short drive to beautiful New England beaches, Providence is a desirable emerging city, hosting a diverse and vibrant Jewish community with kosher restaurants and multiple synagogues.