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James Turrell's Roden Crater is hiring a construction manager for the iconic artwork

2023-08-16T10:45:00-04:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Project Manager at the Center for Zero Waste Design, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opportunity on Archinect Jobs for a Construction Manager at the Skystone Foundation.

The role, based in Flagstaff, AZ, will see the successful candidate “work closely with the artist on all phases of the construction of the Roden Crater project, an unprecedented large-scale artwork created within a volcanic cinder cone by light and space artist James Turrell.” Qualifications held by the ideal candidate include a degree in Architecture with the ability to obtain a license in Arizona, and a proficiency in AutoCAD, Revit, Rhino, SketchUp, Navisworks, and Adobe Creative Suite.

James Turrell. Image courtesy: Skystone Foundation

Why the role interests us

Roden Crater is one of the most famous pieces of landscape art in the United States. The site was acquired by Turrell in 1979, who has spent over four decades design...

James Turrell to finally open his latest art installation at Roden Crater in the Arizona Desert

2019-01-15T09:02:00-05:00

For the past 40 years, artist James Turrell has been working on creating his most massive project yet, a largely unseen network of installations built inside a dormant volcano in the Arizona desert. The ambitious land artwork aims to turn the 2.5-mile wide crater into a series of rooms and tunnels designed for contemplation of light, landscape and time.

At 75, Turrell has spent over half his life sculpting the Roden Crater into his magnum opus, which is only about a third of the way done. According to the WSJ. Magazine, a new deal with Arizona State University promises to have the project open to the general public for the first time.

Roden Crater.

Working with the ASU Foundation and Skystone Foundation—the crater’s nonprofit umbrella—the revised masterplan is expected to complete within the next five years. A long-range strategy for the site, made urgent after Turrell's June health scare, is also being formulated by ASU, who will incorporate the project into its academic programmi...