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Curator, Full Time

Position Summary: Reporting to the Executive Director, the Curator designs, creates, and maintains exhibitions and their interpretations with an immediate responsibility to design, develop, and oversee temporary exhibits, approximately three to four shows a year.   The Museum mounts three to four exhibits a year in our central gallery space, featuring children’s artwork, contemporary artwork by adults that is family friendly, and selections from our permanent collection. CMA maintains a permanent collection of over 2,000 pieces of art made by children dating back to the 1930′s, and from over 50 different countries. The curator is responsible for the maintenance and use of the collection, exhibits in the central gallery, as well as exhibits in auxiliary spaces and partner sites.

Primary Responsibilities and Duties:

Exhibitions:

• Plans annual exhibitions schedule for main gallery;
• Manages exhibition budgets and installations;
• Identifies, cultivates and manage relationships with exhibiting artists;
• Researches to provide relevant info for grant proposals, grant fulfillments, exhibition-related programming, and others as needed;
• Acts as primary contact for designers, consultants, scholars, art handlers, and other professionals working in conjunction with exhibition;
• Works closely with Marketing Director to design & coordinate production of promotional materials related to CMA’s exhibitions and collection such as exhibition postcards, catalogues, newsletter info, and website info;
• Coordinates and attends all opening receptions;
• Works with Director of Museum Programs and creative Department Managers to determine gallery design and hands-on workshops;
• Works with Museum Education and Community Programs staff to establish related exhibition curriculum;
• Maintain permanent installations throughout museum.

Permanent Collection:

• Manages the preservation, storage, use, and growth of CMA’s permanent collection;
• Provides assistance for research projects and grant proposals related to the collection or exhibitions;
• Works with Museum Education and Community Programs staff to identify and accession new student works for collection;
• Manages the Exhibitions Committee and work with the Board of Directors to enhance the quality, breadth, and depth of the collection;
• Manages storage sites.

Qualifications:

• BA, BFA in art-history, curating, or related field (MA, MFA preferred);  3-5 years curatorial work for a cultural organization, museum or as a freelance contractor;
• Excellent research, written, and communication skills;
• Fabrication design and building knowledge a plus;
• Experience in public relations, marketing, fundraising is favorable;
• Experience in restoration methods, including technological skills for digital record.

Working Conditions:  We are motivated group of high-achieving and creative managers. Occasional weekend or evening hours are required of all staff.  CMA is an innovative and exciting place to work and there is room for promotion and growth.

Salary in the early to mid-40s, based on prior experience. CMA offers a highly competitive benefits package.

Please send resume, cover letter, and work samples (if available), to curator@cmany.org with the subject heading: Curator Position.

The University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) invites outstanding university and college professors, independent scholars, writers, museum and library professionals to apply for a residential fellowship that comes with a stipend of $40,000. Successful candidates will devote an academic year at the Storrs campus to research and writing, scholarly collaboration with other UCHI fellows, and present

a public lecture in his or her area of expertise.

Application materials, including three letters of recommendation, must be received by January 15, 2013.

Contact: University of Connecticut Humanities Institute (UCHI) College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 215 Glenbrook Road, U-4234 Storrs, CT 06269-4234

Phone: (860) 486-9057 Fax: (860) 486-9136 E-mail: UCHI@uconn.edu Website: http://www.humanities.uconn.edu Closing Date: 01/15/2013

The Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program is a three week study trip for students who are matriculated in graduate programs or are completing undergraduate degrees in 2013 in Holocaust studies and related fields.

Students of all faiths and ethnicities with an interest in Holocaust studies, Jewish Studies, Polish-Jewish history, memory, or human rights are strongly encouraged to apply. The program covers all costs, including international travel, lodging, room and board, and materials.

The AJC Fellows Program provides a unique educational opportunity to learn about the Holocaust in situ in the context of Poland’s history and Jewish heritage. It is the goal of the Auschwitz Jewish Center Fellows Program that Fellows gain not only knowledge of the Holocaust sites they visit, but also an understanding of the legacy of the Holocaust in Poland, its effects on collective memory, and complexities surrounding such categories as victim, bystander, and perpetrator.

After a brief orientation in New York City, the Fellows travel in Poland for three weeks, during which time they visit Kraków, Warsaw, Łódź, Treblinka, and Oświęcim (Auschwitz). The Fellows travel to small towns in the regions surrounding Warsaw and Kraków, as well as through south-eastern Poland and north-eastern Slovakia, to explore the area’s rich Jewish heritage and meet with local leaders to learn about pre-war Jewish life, life under the Nazi occupation and Communism, and the state of Jewish communities and memory in Poland today.

In Oświęcim, the Fellows attend an intensive program at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum where they tour the camps, study the history of Jewish, Roma, and Polish inmates, and take part in workshops with Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum staff on the collections and education departments.

While in Oświęcim, the Fellows have the opportunity to meet European students and observe educational workshops at the Auschwitz Jewish Center.   Upon returning home, each Fellow will complete an article for the Auschwitz Jewish Center E- Newsletter and an essay reflecting on his or her experience.

Applications for the AJC Fellows Program can be found at https://mjhnyc.wufoo.com/forms/auschwitz-jewish-center-fellows-program-2013/ and are due on January 21, 2013.