Full-time, 12 month exempt position.
Salary begins at $46,500/year plus benefits.
Job Summary
Grinnell College Museum of Art (GCMoA) seeks a Collections Manager/Registrar responsible for the preservation, documentation and care of all GCMoA collections objects, to support the pedagogical use of the collection, and to ensure the proper management of an active temporary exhibition program. The Collections Manager/Registrar handles collection care for over 5,500 objects, manages the collection database in EmbARK, and works directly with faculty and students who use the collection for teaching in the Print and Drawing Study Room, a space separate from the other museum functions. In addition, the Collections Manager/Registrar will be part of the team overseeing loans, shipping and insurance for temporary exhibitions. Other responsibilities include identifying works for conservation, collaborating with library staff on collections and database projects, and overseeing the use of art on campus beyond the Museum. The Collection Manager/Registrar manages the Print & Drawing Study Room and supervises student interns and assistants. Reports to the director.
To Apply: submit a cover letter, resume and list of references to: https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/dean/employment-opportunities
Position open until filled.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor of Arts or equivalent degree and at least 3 years of museum experience in art registration; or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
- Expertise with one or more museum collections management systems, preferably EmbARK.
- Attention to detail and accuracy, with excellent problem solving skills.
- Expertise in ethical principles and professional practices in museum registration.
- Experience creating digital images and related metadata.
- Experience in art handling.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate in written, oral and visual media.
- Ability to work directly with faculty.
- Able to work both independently and collaboratively.
- Ability to lift and carry art storage boxes weighing up to 30 pounds; able to climb steps and lift materials overhead.
- Demonstrated commitment to work with a diverse community and to interact with individuals of different cultural backgrounds.
Preferred qualifications:
- Advanced degree in art history, studio art, or museum studies.
- Specific knowledge of handling principles for works on paper.
- Experience working in an academic museum.
About the Museum: The Grinnell College Museum of Art presents high quality regional, national and international temporary exhibitions. With a growing collection built primarily around works on paper, the Museum has loaned art recently to the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and Yale University Art Gallery. Both exhibitions and collections are used extensively in teaching. Staff pursue a broad range of programs that bring people to the Museum and introduce them to art and the museum experience. The Museum serves the entire campus and works with departments in every division, in addition to serving the community and the region as a major Iowa museum. Museum facilities include a 7400 square foot kunsthalle style gallery in Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, and a Print and Drawing Study Room in Burling Library. Staff support art displayed on campus and participate in a range of college and community committees and initiatives. www.grinnell.edu/museum
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