Post Graduate Teaching Fellowships & Exhibitions Fellowship
 Tufts University | |
 United States, Massachusetts, Boston | |
 Nov 09, 2026 | |
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The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts University is hiring Post-Graduate Teaching Fellows (PGTFs) for Academic Year 2027-2028. PGTFs teach classes individually or with full-time faculty, according to curricular needs. All candidates should expect to receive their MFA from SMFA in May 2027 or August 2027. Some positions are for the full academic year, while others are one semester long. It will be to the discretion of the individual department(s) to make a full-year job offer or semester-long offer. Applicants should submit a general application for the Post-Graduate Fellowships and note their areas of interest (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.) as well as skills (Photoshop, book binding, welding, etc.), in their cover letter. PGTFs will work closely with a faculty mentor and will be required to attend departmental meetings, training sessions, and the new faculty orientation held at the end of August (date TBD). Research is not part of this position. PGTFs will also assist with events within the Graduate Programs such as Orientation, Open Studios, First-year Exhibition, and the Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Additionally, applicants may apply for the Post-Graduate Exhibitions Fellowship (please see full description below). Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts University is seeking one (1) Post-Graduate Exhibitions Fellow (PGEF) for Academic Year 2027-2028. This position is designed for a student who wants to gain professional, hands-on training in exhibition, installation, and curatorial practices and to experience the inner workings of contemporary art galleries. The Exhibitions Fellowship is designed to deepen students' understanding of the practical and intellectual tasks of exhibitions in a gallery and school setting. Working alongside gallery staff, the Fellow will be the primary conduit for organizing and implementing the school's departmental Area exhibitions, which take place in the Atrium, Building A Gallery (BAG), and Well Gallery, and rotate in intervals of roughly one show per month. This role includes supporting faculty and students by coordinating submissions, generating checklists, assisting with artwork installation, handling label production, advising on exhibition design, and participating in installation/de-installation. As the chief gallery liaison for Area show faculty, the Fellow will also be responsible for managing communication around the Area shows through exhibition procedures laid out in the Student Exhibitions Handbook, Art Sale guides, and TUAG procedures documents, including internal faculty and staff communication and working with the galleries team to generate school-wide awareness of these programs. This Fellow will also have the opportunity to develop Atrium-based curatorial projects with other Post-Grad Fellows and students at the SMFA, in addition to activating other available spaces in the SMFA buildings. They will be involved with learning opportunities in the classroom through TUAG exhibition tours, and sharing best practices for installation, media, labels and signage. During the SMFA Art Sale near the end of the fall semester, the Exhibitions Fellow will be involved in assisting the gallery and SMFA Development teams with art handling tasks (hanging, moving, and wrapping art) and registrarial duties. Some additional roles of the PGEF include, but are not limited to:
15 hours/week, hours are flexible to fellow's personal schedule, in person, with coverage at beginning, middle, and end of the week. Some evenings required. Position is for both academic semesters. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement Tufts University, founded in 1852, prioritizes quality teaching, highly competitive basic and applied research, and a commitment to active citizenship locally, regionally, and globally. Tufts University has also committed to becoming an anti-racist institution and prides itself on the continuous improvement of diversity, equity and inclusion work. Current and prospective employees of the university are expected to have and continuously develop skill in, and disposition for, positively engaging with a diverse population of faculty, staff, and students. Tufts University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. See the University's Non-Discrimination statement and policy here https://oeo.tufts.edu/policies-procedures/non-discrimination/. If you are an applicant with a disability who is unable to use our online tools to search and apply for jobs, please contact us by calling the Office of Equal Opportunity (OEO) at 617-627-3298 or at oeo@tufts.edu. Applicants can learn more about requesting reasonable accommodations at https://oeo.tufts.edu/. Candidates should:
All application materials must be submitted via Interfolio as PDF documents. Please use the naming convention lastname_firstname_document for all application material. Example: Bluett_Cody_Cover Letter Application Materials:
For more information about this process, please contact Cody Bluett (cody.bluett@tufts.edu) and Laurel Nakadate (laurel.nakadate@tufts.edu). Applications should be submitted no later than 11:59 pm on Sunday, November 29, 2026. | |