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Gallery Administrator/Volunteer [Belmont Gallery of Art]

October 13, 1971 / / 0 Comments

Gallery Administrator / Volunteer

The Gallery Committee of the Belmont Gallery of Art seeks an enthusiastic and qualified volunteer for the position of Gallery Administrator.  The position offers valuable experience to be gained while managing a rising non-profit community visual art gallery, now entering its 6th year of operation.

Description:   The Gallery Administrator reports to the Gallery Committee and is responsible for managing day-to-day operations while overseeing organizational and operational needs with the Gallery Committee. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: coordinate regular meetings with Gallery Committee; oversee gallery shows (planning, installation and implementation), promotion (coordinated with Publicist and artists, includes print and electronic media, publications, mailings), hospitality (receptions and events), and gallery sitters; maintain liaison with Town Administrator, Treasurer, Accountant, and Building Services Manager; and develop community outreach through volunteers and partnerships within the community.

This is a volunteer position requiring flexible hours ranging from approximately three to ten hours per week. As the organization does not maintain a physical office at the gallery, the successful candidate will perform responsibilities online with a flexible schedule. Onsite presence is required for meetings, installation, events, etc.

Qualifications:    The candidate should possess a special combination of personal and professional attributes, including strong communication and social skills, mature judgment, sensitivity to issues of the gallery’s setting within the community, and demonstrated creativity, initiative, and work ethic. Deep interest in visual, language, and media arts is a valuable asset in the position. Successful volunteer or paid work experience in arts administration, community development, studio arts, or business management is desirable.

Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest explaining his or her fitness for the position together with a complete and up-to-date resume by email to admin@belmontgallery.org <mailto:admin@belmontgallery.org>  with the subject line: “Gallery Administrator”.

Volunteer Collection Assistants, Volunteer Administrative Assistants [Museum Village]

May 18, 1971 / / 0 Comments

Volunteer Collections Assistants are immediately needed to assist in ILMS and NYSCA grant-funded projects. This is a great opportunity for history, education and museum studies students to get professional growth experience at a living history museum. Duties may include digital imaging, data entry on a Past Perfect collections database, research, archiving, collections care, interactive education development, and exhibition design and development. The positions are at Museum Village in Monroe, NY, which is less than an hour drive from NYC in Orange County; it is easily accessible by bus or train. The living history museum is a rural setting of some 30 structures that house a collection in excess of 25,000 artifacts; its interpretative setting is 1860-1910. Send a resume and cover letter highlighting your education and work experience by mail to: Dr. Robert Schmick, Director of Museum Operations, Museum Village, 1010 Route 17M,
Monroe, NY 10950, or email: rschmick@museumvillage.org .

Volunteer Museum Administrative Assistants are immediately needed. This is a rare
opportunity to get professional growth experience at a living history museum training directly
with museum professionals. Duties would be project based, and they would include work
on fundraising, educational outreach, membership development, public relations, grant
application preparation. The positions are at Museum Village in Monroe, NY, which is less
than an hour drive from NYC in Orange County; it is easily accessible by bus or train. The
living history museum is a rural setting of some 30 structures that house a collection in excess
of 25,000 artifacts; its interpretative setting is 1860-1910. Send a resume and cover letter
highlighting your education and work experience by mail to: Dr. Robert Schmick, Director
of Museum Operations, Museum Village, 1010 Route 17M, Monroe, NY 10950, or email:
rschmick@museumvillage.org .

Various Positions [West End Museum]

April 6, 1971 / / 0 Comments

The West End Museum (150 Staniford Street, Boston, MA 02114) is  seeking aspiring curators: administrative assistant, exhibit planners,  development officers, marketing/pr and archive specialists  to intern.  We are looking for pre-professionals, students, recent graduates, and  people willing to gain experience in a particular career field of the  museum business. We recognize that student internships also supplement  academic classes and, in some cases, earn college credit, which we are  willing to consent to.

The West End Museum offers visitors a unique look into important periods of our city’s history. The Museum was established in 1990 and has been in its current Lomasney Way location since 2002 in what was once the heart of Boston’s Old West End. The West End Museum is one of Boston’s few neighborhood museums. Through its ongoing exhibit, The ‘Last Tenement’, visitors are transported back to the immigrant era of the 19th and 20th century. The West End, which was fondly called “the greatest neighborhood this side of heaven,” was demolished in the late 1950’s to allow for Urban Renewal. The new neighborhood, which stretches from the Bulfinch Triangle in front of TD Boston Garden to Cambridge   Street at the foot of Beacon  Hill, bears little resemblance to the narrow, crowded streets that were home to hundreds of thousands of immigrant families for over 100 years. The Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of the history.

The West End neighborhood dates back to the founding of Boston in 1630 by William Blackstone when it was known as ‘The New Field’.  Two former West Enders, Charles Bulfinch and Harrison Gray Otis were directly responsible for the development of early Downtown Boston.  Boston’s hospital industry, transportation industry and entertainment industry all had their beginnings in the West End. The West End Museum tells this story.

West End Museum hours are:
Tuesday – Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 11am-  4pm

Contact Infortmation:
(617) 723-2125
westendmuseum[at]gmail[dot]com

Located at:
150   Staniford Street, suite 7

(on Lomasney Way)
Boston, MA 02114
(one block from North Station and the Science Park/West End T-stop)

Volunteer Tour Leaders [MIT List Visual Arts Center]

November 24, 1900 / / 0 Comments

The MIT List Visual Arts Center is currently seeking 2 volunteers to lead walking tours of MIT’s Public Art Collection.  MIT’s noted public art, which is enjoyed by the MIT community and visitors alike, has numerous works by major artists.  Since 1961, generous gifts, loans, and commissions have made possible the inclusion of works by Alexander Calder, Jennifer Bartlett, Frank Stella, Petah Coyne, Henry Moore, Beverly Pepper, Mark di Suvero, and several major bronzes by Jacques Lipchitz.  Commissions through MIT’s Percent-for-Art program also enrich MIT’s Public Art Collection.  Percent-for-Art commissions include works by Louise Nevelson, Cai Guo-Qiang, Sarah Sze, Dan Graham, Sol LeWitt, Anish Kapoor, and Lawrence Weiner.

Volunteers will be trained and have the opportunity to learn about this major collection of public art as well as contribute a valuable service to a nonprofit art institution.  Qualified volunteers will have a deep appreciation of art, an interest in modern and contemporary art history, and effective public speaking and communication skills.  The physical ability to lead a walking tour for up to two hours is necessary.  Candidates are asked to make a one-year commitment and be available for at least two tours per month, occasionally including evenings and weekends.

For more information, please contact David Freilach.

DAVID A. FREILACH
Assistant Director
freilach@mit.edu
617-253-5076   Telephone
617-258-7265   Fax

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