Gallery Manager

Description:

This position will perform all duties related to exhibition preparation including, but not limited to installation, de-installation, shipping and receiving artwork, and coordination of necessary staff and materials. The Gallery Manager must have excellent time and project management skills, as well as the ability to work independently or within a team. This is a significant position, integral to the function and excellence of the operation of the gallery.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Installation/de-installation of exhibitions (i.e. hanging artwork) and lighting, plus deliveries to clients, framers, conservators, auction houses, galleries, etc.

• Develop promotional materials, including press releases, postcards, and HTML emails for exhibitions

• Work with the Gallery Director to develop new sources of funding support for programming, including grant co-writing

• Oversee student worker for gallery visiting hours

• Coordinating catering, alcohol waiver, and overseeing receptions

• Packing, crating and shipping both framed and unframed artworks of high value domestically and worldwide

• General maintenance/stocking of installation and packing materials

• Serve on the Art and Artifact Collection Committee and help oversee the loaning of work from the permanent collection and maintaining an active catalog of works, their condition and location, including conducting research on objects in permanent collection as well as objects proposed for acquisition
• Minimum Qualifications:

1. Any one or any combination totaling three (3) years (36 months) from the following categories:

A. college coursework in art history, studio art, or a closely related field as measured by the following conversion table or its proportional equivalent:

 30 semester hours equals one (1) year (12 months)

 Associate’s Degree (60 semester hours) equals eighteen months (18 months)

 90 semester hours equals two (2) years (24 months)

 Bachelor’s Degree (120 semester hours) equals three (3) years (36 months)

B. work experience that provided knowledge of art history and the techniques used in the preservation, restoration, and/or exhibition of museum collections.

2. One (1) year (12 months) of work experience in the profession of art curation including the development, storage, security, and exhibition of art objects.

Note: A Master’s Degree in Art History or a closely related field may be substituted for one (1) year (12 months) of experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 2 years experience as a preparator in a gallery, museum setting, or arts organization
• Experience overseeing staff
• Experience with art handling, storage, packing, crating, and installation
• Experience in carpentry and safe handling of power tools