Paid Professional Staff Positions

MANIFEST IS HIRING!

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – Full Time

Manifest seeks applications by qualified, experienced, and energetic candidates for the full time position of Development Manager.

DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

This will be a new position at Manifest. The role is currently being defined and will be crafted, in-part, around the qualifications of the ideal candidate.

Full time 40 hours per week.
Flexible working hours, including some evenings and weekends.

Compensation: $45k-$65k range, based on qualifications and experience.
Monthly allowance stipend for benefits.

Reports to Executive Director

The ideal candidate is a charismatic storyteller who is comfortable thinking outside the box, is a proactive learner, team player, strategic fundraiser, and detail-oriented skilled administrator with a passion for excellence in the visual arts, and supporting visual literacy, critical thinking, and skill development for a wide range of participants.

(FOR MORE INFO AND TO APPLY DOWNLOAD THE FULL POSITION BRIEF HERE)

Meet our team at: www.manifestgallery.org/about/staff.html

About Manifest:

Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center was founded in 2004 by Cincinnati area professors and students. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization headquartered in the historic urban neighborhood of East Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio. The museum-like street level exhibition space is minutes away from downtown Cincinnati, and the numerous academic institutions of higher learning in the region. It is also within easy walking distance of a diversely populated historic neighborhood with residents from all walks of life. The galleries are free and open to the public five or more hours per day (including evenings), five days a week, presenting unique and widely varied exhibitions featuring jury-selected works by artists from around the world. The 15,000 square foot Manifest Drawing Center studio is located about four miles west of the gallery in the community of Clifton. This recently purchased 93 year old historic building is what will become the home for ALL Manifest programs over the course of the next two years following a significant renovation and construction phase that is starting now! The Drawing Center offers life-drawing and a photographic darkroom for artists of all levels, as well as independent professionally-instructed college-level workshops and public demos in painting, drawing, photography, and other related disciplines throughout the year. By fall of 2025 the Center will also boast a brand new one-of-a-kind in the region printmaking studio supporting both relief printmaking and stone lithography.

Mission:
Manifest’s mission is to stand for the importance of quality and creative research in the visual arts, meaningful and accessible art-based experiences for the public, deep learning outside academia promoting skill development, visual literacy and critical thinking, and the rigorous documentation of exceptional art for posterity.

Manifest Gallery serves as a venue for the display and experience of quality-vetted contemporary visual art made by local, national, and international artists, including students and professionals.

Manifest Drawing Center promotes and explores drawing, photography, and related activities as rich and culturally significant art forms through the pursuit of educational hands-on activities. 

Manifest Press documents the organization's collaborations with artists through artfully designed publications and has the goal to make the organization's projects accessible for public availability everywhere, including outside its own geographical radius.

The Manifest Artist Residency (MAR) supports artists in making art and engaging the general public by providing an optimal working space and dynamic environment for meaningful growth.

Vision:
To be a sanctuary for the practice, learning, and experience of the visual arts.

To learn a lot more about Manifest, its history, programs, supporters, and people take a few moments to browse the website.

Manifest is supported by sustainability funding from the Ohio Arts Council, and through the generous direct contributions of hundreds of individual supporters and private foundations who care deeply about Manifest's mission for the visual arts.

gallery map
2727 woodburn avenue
cincinnati, ohio 45206

drawing center map (m1)
3464 Central Parkway
cincinnati, ohio 45223