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[email protected] POSITION DESCRIPTION AND IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE POSITION: Executive Director CLIENT: Danforth Art LOCATION: Framingham, Massachusetts BACKGROUND Danforth Art is seeking a dynamic, visionary and entrepreneurial executive director to lead the organization through its next phase which will include a capital campaign and a move into a new home in the Jonathan Maynard Building on historic Framingham Centre Common. Established in 1975 by a local group of educators, business people, artists and art lovers, the Danforth Museum of Art, now called Danforth Art, has grown to become a vital and highly regarded regional cultural resource. Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, 20 miles west of Boston, Danforth Art, a museum and school, provides vibrant exhibits and educational experiences in the visual arts. Danforth Art engages the public through its collection of American art, changing exhibits of contemporary artists, classes and workshops in the School, and a variety of community outreach programs. While Danforth Art’s collection of American art ranges from the 18th Century to present day, the museum currently focuses on showing the very best examples of contemporary art by both emerging and established artists primarily in New England, as well as exploring in depth Boston Expressionism. Their compelling exhibitions – more than 25 each year – and permanent collection of over 3,500 works of art offer countless opportunities for all ages to explore a range of media and artistic forms of expression. Danforth Art’s school offers more than 500 studio art courses and workshops to children and adults each year.