Posting Details

Posting Details

Posting Number F0238P Working Title CURATOR OF AMERICAN ART Department Georgia Museum of Art About the University of Georgia

The University of Georgia (UGA), a land-grant and sea-grant university with statewide commitments and responsibilities is the state’s oldest, most comprehensive, and most diversified institution of higher education (http://www.uga.edu/). UGA is currently ranked among the top 20 public universities in U.S. News & World Report. The University’s main campus is located in Athens, approximately 65 miles northeast of Atlanta, with extended campuses in Atlanta, Griffin, Gwinnett, and Tifton. UGA was founded in 1785 by the Georgia General Assembly as the first state-chartered University in the country. UGA employs approximately 1,800 full-time instructional faculty and more than 7,600 full-time staff. The University’s enrollment exceeds 36,000 students including over 27,500 undergraduates and over 8,500 graduate and professional students. Academic programs reside in 17 schools and colleges, as well as a medical partnership with Augusta University housed on the UGA Health Sciences Campus in Athens.

About the College/Unit/Department

Opened in 1948, the Georgia Museum of Art is accredited by AAM and is a member of AAMD. As both a university museum and the official state museum of art, the museum offers programming for patrons of all ages as well as free admission to the public for all exhibitions. The museum carries out an ambitious exhibition and acquisition program, organizes its own exhibitions in-house, creates traveling exhibitions for other museums and galleries, and hosts both domestic and international traveling exhibitions. Approximately 80,000 people visit the museum each year. To fulfill the legacy of its founder, Alfred Heber Holbrook, the Georgia Museum of Art strives to provide art for everyone, removing barriers to accessibility and seeking to foster an open, educational and inspiring environment for students, scholars and all visitors. As a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the Georgia Museum of Art exists to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art and the museum shares the mission of The University of Georgia to support and to promote teaching, research, and service.
Visit www.georgiamuseum.org for more details.

College/Unit/Department website https://georgiamuseum.org/ Posting Type External Retirement Plan TRS or ORP Employment Type Employee Benefits Eligibility Benefits Eligible Underutilization Advertised Salary Salary negotiable depending on experience and qualifications. Anticipated Start Date 07/01/2019 Effective End Date (for Limited-Term postings) Job Posting Date 01/18/2019 Job Closing Date Open until filled Yes Special Instructions to Applicants

Provide letter of application, CV with names and contact address/phone numbers of three references, and evidence of scholarly writing in the applicant documents.
Representatives of the Georgia Museum of Art will be at the College Art Association (CAA) Conference in New York City, February 13-16, 2019 to conduct some preliminary interviews and answer questions. Search is open until filled.

Location of Vacancy Athens Area EEO Statement

The University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, genetic information, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation or protected veteran status.

Position Details

Position Information

Classification Title Museum Professional Pay Grade FLSA Faculty Rank Academic Professional Contract Type Fiscal (12 mo.) Tenure Status Non-Tenure Track Minimum Qualifications

Terminal degree in a disciplinary area appropriate for the position (as defined in the job posting)

Position Summary

The Curator of American Art is responsible for the care and development of a significant collection of American art that ranges from the Colonial era to the Contemporary. Additionally, the curator researches and organizes exhibitions on the subject of American art, using incoming loans as well as the GMOA’s collection, and works closely with relevant staff. The curator manages the museum’s C.L. Morehead Jr. Center for the Study of American Art and is also responsible for the departmental budget, maintaining and developing donor relations, assessing the collection’s needs, and making recommendations for acquisitions and deaccessions. The curator trains and oversees student interns, gives tours, helps train docents, and works with classes across campus. The curator remains active in professional and scholarly organizations, giving public lectures, teaching, participating in symposia, and publishing. The curator may teach courses occasionally. The Curator assists the director and development staff to ensure funding is in place for exhibitions and programming.

Primary duties: The curator’s duties entail day-to-day and long-range planning for departmental budgets, organizing exhibitions, and writing for publications and labels. He/she is responsible for identifying and securing significant exhibitions on loan from other institutions and serving as these exhibitions’ in-house curator. He/she assists the curator of education with program development, with docent training, and with the faculty, staff, and students of the university in viewing and/or working with the collection. The curator of American art also trains and oversees student interns and performs other duties as assigned.

The curator develops the collection by recommending and soliciting acquisitions, conducting research, writing publications, and maintaining donor relations. Donor relations are an important aspect of the curator’s job, and he/she aids the director in identifying and cultivating prospects for future gifts of works of art to the museum’s permanent collection, as well as working with the museum’s Board of Advisors. In conjunction with the director and the development officer, the curator will assist with the solicitation of funds for the purchase of art.

A wide range of professional activities is expected, including lecturing, teaching, participation in scholarly symposia, and contributing to scholarly publications. Serving on museum committees is also required, as is active participation in professional organizations and committees.

The collection of American art at the Georgia Museum of Art consists of paintings; works on paper, especially prints; and a growing group of works by African American artists and self-taught artists. Alfred Heber Holbrook, the museum’s founder, gifted the museum’s initial collection that includes a wide-range of American art from about 1830 to 1947.

The C.L. Morehead Jr. Center for the Study of American Art initiates and promotes the exhibition and study of American art, especially for the objects in the museum’s permanent collection. The center exists to continue the legacy established by the museum’s founder, Alfred Heber Holbrook, and by Lamar Dodd, artist and educator, who was also instrumental in the establishment of the museum. The center seeks to educate students and the public through courses at the museum, the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of Art, and other allied departments. The papers of Dodd and Holbrook are available to students and scholars, and the center acquires archival holdings related to works of art in the collection. The center continues to increase the number of publications related to American art in the museum’s library as a major resource for use by scholars, students, and the general public.

Additional Requirements

-PhD in the history of art or a closely related field
-Evidence of a substantial, proven knowledge of nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty first-century American art
-Evidence of a curatorial background
-Evidence of scholarly writing, connoisseurship, and knowledge of issues regarding conservation
-Evidence of publications and demonstrated interest in academics

Relevant/Preferred Education, Experience, Licensure, and/or Certification

-Five years curatorial experience in a museum setting

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and/or Competencies

-Excellent oral and written skills.
-Evidence of scholarly achievement.

Physical Demands Does this position have financial responsibilities? Yes Does this position require a P-Card? No Is having a P-Card an essential function of this position? No Is driving a responsibility of this position? Credit and P-Card policy

Be advised a credit check will be required for all positions with financial responsibilities. For additional information about the credit check criteria, visit the UGA Credit Background Check website.

Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Exhibition related activity (actively pursuing/negotiating loans, working on budgets, developing checklists, installation planning and active installation, writing catalogues and labels, working with programming, etc.)

Percentage Of Time 45 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Scholarly research, (researching new topics, developing new exhibitions, actively writing related scholarship, developing/giving lectures, developing a course or teaching, etc.)

Percentage Of Time 25 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Collections development/maintenance (assessing new donations, interacting with potential donors, choosing works for rotation, writing labels, manager C.L.Moorehead Center, etc.)

Percentage Of Time 20 Duties/Responsibilities

Duties/Responsibilities

Training and overseeing student interns. Other duties as assigned.

Percentage Of Time 10 Posting Specific Questions

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Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Resume/CV
2. Cover Letter
3. Writing Sample

Optional Documents