2024-12-22T01:45:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150250649/more-than-insensitive-the-architecture-community-responds-to-the-indianapolis-museum-of-art-at-newfields-job-post Katherine Guimapang 2021-02-18T17:40:00-05:00 >2021-10-12T01:42:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/44/44ff66e2b0eee9978cbfacfc1dbcbb5b.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>On February 13, 2021, the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields posted a job listing searching for a new director. While their goal was to find potential applicants for hire, what resulted was another glimpse of marginalization within the hiring process. What made this job description so volatile was their search for an individual who would help maintain "the Museum's traditional, core, <em>white</em> audience." I first learned of this news while scrolling through my Twitter feed and seeing a tweet made by long-time Archinector and Archinect Sessions podcast co-host <a href="https://archinect.com/people/cover/1906872/donna-sink" target="_blank">Donna Sink</a>.&nbsp;</p> <p>Donna provided a screenshot of the listing and followed up with an updated image of the job post with "corrections" made by the museum a few hours after her tweet was posted. Sure, edits were made, but the damage was already done. Seeing a job description like this was disappointing and stomach-turning, to say the least, but does it shock me? Not entirely.<br><br></p> 9am Saturday 13 February 2021 Newfields is still actively s...