Monument Lab is a nonprofit public art and history studio based in Philadelphia. Monument Lab works with artists, students, activists, municipal agencies, and cultural institutions on participatory approaches to public engagement and collective memory. Founded in 2012, Monument Lab cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments. Through exhibitions, research programs, and fellowships, Monument Lab critically engages our inherited symbols in order to unearth the next generation of monuments that elevate stories of resistance and hope.
As an organization we aspire to make our decisions, including how our resources are obtained and allocated, based on these values: Art at the Core, Process Matters as Much as Outcome, Intersectionality for Transformation, Collaboration with Boundaries, Citation and Compensation, Integrity with Accountability, Culture of Care, and Wisdom and Learning.
The Director of Advancement will work to strengthen the mission of Monument Lab by creating, leading, planning, and managing a comprehensive development and fundraising effort to deepen and sustain our organizational growth. In collaboration with a wide network of partners and stakeholders, internally and externally, the Director of Advancement will play a key role in supporting existing organizational relationships and cultivating new opportunities with institutional, corporate, and individual donors.
Reporting to the Director of Monument Lab, this position will serve on the leadership team and work in close coordination with the Chief Operating Officer and Board of Directors. The Director of Advancement will collaborate across all departments to organize and execute development initiatives. The position will develop systems and implement best practices to shape an expanding advancement team. In addition, this position will have supervisory responsibilities.
The Exhibition Team Manager(s) will serve as the primary point of contact and manage the day-to-day exhibition, interpretation and visitor service operations. Managers will lead and coordinate a large team of exhibition staff, to include students, artists and educators. Managers will have a strong understanding of the exhibition content and programs grounded in artist-led civic engagement, historical interpretation, and storytelling.
Pulling Together is the pilot exhibition of the Beyond Granite initiative. The exhibition is curated by Monument Lab and will feature installations and special programs from six leading contemporary artists on the National Mall that respond to a central curatorial question: What stories remain untold on the National Mall? The exhibition will take place between August 18-September 18, 2023.
Beyond Granite is a partnership among the Trust for the National Mall, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Park Service, and is funded by the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project.
Learn more about the exhibition by clicking here.
The Exhibition Team will support the day-to-day exhibition, interpretation and visitor service operations of Pulling Together, the pilot exhibition of the Beyond Granite initiative on the National Mall in the Fall of 2023. The visitor services team will have a strong understanding of the exhibition content and programs grounded in artist-led civic engagement, historical interpretation, and storytelling.
Pulling Together is the pilot exhibition of the Beyond Granite initiative. The exhibition is curated by Monument Lab and will feature installations and special programs from six leading contemporary artists on the National Mall that respond to a central curatorial question: What stories remain untold on the National Mall? The exhibition will take place between August 18-September 18, 2023.
Beyond Granite is a partnership among the Trust for the National Mall, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the National Park Service, and is funded by the Mellon Foundation’s Monuments Project. Learn more about the exhibition by clicking here.