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ABOUT THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART

As the first museum to focus exclusively on storytelling through images, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art believes that visual storytelling can connect us and help shape a more just society. With a growing collection that encompasses artworks from across cultures, places, times, and mediums, including paintings, sculptures, murals, photography, comic art, book and magazine illustrations, and the arts of filmmaking, the Lucas Museum will explore narrative art’s potential to prompt questions, invite opinions, inspire community, and move people to think about the impact of images on our world.

Co-founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson and led by director and CEO Sandra Jackson-Dumont, the Lucas Museum was designed by renowned architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects with Stantec as executive architect and is under construction in Los Angeles’s Exposition Park. An 11-acre campus with extensive new green space designed by Studio-MLA will embrace the museum’s 300,000-square-foot building, which will feature expansive galleries, two state-of-the-art theaters, and dedicated spaces for learning and engagement, dining, retail, and events. .

POSITION SUMMARY

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art seeks a General Counsel who will serve as an integral member of the Museum’s senior team. The General Counsel will be a strategic partner to the Director and the executive team and should be a critical and creative thinker, with strong problem-solving skills to devise solutions to help the Museum achieve its institutional goals, operational needs, and strategic initiatives. The Museum is a private operating foundation, and this role will provide expert professional legal and risk-management advice and consultation.. The General Counsel will be an experienced attorney responsible for overseeing all legal issues including but not limited to compliance with exempt organization law; employment law and compliance; intellectual property and rights; and business and other strategic agreements. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both within the Museum and with the communities that we serve.