Associate Curator Title: Associate Curator
\nDepartment: Curatorial
\nType: Full-time exempt position, with some evenings and weekends
\nSalary: Commensurate to experience
\nReports to: Chief Curator
\nOrganization: Bellevue Arts Museum Bellevue Arts Museum<\/p>\n
Bellevue Arts Museum provides a public forum for the community to contemplate, appreciate, and discuss visual culture. We work with audiences, artists, makers, and designers to understand our shared experience of the world. Description Bellevue Arts Museum is seeking an Associate Curator to assist the Curatorial Team with exhibition conception, research, planning, design, coordination, and execution. The ideal candidate will have a proven experience in curation and in exhibition design, coordination, and project management, preferably in a museum environment. The candidate should also have excellent interpersonal skills, communication skills, and strong attention to detail, as well as the ability to multi-task, solve problems, think creatively, and prioritize in a fastpaced environment.<\/p>\n
Essential Duties and Responsibilities<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Work with Chief Curator and Curatorial Team on exhibition research, planning, design, and execution
\n\uf0b7 Conceive and coordinate exhibitions that advance the Museum\u2019s mission
\n\uf0b7 Initiate and maintain contact with artists, galleries, and other relevant parties
\n\uf0b7 Manage exhibition proposals submitted to the museum. In particular: o Manages the stages of discussion and decision-making for each proposal o In collaboration with Curatorial Team, assesses budgets for each exhibition o Manages exhibition contracts with artists and other institutions, serving as liaison for the Museum
\n\uf0b7 Coordinate with Registrar and Chief Preparator on installation schedules and technical requirements as directed by exhibition designs
\n\uf0b7 With Registrar, prepare loan paperwork, draft contracts, manage contract negotiation process, and track correspondence with partnering institutions
\n\uf0b7 Manage production schedule of gallery guides in coordination with Curatorial and Marketing Teams
\n\uf0b7 Prepare exhibition graphics and didactic materials in coordination with Marketing Team
\n\uf0b7 Manage the annual exhibitions schedule, communicating it effectively to other Museum Teams
\n\uf0b7 With Chief Curator, Registrar, and Chief Preparator, develop and manage the Curatorial Team\u2019s annual budget
\n\uf0b7 Download, edit, and organize digital images for internal archive purposes.
\n\uf0b7 Maintain a current working knowledge of and connection to the field, discipline, and arts community through interactions; gallery and studio tours; attendance of local, regional, and national events; publications; professional memberships; workshops; and conferences
\n\uf0b7 Engage the community and act as a public liaison for the Museum (offering tours, giving lectures, interacting with other organizations, artists, collectors, donors, students, press, etc.)
\n\uf0b7 Participate in defining policies, objectives, strategies, and goals within Curatorial Team
\n\uf0b7 General administrative duties as required, including periodic supervision of interns
\n\uf0b7 Perform work on weekends and evenings as needed to meet applicable deadlines
\n\uf0b7 Other duties as assigned, including work on the BAM annual fund-raising gala<\/p>\n
Supervisory Responsibilities<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Keep Chief Curator appraised of Curatorial Team\u2019s day-to-day<\/p>\n
Qualifications<\/p>\n
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and\/or ability required. Education\/Experience: Bachelor\u2019s degree required. Master\u2019s degree (M. A.) preferred. 2+ years related experience and\/or training (or equivalent combination of education and experience) is also required.<\/p>\n
Prior experience and\/or current skills must include:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Proven experience in curating and in exhibition design, coordination, and project management, preferably in a museum environment
\n\uf0b7 Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, both one-on-one and in a team situation, and a commitment to collaboration
\n\uf0b7 Ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner, both verbally and in writing
\n\uf0b7 Self-directed; able to take initiative and anticipate actions as needed
\n\uf0b7 Attention to detail and ability to conceptualize steps involved in implementing programs as well as to see the big picture
\n\uf0b7 Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
\n\uf0b7 Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
\n\uf0b7 Ability to interpret a variety of instructions provided in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
\n\uf0b7 Must be organized, accurate, with high attention to detail
\n\uf0b7 Ability to think creatively and bring new ideas to the table
\n\uf0b7 Must be reliable and have the ability to meet deadlines and commitments<\/p>\n
Associate Curator Title: Associate Curator Department: Curatorial Type: Full-time exempt position, with some evenings and weekends Salary: Commensurate to experience Reports to: Chief Curator Organization: Bellevue Arts Museum Bellevue Arts Museum Bellevue Arts Museum provides a public forum for the community to contemplate, appreciate, and discuss visual culture. We work with audiences, artists, makers, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[86,200,40,156,441,22,515,296,241,16,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2864,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/2864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}