Director of Performance

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage seeks a passionate arts advocate and strategic administrator to lead the Center’s project grantmaking and programming for the performing arts across the Greater Philadelphia region.

About the Center
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage is a multidisciplinary grantmaker and hub for knowledge-sharing, dedicated to fostering a vibrant and inclusive cultural community in Greater Philadelphia. The Center invests in ambitious, imaginative projects that showcase the region’s cultural diversity and enhance public life, and we engage in an ongoing exchange of ideas concerning artistic and interpretive practice with a broad network of cultural practitioners and leaders. The Center is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by The University of the Arts, Philadelphia.

About the position
The Director of Performance will support a thriving creative community and have substantial impact on the region’s cultural ecosystem. Program Directors are a part of the Center’s senior leadership team, which works closely with the Executive Director to develop the vision and strategic agenda of the Center and to collaborate on Center-wide and/or cross-programmatic activities and projects. The Director of Performance is expected to work with the Executive Director to be fully invested in all aspects of program development, envisioning, and evolution across the performance sector, as well as to actively develop the capacity and effectiveness of programmatic staff. 

As the “face” of the Performance Program to the community, the Director of Performance establishes and maintains the strong public relations image of the Center, its funder, and its programs while working to ensure access by organizations and artists meeting the Center’s eligibility guidelines. The Director will maintain strong relationships with local, national, and international arts and cultural resources and seek opportunities to connect local constituents with opportunities and resources outside of Philadelphia when possible.

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