Job Listing
Museum Curator (Art )
National Gallery of Art · Posted 49 days ago
About the Role
The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Millions of people come through our doors each year, with even more online, making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Our renowned collection includes over 160,000 works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.
What You'll Do
- →The Division of Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art is responsible for the care, study, display, and expansion of a world-class collection of some 120,000 works—prints, drawings, artists' books, and ephemera from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world from the medieval period to the present day.
- →Through exhibitions, publications, and collaborations across the National Gallery and with international partners, the Department advances understanding of artists' working methods and ensures the long-term preservation of these light-sensitive works.
- →This position is for an emerging scholar with expertise in prints and drawings post-1860, with an emphasis on the graphic arts of outside of Europe and the United States, i.e.
- →Latin America, Asia, or the broader Global South, who will assist the department in thoughtful stewardship, augmentation, and interpretation of the graphics collection to facilitate expansive storytelling and new perspectives.
- →Develop research and publish projects related to the collection of modern and contemporary prints and drawings Work collaboratively with Gallery colleagues and counterparts in other institutions.
- →Develop or execute concepts for loan exhibitions or installations of selections from the permanent collection on a regular basis.
- →Coordinates with the departments of Exhibitions, Conservation, Registrar, and Design and Installation to meet exhibition production schedule deadlines Participates in the thoughtful augmentation of the post-1860 prints and drawings collection through judicious proposals for acquisitions
Requirements
- ✓Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.
- ✓For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website.
- ✓It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date.
- ✓Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement.
- ✓Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience.
- ✓Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social).
- ✓Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.
- ✓Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter field.
- ✓Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.
- ✓Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above Education must be obtained from an accredited institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Foreign education must be reviewed by an organization recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website.
Benefits
- ★The Federal Government offers a comprehensive benefits package.
- ★Flexible Spending Accounts - http://www.fsafeds.com/ Health Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/health/index.asp Leave - http://www.opm.gov/oca/leave/index.asp Life Insurance - http://www.opm.gov/insure/life/index.asp Retirement Program - http://www.opm.gov/retirement-services/
Personality Fit
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
Job ID: e7c66076-1650-4e4e-869e-e746fb2be686
Posted via USAJobs