This is a founding role. Supported by a three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation, the Director will be the Center’s first full-time leader, responsible for implementing its vision, managing operations, coordinating programming, and building partnerships. The role is structured as an independent contractor engagement.
The position is designed as a meaningful leadership opportunity for an emerging or early-career arts professional from the region. The Director will not be building alone: they will work closely with an actively engaged board of directors and advisors with both local and national experience, and will be mentored by Gaspar Enriquez himself, who continues to steward Mi Casa Gallery and brings a perspective that cannot be replicated — the lived experience of building this space and the relationships with neighbors, artists, and institutions that have sustained it. That mentorship is understood as a central element of the Director’s professional development.