Department Description:The majority of works in the University Galleries collections (totaling some 6,000 objects) can be found in an online database (collections.sandiegocollections ). Artists included in the collections range from Albrecht Altdorfer, Albrecht Drer, Hendrick Goltzius, Peter Paul Rubens, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, William Hogarth, Angelica Kauffmann, Francisco Goya and Jacques Callot, to Honor Daumier, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, D.Y. Cameron, George Bellows, Isabel Bishop, Elizabeth Catlett, Lee Krasner, Ai Weiwei, Johnny Bear Contreras, Gary Simmons, Shahzia Sikander, Lorna Simpson, Enrique Chagoya, Kerry James Marshall, Salomn Huerta, Wendy Red Star, Sadie Barnette, and Mickalene Thomas. Exhibitions have probed questions and themesThe Gout and the Guillotine:The Satirical Imagination in Britain ; Prints in the Artists Studio:Rubenss Print Collection Reconstructed; Xerografia:Copyart in Brazil, (part of Pacific Standard Time:LA/LA); Political Skeletons:The Art and Afterlife of Jose Guadalupe Posadaand have focused on aspects of the work of individual artistsRembrandt, Goya, Georges Rouault, Jasper Johns, Wayne Thiebaud, Corita Kent, Matika Wilbur, Marie Watt. The Screenings seriesin the Humanities Center Galleryhas included works by Joan Jonas, Lorna Simpson, JaTovia Gary, Eve Fowler, Wangechi Mutu, Joan Perlman, Victoria Fu.The University Galleries (sandiegogalleries/ ) have published a momentous succession of scholarly exhibition catalogues, and have partnered with a number of institutions, among these the Getty Museum, the British Museum, and the Timken Museum. Gallery programs and exhibitions have been attentive to USDs location twenty miles north of the San Ysidro / Tijuana port of entrya confluence of Latin and North America that is one of the most steadily traveled border crossings in the world.Partnerships with colleagues across the university have fueled many University Galleries projects. Exhibitions in the Humanities Center Gallery are driven by the programming goals envisioned and curatedby the Centers Director and the Humanities Center Gallery Element Chair, working in collaboration with the Director of University Galleries. Each year, a number of undergraduates take up semester:long internships in the galleries. Endowments provide a base of support for acquisitions and exhibitions, augmented by grants from a variety of foundations and institutions. Funds from the Legler Benbough Foundation support an innovative program to acquire works proposed by students.University Description:The University of San Diego, a contemporary and engaged Roman Catholic institution that exists on the historic lands of the Kumeyaay Indian nation, was founded by the Diocese of San Diego and the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1949. Governed by an independent board of trustees since 1972, USD remains committed to a liberal arts education grounded in the Catholic intellectual tradition and the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. Inspired by this centuries old tradition of Catholic higher education, the University welcomes people of all faith traditions and any, or no, religious background. The future success of USD relies on the contributions of those who seek to foster the development of engaged global citizens and an earnest confrontation of humanitys urgent challenges.Detailed Description:The University of San Diego is searching for a dynamic Director of University Galleries, who will oversee a nimble exhibition program and purposefully focused collections that position the Galleries as a unique and vibrant model among west coast institutions. The Galleries collect and exhibit compelling works wrought by artists over time, focusing on printsfrom Rembrandt to Julie Mehretuphotographs, time:based art, and Native American art and material culture. Engaging a broad audience of students, faculty, staff and interested community, the Galleries serve as places of encounter and learning, and of dial
