T. Ashley McGrew
02-13-2017, 12:04 PM
It’s not that often that I will put in a personal plug for a Preparator job - I think the last time I did was just to point out how great it is to work within the culture and surroundings go along with working at a university museum.
Well in this case In this case I am not just introducing a University prep job – I am offering a personal invitation to a to come work with me at the museum that is my chosen venue to learn and grow as a collections care professional. Please check out the job description for details below, but beyond that I want express my own hopes for the person to fill this critical position. I am hoping to work with someone who not only is skilled and experienced but who also wants to keep learning in order to help develop and promote the profession at its highest level.
T. Ashley McGrew
PACCIN Publications Chair
For more information and to apply start by clicking HERE (http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search) and find the job posting using the number below.
Museum Preparator III - 73040
Description
2 year fixed term
OVERVIEW:
The Cantor Arts Center is a vital and dynamic institution with a venerable history. Founded in 1891 with the university, the historic museum was expanded and renamed in 1999 for lead donors Iris and B. Gerald Cantor. The Cantor’s encyclopedic collection spans 5,000 years, includes over 40,000 works of art and beckons visitors to travel around the world and through time: from Africa to the Americas to Asia, from classical to contemporary. With 24 galleries presenting selections from the collection and more than 20 special exhibitions each year, the Cantor serves Stanford's academic community, draws art lovers from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and attracts campus visitors from around the world. Free admission, free tours, lectures, family activities, plus changing exhibitions make the Cantor one of the most well-attended university art museums in the country and an invaluable resource for teaching and research on campus.
In addition to the duties performed at the II level, Museum Preparators at the III level work independently in at least five of the following skill categories. Three of the categories must be construction, mount making, and installation coordination.
Construction involving woodworking and carpentryMount making with paper and metal and plastics
Installation coordination for large, complex exhibitions and gallery reinstallations, using proven high level organization, communication, and time management skills.
Installing new digital media and electronics (film, computer, audio video)
Creating graphics
Lighting design
Designing and fabrication of custom storage housing, including sewing
Characteristic Responsibilities:
Serve as Installation Coordinator on the largest and most complex exhibitions and gallery rotations; and actively participate in the implementation and planning and design meetings.
Perform any of the duties required for installations or gallery rotations.
Guide and assist other preparators as needed.
JOB PURPOSE:
This is a senior, expert-level position, working under minimal direction of the Exhibitions Registrar/Head of Preparation who makes the general work assignments. Employees in this classification perform a larger variety of duties than those expected of the Preparator II level.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining unit.
The duties listed under the Core Duties section are designed to provide a representative sampling of key tasks and/or responsibilities associated with the job. They are not intended to be a complete list of all the duties performed by employees in the classification.
CORE DUTIES:
The Preparator III responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Serves as Lead Preparator on assigned exhibitions including active participation in the design, coordination, and implementation of exhibitions using a high level of organization, communication and time management skills.
Designs and fabricates custom mounts and exhibition furniture
Works in galleries as part of the installation team for exhibitions and rotations including installation of digital media and multimedia and electronics (film, computer, audio video).
Performs gallery lighting design, with knowledge of LED lighting, re-lamping and exposure settings specific to object requirements.
Designs and fabricates custom storage housing for long-term storage at CAC.
Packs and transports art objects to and from lenders and donors.
Assists with receiving exhibition shipments and with the unpacking and repacking.
Helps maintain tools, equipment, shop spaces and art storage
May assist with framing and unframing works of art
Transmits instructions and specifications received from supervisor to workers; advise supervisor of work progress.
Explains tasks to workers; Inspects work for conformance with specifications. Guide and assist other Preparators as needed.
May solicit quotes, review estimates and select vendors.
Ensure that safety rules are followed.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
B.A. degree preferred with a minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in a museum setting with a permanent collection.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrated proficiency of handling valuable works of art in a wide variety of media including but not limited to paintings, bronze, ceramic, glass, metals, mixed media, textiles, works on paper, contemporary art and new media.
Demonstrated proficiency in installation of exhibitions and layout and lighting design. Ability to move or assist in moving heavy objects and ability to operate genie lifts, forklifts, pallet jacks, etc.
Demonstrated experience with installation coordination of large, complex exhibitions and gallery reinstallations.
Demonstrated proficiency of practices and methods in mountmaking including earthquake mitigation and demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge with initiative and judgment, concern for detail, accuracy, and neat execution of work.
Demonstrated skills and knowledge of shop equipment and ability to effectively perform various skilled and semi-skilled tasks, including woodworking, brazing, use of adhesives and fasteners, construction methods, and use of stationary and portable power tools. Experience framing, sheetrocking, taping and painting walls.
Demonstrated knowledge of safe and archival storage materials and techniques for loaned and museum collection objects.
Demonstrated ability to install and troubleshoot a variety of digital media equipment (film, computer, audio, video).
Demonstrated experience with gallery lighting, lighting design and ability to determine light exposure settings specific to the needs of an exhibition or to a given object.
Ability to work cooperatively with supervisor, designer, museum staff, students, volunteers
Well in this case In this case I am not just introducing a University prep job – I am offering a personal invitation to a to come work with me at the museum that is my chosen venue to learn and grow as a collections care professional. Please check out the job description for details below, but beyond that I want express my own hopes for the person to fill this critical position. I am hoping to work with someone who not only is skilled and experienced but who also wants to keep learning in order to help develop and promote the profession at its highest level.
T. Ashley McGrew
PACCIN Publications Chair
For more information and to apply start by clicking HERE (http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/job-search) and find the job posting using the number below.
Museum Preparator III - 73040
Description
2 year fixed term
OVERVIEW:
The Cantor Arts Center is a vital and dynamic institution with a venerable history. Founded in 1891 with the university, the historic museum was expanded and renamed in 1999 for lead donors Iris and B. Gerald Cantor. The Cantor’s encyclopedic collection spans 5,000 years, includes over 40,000 works of art and beckons visitors to travel around the world and through time: from Africa to the Americas to Asia, from classical to contemporary. With 24 galleries presenting selections from the collection and more than 20 special exhibitions each year, the Cantor serves Stanford's academic community, draws art lovers from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and attracts campus visitors from around the world. Free admission, free tours, lectures, family activities, plus changing exhibitions make the Cantor one of the most well-attended university art museums in the country and an invaluable resource for teaching and research on campus.
In addition to the duties performed at the II level, Museum Preparators at the III level work independently in at least five of the following skill categories. Three of the categories must be construction, mount making, and installation coordination.
Construction involving woodworking and carpentryMount making with paper and metal and plastics
Installation coordination for large, complex exhibitions and gallery reinstallations, using proven high level organization, communication, and time management skills.
Installing new digital media and electronics (film, computer, audio video)
Creating graphics
Lighting design
Designing and fabrication of custom storage housing, including sewing
Characteristic Responsibilities:
Serve as Installation Coordinator on the largest and most complex exhibitions and gallery rotations; and actively participate in the implementation and planning and design meetings.
Perform any of the duties required for installations or gallery rotations.
Guide and assist other preparators as needed.
JOB PURPOSE:
This is a senior, expert-level position, working under minimal direction of the Exhibitions Registrar/Head of Preparation who makes the general work assignments. Employees in this classification perform a larger variety of duties than those expected of the Preparator II level.
This position is covered by a collective bargaining unit.
The duties listed under the Core Duties section are designed to provide a representative sampling of key tasks and/or responsibilities associated with the job. They are not intended to be a complete list of all the duties performed by employees in the classification.
CORE DUTIES:
The Preparator III responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Serves as Lead Preparator on assigned exhibitions including active participation in the design, coordination, and implementation of exhibitions using a high level of organization, communication and time management skills.
Designs and fabricates custom mounts and exhibition furniture
Works in galleries as part of the installation team for exhibitions and rotations including installation of digital media and multimedia and electronics (film, computer, audio video).
Performs gallery lighting design, with knowledge of LED lighting, re-lamping and exposure settings specific to object requirements.
Designs and fabricates custom storage housing for long-term storage at CAC.
Packs and transports art objects to and from lenders and donors.
Assists with receiving exhibition shipments and with the unpacking and repacking.
Helps maintain tools, equipment, shop spaces and art storage
May assist with framing and unframing works of art
Transmits instructions and specifications received from supervisor to workers; advise supervisor of work progress.
Explains tasks to workers; Inspects work for conformance with specifications. Guide and assist other Preparators as needed.
May solicit quotes, review estimates and select vendors.
Ensure that safety rules are followed.
Qualifications
Education and Experience:
B.A. degree preferred with a minimum of seven years of progressively responsible experience in a museum setting with a permanent collection.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Demonstrated proficiency of handling valuable works of art in a wide variety of media including but not limited to paintings, bronze, ceramic, glass, metals, mixed media, textiles, works on paper, contemporary art and new media.
Demonstrated proficiency in installation of exhibitions and layout and lighting design. Ability to move or assist in moving heavy objects and ability to operate genie lifts, forklifts, pallet jacks, etc.
Demonstrated experience with installation coordination of large, complex exhibitions and gallery reinstallations.
Demonstrated proficiency of practices and methods in mountmaking including earthquake mitigation and demonstrated ability to apply this knowledge with initiative and judgment, concern for detail, accuracy, and neat execution of work.
Demonstrated skills and knowledge of shop equipment and ability to effectively perform various skilled and semi-skilled tasks, including woodworking, brazing, use of adhesives and fasteners, construction methods, and use of stationary and portable power tools. Experience framing, sheetrocking, taping and painting walls.
Demonstrated knowledge of safe and archival storage materials and techniques for loaned and museum collection objects.
Demonstrated ability to install and troubleshoot a variety of digital media equipment (film, computer, audio, video).
Demonstrated experience with gallery lighting, lighting design and ability to determine light exposure settings specific to the needs of an exhibition or to a given object.
Ability to work cooperatively with supervisor, designer, museum staff, students, volunteers