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- What’s The Deal With The Second Season Audience Drop On Netflix?
“Between confusing release schedules, binge releases, long gaps between seasons and the regular flood of new content making it difficult for any new release to stand out, Netflix’s scale is quickly becoming its own worst enemy.” – The Wrap (MSN)
- Does Worldwide Modernization Lead To Reduction In Cultural Differences? Not Necessarily
“When researchers have actually tried to document the size of cultural differences over time, the picture is far more complicated – and more interesting.” – Psyche
- Have Two English Preservation Societies Been Exaggerating About ‘Witch Marks’ On Old Buildings?
One architectural historian might go even farther: “Anything on a stone building that looks like a design gets picked up as these damn things now. There’s absolutely no evidence they were ever used like that.” – The Guardian (UK)
- Time For The ‘Emmy Snubs And Surprises’ Round-Up
For instance: “The third and long-delayed final season of Euphoria didn’t make much of an impact on voters, as the once-celebrated drug-addled soap scored nods for Zendaya and [Colman] Domingo, but not many of the other big stars.” – Variety
- How Many Parody Heated Rivalry Musicals Can The World Handle?
There are already at least four this summer, with more in production. “With the show’s success – all perky keisters, swanky hotel shags, a secret sex cottage and just a smidgeon of hockey – [one producer] reckons it was inevitable.” – The Guardian (UK)
- Nina Ananiashvili On Dancing And Choreographing Odette And Odile In “Swan Lake”
“For me, the key has always been to make Odette the embodiment of pure femininity, sorrow, refinement, and forgiveness — but never weakness. … Odile, by contrast, should be explosive, feminine, bold, daring and wicked — but never vulgar. You know, without steam coming out of her nostrils.” – Gramilano (Milan)
- Yes, Horror Still Sells At The Box Office
Witness Obsession, made for less than $1 million and now having grossed more than $400 million worldwide (breaking the record held by Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon in the process). – The Wrap
- Will The Kennedy Center Survive This ‘Open,’ Empty Time?
“What’s left has the air of a ghost ship, as the center’s board prepares to reconsider to what degree the building will remain open. The Kennedy Center declined to comment.” – Washington Post
- Emily Wilson Knows From Angry ‘Odyssey’ Bros
“Wilson’s translations of The Odyssey and The Iliad are some of the best-known pieces of contemporary translation, and they’ve turned the University of Pennsylvania professor into both a star and a specter of controversy.” – Vulture
- Artist Mickalene Thomas Sued For Copyright Infringement
“Mickalene Thomas, an artist known for her popular paintings and photo-based installations centering Black women, is facing a lawsuit from the photographer Barbara Karant, who alleges that Thomas used her pictures without attribution or permission in works that appeared at an array of museums and blue-chip galleries.” – ARTnews
- Frida Kahlo Hadn’t Intended To Be An Artist (A Biographical Refresher)
Because she’s even more ubiquitous than usual this year — a blockbuster show at Tate Modern, a bio-series at Netflix, a fantasy opera about her at the Met, a new record ($54.7 million) for a woman artist at auction — here’s a recap of her life. No mention of the affair with Trotsky, though. – ARTnews
- Competition Which Discovered Gustavo Dudamel Awards No First Prize This Year
The jury of the Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition, which Dudamel (in his first time leading a fully professional orchestra) won in its inaugural edition in 2004, decided not to name a winner for only the second time in the event’s history. The €20,000 second prize went to 31-year-old Polish conductor Jakub Przybycień. – Moto Perpetuo
- Four London Theatres Listed As At Risk Of Closure
Borough Hall, Streatham Hill Theatre, Tottenham Palace Theatre, and the Intimate Theatre have been deemed “at risk of closure, redevelopment, or demolition.” Three of them are being eyed for conversion into churches or other sites of worship. – The Standard (London)
- Smithsonian Chief Rebuts Trump Administration Report Accusing American History Museum Of Extremism
In a staff-wide email, Lonnie Bunch wrote that “there will always be room for improvement,” but the report “is not a fair characterization of … the National Museum of American History. At the Smithsonian, our work is driven by scholarship, accuracy, and an uncompromising commitment to tell the fullness of America’s story.” – The Washington Post
- Ukrainian Troops Get Handbook On Protecting Cultural Property
“The handbook sets out Ukrainian soldiers’ main obligations under international humanitarian law, the different levels of protection afforded to cultural property, the precautions to be integrated into operational planning, and the procedures for identifying, reporting and documenting attacks against heritage.” – The Art Newspaper
- “The Pitt”, “Hacks”, “Widow’s Bay” Dominate 2026 Emmy Nominations
“The Pitt leads all nominees with a total of 25, followed by Hacks with 24 (a record for a comedy series for noms in a single year) and Widow’s Bay with 19 (leading all new shows).” Connor Storrie scored the only nomination he was eligible for — for guest-hosting Saturday Night Live. – The Hollywood Reporter
- Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center While Appeals Proceed, Rules Panel
“A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit … rejected the administration’s argument that the removal was damaging the arts institution’s finances.” – The Guardian
- Man Sentenced For Theft Of Rare Chinese Manuscripts From UCLA Library
Jeffrey Ying, a 39-year-old resident of Fremont, Cal., gets a year of house arrest and three years of probation for a scheme in which he reserved and checked out, under false names, several 17th-century manuscripts, then returned fake dummy copies. – San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
- The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum seeks Executive Director
Organization
The Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is the only art museum in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and the only art museum along South Carolina’s north coast. Established in 1987 and opened to the public in June 1997, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum has become a vital visual arts institution serving Myrtle Beach and the broader tri-county region of Horry, Georgetown, and Brunswick Counties. Located in an iconic historic building with views of the Atlantic Ocean, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum is a well-loved community landmark and a distinctive cultural destination. The museum includes 11 intimate galleries with approximately 2,700 square feet of exhibition space across two floors, including about 1,500 square feet on the first floor and 1,200 square feet on the second floor. The Myrtle Beach Art Museum is dedicated to engaging residents and visitors through distinctive exhibitions, interactive educational programs, and creative experiences for people of all ages. Looking ahead, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum has significant potential for growth, including the possibility of a future new building and relocation, potentially into Myrtle Beach’s Arts and Innovation District.
Since opening, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum has presented more than 300 visual arts exhibitions, including painting, sculpture, photography, fiber art, ceramics, interactive exhibitions, and traveling exhibitions from lenders across the country. Its exhibitions provide opportunities for visitors to engage with noted and emerging artists, musicians, authors, historians, dancers, and photographers, while encouraging artistic creativity, preserving diverse cultural heritage, and making the visual arts more accessible to the community.
The Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s exhibition program reflects a wide range of artistic practices, cultural perspectives, and community partnerships. Recent and upcoming exhibitions include Ashlyn Pope: A History of Moving Forward II, exploring the artist’s ancestral Gullah history through ceramics and textiles; Jo-Ann Morgan: The Mourning After, featuring memorial works created for victims of unjust violence; and Expanding Horizons: A Grand (Strand) Collection, a major presentation of the Museum’s expanding permanent collection. A current exhibit at the Museum is A Lasting Impression, a collection of Impressionist paintings from Degas, Renoir, and many others. The Myrtle Beach Art Museum also presents annual juried exhibitions that highlight regional and student talent, including the Annual High School Exhibition for students in Horry and Georgetown Counties and the Annual Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild Exhibition. Additional exhibitions feature Impressionist works from private collections, contemporary color-block paintings and trompe l’oeil ceramics, and place-based work exploring identity and family history in Horry County. Education and community engagement are central to Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s mission. The organization views the tri-county area as its community and embraces the role of the art museum as a place of adventure, discovery, and learning through the visual arts. Its education and engagement programs are a strong foundation for connecting audiences more deeply with the museum’s art, exhibitions, artists, and collections.
The Myrtle Beach Art Museum also offers studio programs, artist-led workshops, school tours, outreach activities, and community events that extend access to the visual arts while strengthening connections between audiences and the museum’s exhibitions. These programs will remain an important part of the museum’s work while supporting a broader institutional focus on art, artists, exhibitions, collections, and community impact. The Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s facilities and programs have continued to evolve in response to community needs. In 2018, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum added the Lineta Pritchard Pottery Studio, which offers classes and open studio time for ceramicists of varying skill and experience levels. The studio has become an important resource for hands-on arts learning and creative practice in the Grand Strand area.
The Myrtle Beach Art Museum has a 17-member Board of Trustees led by President Rosemary Long Jenrette. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Trustees and oversees five full-time staff members, five part-time staff members, and 11 volunteers. Myrtle Beach Art Museum has maintained a balanced budget, with average annual revenue of approximately $700,000 to $800,000, providing a solid foundation for future growth, expanded visibility, and continued institutional impact.
Sources: edited from myrtlebeachartmuseum.org; propublica.org
Community
Located at the heart of South Carolina’s Grand Strand coast, Myrtle Beach is a vibrant residential and vacation community known for its oceanfront setting, warm climate, and strong identity as one of the Southeast’s leading coastal destinations. The city is home to more than 35,000 permanent residents and welcomes millions of visitors each year, creating a dynamic community shaped by both year-round civic life and a robust tourism economy. Incorporated as a town in 1938 and as a city in 1957, Myrtle Beach serves as a central hub within the Grand Strand, a 60-mile stretch of coastline made up of 14 coastal communities. Its wide beaches, outdoor recreation, family attractions, restaurants, shopping, golf, live entertainment, and hospitality amenities contribute to both quality of life and the city’s prominence as a major visitor destination.
Beyond its beaches and tourism economy, Myrtle Beach is home to a growing arts, culture, and heritage landscape. The broader area includes historic sites, public art, galleries, live performance, festivals, and cultural attractions that help tell the story of the Grand Strand, including the influence of Gullah Geechee culture on the region’s culinary traditions and cultural identity. The City of Myrtle Beach continues to invest in quality of life, recreation, sports tourism, and economic vitality, with particular attention to revitalization in the Central Business District and the Arts & Innovation District. In 2027, the Arts & Innovation District will be home to a new 300-seat venue housed in three rehabilitated historical buildings. As a partnership between Coastal Carolina University (CCU) and the City of Myrtle Beach, the venue will serve the local community and the more than 18 million visitors coming to Myrtle Beach each year. Coastal Carolina University, with over 12,000 students and highly rated arts programs in music, theatre, and visual arts, is located only 15 miles inland from Myrtle Beach. Together, these assets make Myrtle Beach both a beloved coastal destination and an evolving year-round community for residents, families, businesses, artists, and visitors.
Sources: visitmyrtlebeach.com; cityofmyrtlebeach.com
Position Summary
The Executive Director of the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum (Myrtle Beach Art Museum) will have a significant opportunity to lead one of Myrtle Beach’s most distinctive cultural assets into a new era of artistic excellence, regional visibility, and community impact. This role will represent a major career opportunity for a visionary arts leader seeking to shape the future of a growing art museum, elevate its role in the cultural life of the region, and make a lasting impact on Myrtle Beach’s arts scene. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, staff, artists, donors, civic leaders, and community partners, the Executive Director will provide strategic and hands-on leadership for the Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s artistic direction, exhibitions, collections, community engagement, institutional growth, fundraising, operations, facilities, and public engagement. This leader will strengthen the Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s financial sustainability through grant writing, donor cultivation, fundraising events, and contributed income strategies while fostering a culture of excellence, communication, respect, accountability, and trust among a dedicated staff and volunteer team.
As the Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s primary ambassador, the Executive Director will deepen relationships with residents, visitors, schools, libraries, veterans’ programs, artists, and community organizations, ensuring the Myrtle Beach Art Museum will continue to thrive as a high-quality art museum, a welcoming civic gathering place, and a catalyst for creativity across the region. With strong programs, dedicated stakeholders, and substantial potential for expanded visibility and influence, the Myrtle Beach Art Museum will offer its next Executive Director the opportunity to build on a solid foundation while advancing a bold, inclusive, and art-driven vision for the museum’s future.
Roles and Responsibilities
Fundraising and Financial Oversight
• Strengthen Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s financial position through effective fundraising strategies, donor cultivation, grant writing, contributed income growth, and responsible fiscal stewardship.
• Develop and monitor annual budgets in partnership with Board leadership and outside accounting support, ensuring clear reporting, accountability, and the efficient use of resources.
• Advance short- and long-term fundraising plans that reflect the realities of a tourist-based economy while expanding support from individuals, corporations, foundations, government sources, and special events.
• Lead or support fundraising events, funding applications, donor stewardship, and other financial oversight responsibilities that advance Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s goals and long-term needs.
• Embrace other fundraising and financial oversight responsibilities as needed.Strategic Leadership
• Lead the development and implementation of Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s strategic vision in partnership with the Board of Trustees, ensuring alignment with Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s mission, values, artistic excellence, and community role.
• Advance Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s exhibitions, collections, facilities, education programs, community partnerships, and visitor experience in ways that strengthen its identity as a regional art museum.
• Guide institutional growth, financial strategy, and public visibility while supporting high-quality national, international, regional, and local exhibitions.
• Provide creativity, vision, collaboration, and sound stewardship to increase visitation, deepen engagement, and position Myrtle Beach Art Museum for long-term relevance and impact.
• Embrace other strategic leadership responsibilities as needed.Personnel and Facilities Management
• Provide effective leadership for staff and volunteers, fostering a workplace culture grounded in excellence, communication, collaboration, accountability, and community service.
• Oversee staffing, policies, procedures, compliance, internal communication, and organizational systems that support the effective operation of Myrtle Beach Art Museum.
• Manage Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s historic building, facilities, and physical plant needs while planning responsibly for future space and operational requirements.
• Support staff capacity, delegation, recognition, and professional development while ensuring appropriate coordination among staff, Board leadership, partners, and civic stakeholders.
• Embrace other personnel and facilities management responsibilities as needed.Community and Stakeholder Engagement
• Serve as the Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s primary ambassador to donors, members, artists, visitors, civic leaders, cultural partners, and the broader Myrtle Beach community.
• Strengthen Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s role as a regional cultural resource by building relationships with local residents, tourists, artists, schools, libraries, veterans’ programs, community organizations, and civic stakeholders.
• Promote accessibility, public awareness, and community connection while defining Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s evolving role in the arts and culture of the region.
• Support education, outreach, artist engagement, and community partnerships in ways that are connected to Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s exhibitions, collections, artistic vision, and public impact.
• Embrace other community and stakeholder engagement responsibilities as needed.Board Relations and Governance
• Partner closely with the Board of Trustees to support strong governance, accountability, communication, and implementation of institutional priorities.
• Engage Board members in fundraising, donor cultivation, events, advocacy, and shared responsibility for Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s future.
• Provide clear and respectful leadership that supports effective Board-staff relationships, role clarity, realistic planning, and thoughtful decision-making.
• Support the continued development of governance practices, policies, and structures that meet Myrtle Beach Art Museum’s current needs and future aspirations.
• Embrace other Board relations and governance responsibilities as needed.Traits and Characteristics
The Executive Director will be a receptive, intentional, and resourceful leader who brings creativity, intuition, and practical focus to their work. Highly engaged and adaptable, they will communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders while navigating frequent change and multiple priorities with ease. Energized by purpose and results, the Executive Director will act with confidence, collaboration, and a competitive spirit, seeking opportunities that advance the organization’s goals while maximizing the impact of time, talent, energy, and resources.
Other key competencies include:
• Leadership and Goal Orientation – The capacity to organize and motivate other people with a sense of purpose and direction while setting, pursuing, and attaining goals.
• Personal Accountability – The willingness to self-evaluate, learn from mistakes, take responsibility for personal actions and decisions, accept setbacks, look for ways to progress, and understand how obstacles impact results.
• Planning and Organizing – The aptitude to utilize logical, systematic, and orderly procedures to meet objectives, prioritizing tasks for optimum productivity and anticipating probable effects, outcomes, and risks.
• Time and Priority Management – The adeptness to develop goals and objectives, identify and resolve issues, determine realistic timelines, and establish top priorities that result in significant and positive outcomes.
• Decision Making – The ingenuity to analyze all aspects of a situation; establish and achieve specific, measurable, attainable, reviewable, and time-sensitive goals; and make consistently sound, timely, and well-communicated decisions.
• Problem Solving – The ability to define, analyze, and diagnose key components of a problem to formulate a solution.Qualifications
A minimum of five years of leadership experience in an arts and culture organization is required. A bachelor’s degree in art, art history, history, museum studies, business, or finance is ideal, and a master’s degree is preferred. Training and/or experience in management, finance, investment, and fundraising practices is required. Familiarity with the museum profession, best practices, and standards of the field, including Museum Accreditation standards, is highly desirable, alongside knowledge of legal issues surrounding museum practice; methods, procedures, and regulations related to Federal and State grants; methods and procedures related to corporate and nonprofit foundation grants; historic preservation; and relevant tax law and compliance issues. A candidate who does not meet all the qualifications but possesses transferable or equivalent skills, experience, or education is encouraged to inquire or apply and to highlight those areas in their cover letter.
Compensation and Benefits
The Myrtle Beach Art Museum provides a competitive and equitable compensation package with an estimated salary range of $95,000 to $125,000. Benefits include salary support that incorporates 100% of the cost of health insurance benefits, 10 paid days off with additional days accrued based on tenure, and eight paid holidays.
Applications and Inquiries
To submit a cover letter and resume with a summary of demonstrable accomplishments (electronic submissions preferred), please visit https://artsconsulting.com/opensearches/the-franklin-g-burroughs-simeon-b-chapin-art-museum-seeks-executive-director/
Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum (the Myrtle Beach Art Museum) is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. The Myrtle Beach Art Museum is committed to a workplace that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect, and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected status.
- Director of Marketing & Communications at The Reser
Patricia Reser Center for the Arts
Reports to: Executive Director
FSLA Status: Exempt, Full-time with benefits
Schedule: As dictated by scheduled events; this position will require evening and weekend work as well as occasional holidays.
Date of Posting: June 16, 2026Patricia Reser Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity, at-will employer, dedicated to the goal of creating a diverse and inclusive working environment. We strongly encourage applications from women, persons of color, and LGBTQ individuals. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
ABOUT US
The Patricia Reser Center for the Arts is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most dynamic arts destinations, a place where world-class artists meet a genuinely curious, engaged, and growing audience. Located in Beaverton, Oregon—a vibrant and culturally diverse city just west of Portland and one of the region’s fastest-growing communities—The Reser opened in 2022 and has quickly become a cultural force, presenting an ambitious mix of music, dance, film, theater, comedy, and visual art that reflects the full breadth of human experience. For more information about the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, please visit www.thereser.org
The Reser Presents series is the organization’s flagship programming engine, bringing nationally and internationally recognized artists to the beautifully intimate 550-seat Mainstage Theater. Beyond presenting, The Reser serves as a sought-after event destination, community gathering place, and education hub—drawing an average of 55,000 visits per year across ticketed performances, free public events, gallery programming, and rentals. In just a few years, it has established meaningful roots in the region.
Now entering its fifth anniversary season with a $4.4MM operating budget, The Reser is at an inflection point with a strong foundation, an engaged community, and tangible ambition for what comes next. The Director, Marketing & Communications, will help shape that story and build the audiences to sustain it.
ABOUT THE JOB
The Director, Marketing & Communications is a senior leadership team member responsible for the full audience lifecycle at The Reser, from first awareness through ticket purchase, event experience, and long-term loyalty. This role encompasses marketing and communications strategy, public relations, and box office and patron services operations, ensuring that all functions work together as an integrated, audience-centered system.
PRIMARY RELATIONSHIPS
This is a strategic role requiring vision, market intelligence, and organizational authority to drive decisions. The Director leads a team of four full-time and multiple part-time staff across marketing and box office, and works in close collaboration with Programming, Donor Engagement, Production, and Administration. The incoming Director will step into a team in active motion, inheriting a new season launch and a fifth anniversary with significant brand and revenue potential.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
Marketing Strategy and Campaign Execution
• Develop and lead the annual and multi-year marketing strategy for The Reser, with primary focus on Reser Presents programming including the art gallery, education programming, and supporting attention to rentals events.
• Plan and oversee integrated multi-channel marketing campaigns across digital, email, print, social media, and paid advertising, calibrated to drive single-ticket sales, build loyalty, and grow overall audience engagement.
• Establish and manage the annual marketing budget, which is close to $200K for FY 2027, maintaining discipline between marketing spend and earned revenue goals.
• Lead audience development strategy, including patron acquisition, retention, reactivation, and segmentation, in close collaboration with the Database Manager. Leverage patron data and purchasing behavior to inform campaign planning and offer development.
• Support the membership program by collaborating with the Donor Engagement team to drive revenue growth and patron retention.
• Serve as the organization’s brand guardian, ensuring consistency across all public-facing touchpoints and materials, and building The Reser’s identity and reputation.
• Lead marketing strategy for signature organizational initiatives and milestones, treating each as an opportunity for brand elevation, community engagement, and revenue growth.Communications & Public Relations
• Develop and execute a public relations strategy to drive earned media coverage, manage press and media relationships, and position The Reser as a leading voice in Pacific Northwest arts and culture.
• Support and prepare the Executive Director as the organization’s primary media spokesperson and public-facing institutional voice.
• Shape a compelling institutional narrative positioning The Reser as a cultural destination, community anchor, and essential part of life in the Portland metro region.
• Set editorial direction and content strategy across channels, with the Marketing & Communications Design Manager responsible for production and execution. Ensure messaging, tone, and content consistently reflect The Reser’s brand and connect meaningfully with current and prospective audiences.
• Develop and execute internal communications strategy in partnership with the Executive Director, ensuring staff, board, and key stakeholders are informed, aligned, and connected to organizational priorities.
• Manage external communications vendors, PR support, and agency relationships, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and brand standards.Partnership Marketing and Audience Development
• Identify and cultivate relationships with external organizations, brands, cultural institutions, and community groups whose audiences represent growth opportunities for The Reser.
• Develop and activate partnership programs that drive attendance and engagement, including co-promotions, cross-marketing initiatives, affinity group campaigns, and community presence.
• Translate partnership relationships into measurable attendance and revenue outcomes, tracking performance and embedding results into ongoing marketing planning.Box Office and Patron Services
• Set the strategic vision for patron services, ensuring the Box Office & Patron Services team continues to deliver an experience that reflects The Reser’s brand and builds long-term audience loyalty.
• Ensure a welcoming, accessible, and high-quality patron experience across all box office and patron services touchpoints, from first inquiry through ticket purchase and arrival.
• Provide leadership for ticketing strategy, pricing, group sales, and accessibility programming.
• Partner with the Patron Services, Audience Services and Programming teams on house policies, capacity management, and revenue optimization.Data, Systems, and Reporting
• Direct the Database Manager to ensure the organization’s CRM and ticketing data infrastructure supports accurate reporting, audience segmentation, and campaign measurement.
• Establish regular reporting cadences on marketing performance, sales pacing, and patron metrics, utilizing consistent analysis to inform decision-making.
• Partner with the Database Manager and Managing Director to develop and maintain organization-wide health metrics for quarterly Board reporting, integrating sales data alongside broader organizational performance indicators.CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION
The Director works closely with the Director of Programming and Executive Director on season marketing, artist promotional requirements, and co-production or partnership opportunities, and collaborates with the Director of Donor Engagement to ensure marketing and development initiatives reinforce one another, particularly around audience-to-donor cultivation and reputation-building. The Director collaborates with the Audience Services, Production, and Operations teams on ensuring an overall positive patron experience, and establishes the promotional framework and standards for rental client support in coordination with the Rentals team.
TEAM LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
The Director leads, develops, and motivates a team across two distinct but connected functions, establishing clear roles, expectations, and accountability structures. This includes managing departmental workflow, workload distribution, and staff development across marketing and patron services, with a commitment to maximizing the contribution of every team member. The Director models a culture of high standards, creative ambition, and operational discipline.
QUALIFICATIONS
• 5 to 7+ years of progressive marketing experience, with at least three years in a director-level role; nonprofit performing arts, entertainment, or gate-driven venue experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated success driving earned revenue through integrated marketing campaigns in a single-ticket and subscription environment
• Experience with CRM and ticketing systems; Tessitura or similar preferred
• Strong leadership and team management skills across multiple functional areas
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including media spokesperson experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experienceWORKING ENVIRONMENT – ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL ABILITIES
About sixty percent of the principal responsibilities of this position are performed in a traditional office setting and do not typically involve equipment that poses a threat of injury. Forty percent of the job requires the ability to tour the facility and interact professionally with potential clients. The successful completion of duties relies on the following physical abilities: Sufficient (corrected or uncorrected) vision to read text of various sizes and perceive colors and shapes accurately. Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing to communicate effectively in person and on a telephone, to hear sounds within the normal range of conversation and in the context of crowd noise. Sufficient manual dexterity to operate office equipment. Sufficient personal mobility, strength, and reflexes to perform light work and to reach, stoop, bend, kneel, climb, and lift as much as 25 pounds. Must also be able to stand for extended periods of time without assistance.
The physical abilities required for this position may be flexible, and we encourage those who may require accommodation to apply.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Salary range $85,000 – $90,000, commensurate with experience. Benefits include medical/dental/vision insurance, Flexible Spending Account, paid vacation, fully covered garage parking pass, complimentary tickets and matching 403(b) retirement plan contributions.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to submit a resume, accompanied by a cover letter describing why this position is of interest and the personal and professional experience that has prepared them to be successful. All applications will be held in confidence. Initial review of applications will begin on or about July 6th, 2026, and will continue until a pool of highly qualified finalists has been identified. Applicants should submit materials as soon as possible. Applications received after July 25th, 2026, may not be eligible for consideration.
All applications and/or inquiries should be sent via email only to:
John Haynes, Bard Arts Consulting
Jobs@TheReser.orgMS Word or PDF (preferred) attachments only, please
Subject Line: DIRECTOR OF MARKETING application
No phone calls please.
File names of all resumes and attachments should include applicant’s last name
===================================================================== - “Public Media Should Not Lie”
Good Morning,
Every state keeps its own record, and every record flatters whoever is writing. Aeon’s account of how imperial China’s dynasties wrote their official histories, since the first century BCE, reliably self-serving results — reads today less like ancient history than briefing material (Aeon).
In Hungary, the new president suspended the public broadcasters Viktor Orbán spent years converting into a propaganda arm. The main TV channel went dark behind a message: “Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long” (The Guardian). In the US, the pressure runs the other way — ABC is telling the FCC that The View‘s standing as a news show is settled law, defending the definition of news against its own regulator (The New York Times).
The Onion has finally reopened Infowars, with a declared strategy of baiting Alex Jones into wasting his own airtime (Slate). But the day’s most constructive line belongs to Patrice Lawrence, the UK’s new children’s laureate: “We say stories work — let’s show how they work” (The Guardian).
Meanwhile, aboard a cruise ship carrying 20 celebrity impersonators, Sinatra (A) shook hands with Sinatra (B) (N+1) and…
All of our stories below.
- Aboard A Cruise Ship With 20 Celebrity Impersonators
“Near the exit, with his blue eyes and sensible sandals, was Boy George, who swanned over to double-cheek kiss Sharon, then peck the forehead of Martha Stewart, and — skipping over Jeff Bezos — the tip of Fran Drescher’s nose. Sinatra (A), by the banquette, had just politely pumped the hand of Sinatra (B) …” – N+1
- ABC, Fighting Back Against The FCC, Says That ‘The View’ As A News Show Is Long-Settled Law
“The F.C.C.’s focus on The View plays on longstanding grudges held by the president against the show and some of its hosts, and thrusts a talk show started by the ABC journalist Barbara Walters as a breezy kaffeeklatsch into a molten national debate.” – The New York Times
- British Businessman Fined In First Russia Art Sanctions Conviction
“The U.K. banned the export of luxury items such as cars, jewelry, art, and antiques valued over £250 ($330) to Russia in April 2022. Breaching the law is considered a criminal offense,” but the businessman was fined $37,000 instead. – Artnet
- The UK’s New Children’s Laureate Is Neither White Nor Dead
Patrice Lawrence “has a practical vision for her laureateship. ‘To change policy you need evidence,’ she says. ‘We say stories work, let’s show how they work.’” – The Guardian (UK)
- In Pamplona With The Bulls As Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises” Turns 100
“Hemingway is etched into the landscape of Pamplona. Hotels and bars have busts of him or signs up that he was once there. Outside the Pamplona bull ring, … a huge banner hangs in honor of the novel, including a quote that shows how the festival left the writer speechless.” – AP
- No Joke: The Onion Has Finally Opened Infowars Again
The strategy with saying Alex Jones exploded; “We’re trying to draw him in [because then] … he’s not hurting anybody else for a few minutes or he’s not, you know, spreading more ridiculous lies about innocent people. So we want to waste his time.” – Slate
- The Origins Of Performance Star Carmelita Tropicana
“What resulted was not just an outré and out lesbian ‘Latin spitfire,’ in [artist Alina Troyano’s] words, but also decades of film and theater work on topics ranging from racism and homelessness to revolution to questions of identity.” – Hyperallergic
- Kahlo Foundation Creates A New Prize For Emerging Mexican Artists
“Through the process of opening the museo and welcoming the globe into Frida’s world, there has been one constant refrain: Más amor, más família, más Mexico – more love, more family, more Mexico,” said the artist’s grandniece. – ARTnews
- How The Dynasties Of Imperial China Wrote Their Histories (It’s Complicated)
The Emperors’ courts did, in fact, document their history carefully, according to a procedure which was followed more-or-less faithfully from the first century BCE onward. That’s not to say that the result was either comprehensive or impartial. – Aeon
- We Need To Talk, Again, About That Possibly AI-Generated Award-Winning Short Story
“While nothing that he writes is of much interest, Nazir himself is shaping up to be an oddly appealing character. He’s a cultural chancer.” (And wow, Commonwealth Prize jury, what were you doing?) – Slate
- Who Makes Choices When We ‘Choose’?
“The brain initiates voluntary action unconsciously: our conscious sense that we have decided to act is actually the result of this brain activity.” It’s possible that our only choice is in deciding not to do something. – 3 Quarks
- How U.S. Dance Companies Have Been Approaching Patriotism For America250
Some companies have embraced outright celebration; a few are pointedly grappling with what they see as troubling issues in the country’s history and present. Many are highlighting the huge body of American choreographic work, both ballet and modern/contemporary. – Dance Magazine
- Hungary’s New President Suspends Broadcasting By Public Media News Outlets Compromised By Orbán
“The Kossuth radio station and M1, Hungary’s main public television channel, had halted transmission by Tuesday afternoon, with the latter showing the message: ‘Public media should not lie. We are sorry for doing it for so long.’” For the time being, Kossuth is rebroadcasting public radio’s classical-music channel. – The Guardian
- The Effective-Altruism Movement Is About To Make A Comeback, Powered By AI Titans And Their Money
“Since the (Sam Bankman-Fried/FTX) scandal, the movement’s organizations have shied away from the limelight and become extremely concerned with PR. For several years, their growth has been severely curtailed. But they survived. And the new AI money has given EA a chance to come back larger than ever before.” – New York Magazine