Preparator

Description:

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Install and de-install exhibitions

• Safely move art through museum collection spaces and determine archival housing solutions for individual works

• Prepare two-dimensional work for safe exhibition, storage, and travel: matting, framing, hinging, and packing

• Prepare gallery spaces for exhibitions: light carpentry; fabrication of display furniture; wall preparation and painting

• Light galleries in consultation with curators and registrar

• Fabricate exhibition furniture, crates and temporary exhibition features.

• Pack and unpack artwork from the permanent collection and on loan from other institutions

• Maintain general upkeep of the museum galleries and collection spaces.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of professional experience in a gallery or museum

• Experience with handling artwork in a museum setting and a strong working knowledge of current, conservation-approved methods and materials.

• Awareness of aesthetics of exhibition design

• Ability to do physical work including carpentry, interior painting, lifting more than 50 lbs. standing for extended periods of time, moving objects, and working at heights

• Experience with gallery lighting, digital media technologies, and a familiarity with a range of audio-visual equipment and appropriate methods of installation

• Flexibility, creativity, and a willingness to work collaboratively to bring the concepts of curators and artists to fruition.

• Ability to drive a cargo van and operate both high lifts and powered industrial trucks.