We anticipate that following openings will be posted to the campus Human Resources website by late March, 2025:
- Director, Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center (to start summer of 2025) If you would like to receive notice when this position has been posted, please fill out this short form.
Manager of Ticketing and Customer Service, Campus Ticket Office (to start spring/summer of 2025)
The State University of New York (SUNY) at Fredonia seeks a creative, accomplished and entrepreneurial leader for its Michael C. Rockefeller Arts Center (RAC), a four-venue, two-gallery complex that has been serving Western New York and Northwest Pennsylvania for over 50 years. Situated halfway between Buffalo NY and Erie PA, RAC comprises a 1146-seat concert hall, a 369-seat proscenium theatre, a 200-seat black box, a 99-seat 3,000 square foot dance theatre/studio with retractable seats, and two art galleries. The building is home to the Department of Theatre and Dance (260 majors) and the Department of Visual Arts and New Media (230 majors) and contains numerous departmental studios, rehearsal rooms, shops and offices. Fredonia’s School of Music (520 majors) is housed in the adjacent Mason Hall which has two additional recital halls managed by the School of Music. Within RAC, over 150 events are presented annually by the center and 22 academic departments, student groups and community organizations. Academic department usage accounts for the majority of annual events.
As an administrative unit within the Division of University Advancement, RAC is the primary campus presenter of visiting artists and ensembles. Established guest artist programming consists of a family series (2-3 visiting companies per year), a K-6 on-school-time series (3-4 companies per year with multiple performances) and the center’s flagship pops series (3-4 events annually including a center-produced commencement-eve concert that serves as a showcase for students from Fredonia’s vocal, jazz and musical theatre programs). Occasional special events, not on any series, are also presented. These include the country’s premiere military bands.
In addition, RAC provides a robust spectrum of supporting services to all users of the facility. These include: scheduling, technical support, ticketing, front-of-house operations, centralized mailing and marketing/ticketing/fundraising database, publishing of playbills for major ticketed events, distributing a portion of donated income from the center’s “Friends of RAC” annual fund to arts departments, and assistance with securing corporate sponsorships.