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Job Opportunity: Artist Liaison

Start date: September 1, 2022
Location: Remote (located in time zones between GMT and GMT+3)
Basis: Four days per week (freelance)
Deadline to apply: July 17, and interviews will be held virtually July 21, 22 & 25

Mophradat creates opportunities for artists from the Arab world through an inventive approach to funding, commissioning, collaborating, and gathering. Our way of working is imaginative and ambitious, inclusive, and hospitable.

Mophradat is a Brussels-based non-profit arts association that also runs a multidisciplinary venue in Athens for individuals, collectives, and organizations who are likewise working through art to champion progressive narratives and values. Alongside this project, Mophradat continues its regional and international programs that support artists from the Arab world, promote critical thinking on the current arts-making paradigms, and create opportunities in partnership with interesting arts organizations globally.

This Artist Liaison position is for someone with significant experience in the arts who wants to work closely with artists to help them realize their projects that are developed as part of Mophradat’s programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on emerging musicians, performing artists, and visual artists from within and outside of Mophradat’s database to consider for commissioning, including compiling portfolios and contact information.
• Follow up the development of Consortium Commissions 2023/25 projects with artists and institutions, including any administrative or communication-related follow-up required.
• Be the primary contact for fellows and hosting artists and institutions participating in the Artists Fellowships program. This includes regular check-ins, monthly follow-ups, administrative aspects, and reporting.
• Follow up with Grants for Artists’ Practice recipients on the development of their projects and coordinate their relationship with their “Peer” within the program parameters.
• Provide all relevant administrative support related to the aforementioned tasks in close collaboration with the Grants and Administration coordinators.

Requirements

• Be from the Arab world or its diaspora;
• Fluent in Arabic and English;
• Active in the nonprofit arts field since at least seven years, with experience working with artists and institutions;
• Sensitivity and enthusiasm for facilitating other people’s work needs;
• Necessary social skills to be in daily communication with a wide range of artists and institutions;
• Extensive knowledge of the arts communities in (parts) of the Arab world;
• Desire to be part of a progressive organization that promotes equality and diversity, and be part of an ongoing process of reflection;
• Ability to work independently and flexibly as part of a small team;
• Committed to working precisely and systematically.

To apply, please send us a letter (max. two pages) telling us about yourself, your interest in the position detailing some of your experience working with artists and institutions, along with your CV including your personal details and the names and contacts of two professional references.

Applications are only accepted in English or Arabic.

Please send your application to office@mophradat.org, indicating “Artist Liaison” in the subject. The deadline to apply is July 17, and interviews will be held virtually on July 21, 22 & 25.