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Job Description:
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Museums and Collections Services (MACS)/UAlberta Museums at the University of Alberta seeks a dynamic, creative and team-oriented Assistant Curator to work with the University of Alberta Art Collection (UAAC). The University of Alberta Art Collection is managed by Museums and Collections Services, and is operated in a team environment whose core members of the Art Team are the Executive Director (MACS/UAlberta Museums), Curator (UAAC), Curator (Mactaggart Art Collection), Curatorial Assistant, and the Collections Assistant. The Art Team works with all members of Museums and Collections Services’ team to realize programs and projects, as well as relevant academic units (e.g., Art and Design, Native Studies, etc.). Reporting to the Curator (UAAC), the Assistant Curator is responsible for activities and program implementation related to selected section of UAAC including but not limited to Contemporary Art, Public Art, and assisting with emerging programs as outlined in Museums and Collections Services/UAlberta Museums Strategic Plan.
The University of Alberta Art Collection (UAAC) is one of the 29 museum collections that comprise the University of Alberta Museums and has an international reputation for teaching, research, discovery learning, and access in post-secondary institutions. With more than 7,000 works of art, the UAAC aims to build an inclusive and diverse permanent collection of art and visual culture with a current focus on First Nations (Treaty 6, 7, 8), Métis, and Inuit homelands, as well as works of art that capture contemporary themes. The UAAC includes paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures by Canadian and international artists, both historical and contemporary, and operates alongside the Mactaggart Art Collection. In addition, the UAAC helps to support an accessible learning environment by engaging the campus community-at large through a public art program. For further information on the Art Collection, visit: https://www.ualberta.ca/museums/museum-collections/art-collection.
Duties:
• Recommends and undertakes independent research related to contemporary art, public art and emerging priorities while contributing to collection development and rationalization including new acquisitions and deaccessions
• Conducts independent research that creates new knowledge resulting in collection-based exhibits, publications, web-based projects and targeted public programs to engage various publics
• Implements day-to day prescribed museum standards of care, handling, movement and storage of objects in this Collection
• Assists with fund and resource development related to the Collection
• Assists with ensuring physical and intellectual access to the Collection
• Manages the day-to-day access and scheduled use of the Print Study Centre
• Teaches and/or delivers workshops, lectures and seminars as required for University of Alberta students, peers, the general public, etc. as required
• Periodically supervises volunteers, students and interns
Qualifications:
• Master’s Degree in Art history (e.g. contemporary art, Indigenous art, etc.), studio art or a related discipline
• Minimum of five years progressively responsible experience working with an art or related museum collection with curatorial-related duties
• Evidence of curatorial achievement including demonstrated success in collections research and publication, exhibition planning and execution, and collections management
• Demonstrated ability and experience to develop and conduct independent research projects
• Demonstrated understanding of past and current art practices, materials and techniques as well as artists whose works fit the collection mandate
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of campus personnel, students and volunteers internally, general public, potential Collection donors, and related museum/gallery professionals externally
• Evidence of overall and current knowledge of museum standards related to collections management, care, handling and exhibition of Collections objects
• Evidence of information management skills including use of collections management systems and word processing
• Proven written and verbal presentation skills
• Supervisory skills related to paid staff and volunteers
• Physical ability, knowledge and skills required to organize the Collection
• Core competencies include: achievement orientation, analytical thinking, conceptual thinking, flexibility, impact and influence, organizational awareness, planning and initiative, self-confidence, self-development, sense of urgency, and team leadership and team cooperation.
Interested applicants must submit a curriculum vitae, cover letter, and the names of three references to the attention of Janine Andrews, Executive Director, Museums and Collections Services/UAlberta Museums by August 30, 2019.
Apply Online at https://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A106639575/
Note: Online applications are accepted until midnight Mountain Standard Time of the closing date.
Mail Application to:
Museums and Collections Services/UAlberta Museums
Ring House #1
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB T6G 2E1
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