Dale Montgomery Fellow [Rollins College, Winter Park, FL]

Description

The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College is seeking candidates for a fellowship position.” The Montgomery Fellowship is a one-year, in-residence appointment in the curatorial department of the museum with a special emphasis on education. Serving as principal liaison to museum docents, this role works with the curator and education coordinator to recruit and train new docents; updates existing curriculum; and creates new content for temporary exhibitions and new acquisitions. Additional responsibilities include participating in class visits by Rollins and other area students; hosting gallery tours to adult groups; conducting outreach lectures in the community; preparing and presenting at least one special lecture in the museum’s series of Friday lectures; contributing to research of the permanent collection in area of expertise; and assisting the curator with collection management efforts.

Qualifications:

–          Master’s degree in Art History, Museum Education or related field

–          At least one year of museum or teaching experience

–          Expertise in European Old Masters, American or contemporary art

–          Ph.D. in Art History and Bilingual/Spanish preferred

Founded in 1885, Rollins College is a highly selective, comprehensive liberal arts college with approximately 2,690 undergraduate students. Rollins is SACSOC and AACSB accredited. Ninety-two percent of Rollins’ 233 full-time faculty hold a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field. The campus, noted for its lakefront beauty and unique location, is set in the residential community of Winter Park, just 15 minutes from one of the nation’s most dynamic urban centers, Orlando. Rollins is Florida’s oldest recognized college. For the 20th consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report has ranked Rollins among the top two regional universities in the South and first in Florida in its annual rankings of “Best Colleges.”

Rollins College offers a generous benefits package featuring comprehensive health coverage, retirement savings plan with generous employer contribution, and full tuition waiver after one year for employees, spouses, domestic partners and dependents.

Interested candidates must apply online through the Rollins’ employment website at  www.rollins.edu/careers.

Through its mission, Rollins College is firmly committed to creating a just community that embraces multiculturalism; persons from historically under-represented minority groups are encouraged to apply.