Assistant Curator

About the role

The Position Assistant Curator is seeking an organized and self-motivated individual to join the team as an Assistant Curator assigned to Education. The Assistant Curator is responsible for development and coordination of school tour programs, public programming, and outreach materials.

Responsibilities

• Assists curatorial staff on collection management, exhibit and educational program development.
• Aids in the development of graphic materials to market collections, exhibits, and public programs.
• Coordinates in-house exhibition research for upcoming exhibits and permanent collections.
• Aids in researching and developing grant applications and other funding opportunities.
• Aids with division budgets and expense tracking, correspondence, reports, arranging studio visits, and general office responsibilities.
• Represents the Museum at events, meetings, and gatherings of the City and general public.
• Collaborates with other City departments and assists in communication efforts between the Museum and artists, volunteers, participants, and other community organizations.
• Coordinates the activities of volunteers, staff, contract artists, and program participants.
• Teaches and/or coordinates tours and workshops for K-12 students and adults in history, gardens, visual, performing, and/or media arts.
• Manages logistics for tour scheduling, tracks and communicates incoming tours requests, and develops quarterly tour request forms.
• Develops a strategic community engagement plan to increase visitorship to the Museum, especially school and community groups.
• Manages, orders, and tracks inventory for art supplies.
• Coordinates installation of temporary, permanent, and traveling exhibits, including care of all works, exhibit design, and security.
• Assists curatorial staff with research and writing related to developing temporary exhibits and collections-based programs.
• Supports exhibition research, development, and planning: completes and tracks exhibition paperwork including checklists and interdepartmental coordination.
• Supports in copy-editing and proofreading all exhibition materials.
• Coordinates transportation and insurance requirements for traveling exhibitions.
• Coordinates distribution of exhibition marketing materials, such as press releases, local news listings, and university outreach.
• Supports research on collection materials and/or artifacts in coordination with collections and curatorial staff.
• Maintains and improves collection storages across Museum sites.
• Maintains and updates object records in collection management database.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in U.S. or California History, Museum Studies, Art, History, Anthropology or closely related field.
• Two years of museum experience, including either collections management, exhibition development, public education programs, volunteer programs, and/or museum education.
• Prior teaching or facilitation experience in a K-12, college, special education, and/or adult classroom setting.
• Bilingual proficiency in Spanish (desirable).