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Assistant Curator, Fine Art | New Jersey State Museum

August 24, 2016/in administration, art history, design, fine arts, architecture, and design, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-Northeast, other academic field/no specific academic field /by thejobscholar

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Under supervision of the Museum’s Executive Director, the Assistant Curator initiates, designs, plans, researches, implements and evaluates collection growth and exhibitions in 19th through 21st century American art; oversees collections stewardship; plans, researches, implements, and evaluates the contemporary art exhibition series; seeks, researches traveling exhibitions for presentation at the NJ State Museum; works with Education staff to develop meaningful educational programs for learners of all ages; performs research; lectures on topics related to the Museum’s collections & exhibitions; writes scholarly and popular essays; works cooperatively with other curatorial disciplines at Museum; keeps current with scholarship and trends in American art and New Jersey art/artists; maintains budget and program statistics, supervises staff and volunteer projects as needed; contributes to relevant grant applications, researches funding sources and writes funding proposals to corporations, foundations and individuals, as needed; participates in overall planning of the Museum’s exhibitions, events and public programs; represents the Museum at professional organizations; does related work as required.

Director, Education | Brooklyn Museum

August 24, 2016/in administration, art history, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, fine arts, architecture, and design, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-Northeast, other academic field/no specific academic field, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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The Brooklyn Museum is searching for a passionate, trailblazing, strategic, and creative Director of Education who will expand programs and their reach, inspire audiences, deepen connections to our local communities, and uphold our ethos of inclusion, diversity and welcome. Aligning with our mission and strategic goals, the candidate will create a forward thinking vision for the Museum’s education programs that advances learning, participation, and engagement for children, families, educators, and adults.

Museum Installer Specialist | Harvard University Art Museums

August 24, 2016/in art history, fine arts, architecture, and design, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-Northeast, professional services, university/college /by thejobscholar

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Reporting to the Exhibition Production Manager, prepares, handles and moves artwork for exhibition, packing, and storage and installs exhibitions in-house and throughout the campus. Works as part of a team in Collections Management, as well as, closely with photographers, conservators, curators, and other Harvard Art Museums’ staff.

Interdisciplinary Fellowships in Sacred Music, Religion, and the Arts | Yale Institute of Sacred Music

August 24, 2016/in african and black diaspora languages, literatures, and cultural studies, american studies, anthropology, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, asian languages, literatures, and cultural studies, classics, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, digital humanities, english language and literature, fine arts, architecture, and design, geography, germanic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, latino, latin american, and caribbean studies, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, North America-US-Northeast, other academic field/no specific academic field, performing arts, philosophy, religious studies, research, romance languages, literatures, and cultural studies, science, technology, and society studies, slavic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, university/college, urban studies and planning, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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Each year, Yale Institute of Sacred Music brings a group of fellows from around the world to join its interdisciplinary community, normally for a one-year term. The ISM fellows are scholars and practitioners at all career stages whose work revolves around the sacred: sacred music, ritual studies, or religion and the arts.

Assistant Director, Spelman Innovation Lab | Spelman College

August 23, 2016/in administration, african and black diaspora languages, literatures, and cultural studies, american studies, anthropology, arabic and near east languages, literatures, and cultural studies, archaeology, architectural history, art history, asian languages, literatures, and cultural studies, classics, cultural, ethnic, indigenous, and race studies, digital humanities, english language and literature, fine arts, architecture, and design, geography, germanic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, historic preservation, material conservation, and public history, history, latino, latin american, and caribbean studies, media studies, film, and communications, museum studies, North America-US-South, other academic field/no specific academic field, performing arts, philosophy, religious studies, romance languages, literatures, and cultural studies, science, technology, and society studies, slavic languages, literatures, and cultural studies, university/college, urban studies and planning, women, gender, and sexuality studies /by thejobscholar

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The Assistant Director will be responsible for day-to-day operations of the Spelman Innovation Lab, working with the Director on operations management, space planning and utilization, creation and implementation of College policies and procedures within the Lab (such as developing an operating manual, that includes code of conduct and safety procedures and ensuring that lab users have undergone necessary safety training), and providing summary management reports on the lab’s performance and results.

Director / Curator: Homewood Museum | Johns Hopkins University

August 23, 2016/in administration, art history, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-South, other academic field/no specific academic field, university/college /by thejobscholar

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Homewood Museum, a Baltimore, MD landmark since 1801 and a historic house museum of Johns Hopkins University since 1987, is seeking a new director and curator (D/C) as it prepares for transformational changes in its interpretation and educational outreach. The university is seeking a visionary, energetic leader inspired by early Maryland history and the story of the Carroll family, with creation of connections to the current day and ideas for how a historic structure like Homewood can be kept vibrant and relevant.

Full-Time Faculty: Art History, Theory, and Criticism | School of the Art Institute of Chicago

August 23, 2016/in art history, faculty, North America-US-Midwest, university/college /by thejobscholar

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The Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) invites applications for a full-time, tenured or tenure track faculty member to begin in August of 2017. This position is for a historian of African American Art with additional expertise in methodologies, theories, and historiography.

Director, Membership | Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

August 23, 2016/in administration, art history, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-South, other academic field/no specific academic field /by thejobscholar

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To provide the strategies, leadership, creativity and resourcefulness to ensure the growth and success of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts membership program. Responsible for the development, marketing and management of overall program implementation in order to increase and deepen membership participation.

Assistant Curator, Costume Institute | Metropolitan Museum of Art

August 22, 2016/in administration, art history, design, fine arts, architecture, and design, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-Northeast /by thejobscholar

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The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks a visionary and energetic scholar to represent the area of 20th century historic fashion. The Assistant Curator will be charged with developing special exhibitions and gallery rotations (both independently and in collaboration with other curators), researching and publishing original scholarship on the CI’s world-renowned collection, and actively participating in the broader life of the museum through collaborations with other curators, designers, conservators, and educators, among others.

Collections Manager / Registrar | Mulvane Art Museum

August 22, 2016/in administration, art history, library and information studies, museum studies, museum/cultural institution, North America-US-Midwest /by thejobscholar

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In collaboration with the Director of the Mulvane Art Museum, staff and faculty members; identify and implement exhibition and educational programs. Maintain complete and accurate records related to museum budgets, collections, donations, exhibitions, insurance and inventories.