T. Ashley McGrew
07-31-2013, 07:56 PM
JOBTITLE Head Preparator
REPORTSTO Director of CollectionsManagement
CLASSIFICATION Full-time, exempt
DATEAVAILABLE January 2014
To see a full job description click HERE (http://www.broadfoundation.org/career_opportunities/head-preparator.html)
BACKGROUNDIn 2010, Eli and Edythe Broad announced plans to open The Broad, anew, public museum of contemporary art on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles(anticipated opening: fall 2014). Designed by world-renowned architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, themuseum will be a 120,000 square foot, three-level facility, and will includeapproximately 50,000 square feet of gallery space on two floors, a lecture hallfor up to 200 people, and a public lobby with display space and a museum shop.The project will include a state-of-the-art archive, study and art storagespace that will be available to scholars and curators who want to researchworks in the collection and borrow artworks for their institutions through TheBroad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending program. The museum will be adjacentto luminary cultural institutions such as the Music Center of Los Angeles andWalt Disney Concert Hall, the Colburn School of Music, and the Museum ofContemporary Art, forming a remarkable locus of culture in Southern California.The museum’s exhibition programming will focus on the contents of therenowned contemporary art collections of Eli and Edythe Broad, which feature intotal 2000 artworks by more than 200 artists and unparalleled, in-depthgroupings of works by select artists such as Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein,Cindy Sherman, Jean-Michel Basquiat and many others. The Broads created The Broad ArtFoundation in 1984 as a pioneering lending library for contemporary artworks.Dedicated to increasing access to contemporary art for audiences worldwide, thefoundation has made nearly 8,000 loans to 485 museums and galleries around theworld. In addition to The Broad Art Foundation’s works, the loan program alsomakes available art from The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection. Together, theBroad Collections are among the most prominent collections of postwar and contemporaryart in the world. For more informationon The Broad Art Foundation, please visit www.broadartfoundation.org (http://www.broadartfoundation.org/).The Broad Art Foundation and The Eli and EdytheBroad Foundation together comprise The Broad Foundations, which have assets of$2.4 billion. The Broad Foundations wereestablished to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education,science, and the arts. For moreinformation about The Broad Foundations, please visit www.broadfoundation.org (http://www.broadfoundation.org/).
Position Summary
Asa key member of the founding museum team, the head preparator will play acritical role in the opening of The Broad Museum. He/she will be responsible for the safehandling and movement of artwork, the installation and maintenance of thegalleries and collection spaces, and management of temporary and contract arthandling personnel.
TO APPLY
Forconsideration, please send a letter of interest and resume to BroadArtFoundation-BRDA0809@applications.recruiterbox.com (BroadArtFoundation-BRDA0809@applications.recruiterbox.com). Please list thejob title “head preparator” in the subject line. We will only contactcandidates chosen for further consideration.
REPORTSTO Director of CollectionsManagement
CLASSIFICATION Full-time, exempt
DATEAVAILABLE January 2014
To see a full job description click HERE (http://www.broadfoundation.org/career_opportunities/head-preparator.html)
BACKGROUNDIn 2010, Eli and Edythe Broad announced plans to open The Broad, anew, public museum of contemporary art on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles(anticipated opening: fall 2014). Designed by world-renowned architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, themuseum will be a 120,000 square foot, three-level facility, and will includeapproximately 50,000 square feet of gallery space on two floors, a lecture hallfor up to 200 people, and a public lobby with display space and a museum shop.The project will include a state-of-the-art archive, study and art storagespace that will be available to scholars and curators who want to researchworks in the collection and borrow artworks for their institutions through TheBroad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending program. The museum will be adjacentto luminary cultural institutions such as the Music Center of Los Angeles andWalt Disney Concert Hall, the Colburn School of Music, and the Museum ofContemporary Art, forming a remarkable locus of culture in Southern California.The museum’s exhibition programming will focus on the contents of therenowned contemporary art collections of Eli and Edythe Broad, which feature intotal 2000 artworks by more than 200 artists and unparalleled, in-depthgroupings of works by select artists such as Jeff Koons, Roy Lichtenstein,Cindy Sherman, Jean-Michel Basquiat and many others. The Broads created The Broad ArtFoundation in 1984 as a pioneering lending library for contemporary artworks.Dedicated to increasing access to contemporary art for audiences worldwide, thefoundation has made nearly 8,000 loans to 485 museums and galleries around theworld. In addition to The Broad Art Foundation’s works, the loan program alsomakes available art from The Eli and Edythe L. Broad Collection. Together, theBroad Collections are among the most prominent collections of postwar and contemporaryart in the world. For more informationon The Broad Art Foundation, please visit www.broadartfoundation.org (http://www.broadartfoundation.org/).The Broad Art Foundation and The Eli and EdytheBroad Foundation together comprise The Broad Foundations, which have assets of$2.4 billion. The Broad Foundations wereestablished to advance entrepreneurship for the public good in education,science, and the arts. For moreinformation about The Broad Foundations, please visit www.broadfoundation.org (http://www.broadfoundation.org/).
Position Summary
Asa key member of the founding museum team, the head preparator will play acritical role in the opening of The Broad Museum. He/she will be responsible for the safehandling and movement of artwork, the installation and maintenance of thegalleries and collection spaces, and management of temporary and contract arthandling personnel.
TO APPLY
Forconsideration, please send a letter of interest and resume to BroadArtFoundation-BRDA0809@applications.recruiterbox.com (BroadArtFoundation-BRDA0809@applications.recruiterbox.com). Please list thejob title “head preparator” in the subject line. We will only contactcandidates chosen for further consideration.