Welcome to the weekly roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings, and please be sure to check last week’s roundup. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases:

• HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts
• Job HQ – American Association of Museums
• American Association of State and Local History Career Center
• New England Museum Association Jobs
• New York Foundation for the Arts         

NORTHEAST

• Wadsworth Atheneum of Art (Hartford, CT)
  • Exhibition Manager
  • Associate Curator for American Decorative Arts
  • Associate Curator for Contemporary Art
• Amistad Center for Art & Culture (Hartford, CT)
  • Associate Curator of the African Diaspora
  • Program Manager of the African Diaspora
• New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT)
  • Accounting Manager
  • Director of Learning and Engagement
• New England Air Museum (Windsor Locks, CT)
  • Public Programs Facilitators
  • Curator
  • Visitor Services Representative
• Manager of Administration, Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA)
• Julie Linsdell and Georgia Linsdell Enders Research Fellowship, Nichols House Museum (Boston, MA)
• Curator of Collections, Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, MA)
• Esther Stiles Eastman Curator of Education, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA)
• Outreach (Programs) Manager, Duxbury Rural and Historical Society (Duxbury, MA)
• Museum Assistant, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum (Hadley, MA)
• Part-Time Philanthropy and Fundraising Lecturer (non-tenure track), Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences (Medford, MA)
• Museum Interpreter (Museum Guide), Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum (Nantucket, MA)
• Visitor Experience Coordinator, Heritage Museums & Gardens (Sandwich, MA)
• Site Administrator, Townsend Historical Society (Townsend, MA)
• Museum Curator, Town of Wilmington (Wilmington, MA)
• Executive Director, Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity (Bridgton, ME)
• Assistant Registrar, The Crosby Company of New Hampshire (Salem, NH)
• Public Engagement Assistant, Rhode Island Historical Society (Providence, RI)

SOUTHEAST/MIDATLANTIC

• Curator of Collections and Exhibits, Juneau-Douglas City Museum (Juneau, AK)
• Associate Curator of the Permanent Collection, Mississippi Museum of Art (Jackson, MS)
• Exhibition Developer, American LGBTQ+ Museum/Lambda Legal (NY, Hybrid)
• Brooklyn Museum, (Brooklyn, NY)
  • Mellon Fellow, Paintings
  • Marketing Manager
  • Assistant Manager, Corporate Relations
  • Digital Content Associate, Email, SMS, and Social Media
• Corning Museum of Glass (Corning, NY)
  • Curator of Modern Glass
  • Curator of Postwar Contemporary Glass
• Director, Lake Placid Olympic Museum (Lake Placid, NY)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
  • Educator in Charge, Teaching and Learning
  • Managing Educator, Community Engagement and Practice
  • Associate Curator – Modern and Contemporary
  • Curator – Modern and Contemporary
• George Eastman Museum (Rochester, NY)
  • Department of Photography – Assistant Collection Manager
  • Department of Photography – Cataloger
• Executive Director and Chief Curator, Syracuse University Art Museum (Syracuse, NY)
• J. J. Medveckis Associate Curator of Arms and Armor, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA)
• Head Preparator, Gibbes Museum of Art (Charleston, SC)
• Columbia Museum of Art (Columbia, SC)   
  • Assistant/Associate Curator
  • Curatorial & Education/Engagement Fellow
• Art Director, National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)
• Researcher/Writer for Women Artists Biography Project at Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington, DC, Remote)

MIDWEST

• Mort Harris Curator or Associate Curator of Automotive, Industrial, and Decorative Design, Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, MI)
• Assistant/Associate Curator – European Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN)
• Collections Manager, Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis, MN)
• Senior Curator & Patrick Coleman Chair for Maps, Rare Books & Print Culture, Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, MN)
• Cleveland Museum of Art (Cleveland, OH)
  • Director of School and Teaching Programs
  • Manager of Academic Affairs
• Manager, Collections, Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Exhibitions Designer, Obama Foundation (Chicago, IL)
• Lilly Endowment Museum Fellow for Religion and Spirituality in the Visual Arts, University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IN)
• History Center Project Assistant, Wisconsin Historical Foundation (Madison, WI)

WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST

• Associate Registrar, Orange County Museum of Art (Costa Mesa, CA)
• Tessitura Manager, LACMA (Los Angeles, CA)
• Getty (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Assistant Curator of Photographs
  • Education Specialist for Gallery Education
• Deputy Director, Museum Operations, University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
• Executive Vice President and Deputy Director, Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey, CA)
• Administrative Assistant, Mt. Shasta Sisson Museum (Mt. Shasta, CA)
• Curator of Natural History, Museum of Riverside (Riverside, CA)
• Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Fina Arts Museum of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
• Head of Collections, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum at Colorado College (Colorado Springs, CO)
• Executive Director, Museum of Cultural and Natural History, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)
• Curator of Japanese Arts, Portland Japanese Gardens (Portland, OR)
• Curatorial Assistant, Asian Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art (Santa Barbara, CA)
• Museum Manager (Collections), Las Cruces Museum Systems (Las Cruces, NM)
• Collections Manager, Coe Center (Santa Fe, NM)
• Collections Associate, Harwood Museum of Art (Taos, NM)
• John S. Behnke Director, Henry Art Gallery (Seattle, WA)

Welcome to the weekly roundup! We do our best to collect the latest job openings, and please be sure to check last week’s roundup. For more opportunities, we recommend the following databases:

• HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts
• Job HQ – American Association of Museums
• American Association of State and Local History Career Center
• New England Museum Association Jobs
• New York Foundation for the Arts           

NORTHEAST

• Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (Mashpee, MA): Archivist
• Plimoth Patuxet Museums (Plimoth, MA): Internships (Multiple)
• City of Boston (Boston, MA): Cultural Institution Access Consultant
• Arlington Historical Society (Arlington, MA): Tour Guide
• Lexington Historical Society (Lexington, MA): Visitor Services Coordinator
• Historic Beverly (Beverly, MA): Collections Cataloguer
• Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center (Boston, MA): Summer Internships
• Old North Church & Historic Site (Boston, MA): Seasonal Educator
• French Library (Boston, MA):
  • Communications Manager
  • Development Officer
• Addison Art Gallery (Orleans, MA): Art Gallery Assistant
• Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum (Boston, MA): Historical Interpreter
• Design Museum Everywhere (Boston, MA): Grants Manager
• MFA Boston (Boston, MA):
  • Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture
  • Niarchos Fellow, Classical Art
  • Terrace Research Associate, Egyptian Art
• Zoo New England (Boston, MA):
  • Extern/Seasonal Zookeeper
  • Seasonal Conservation Educator
  • Camp Counselor and Seasonal Educators (Multiple)
• Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT): Director of Development
• Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art (New Paltz, NY): Museum Preparator
• The Jewish Museum (New York, NY):
  • Associate Development Officer
  • Curatorial Assistant
• New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York, NY):
  • Development and Special Events Production Coordinator
  • Teaching Artist
• New York Transit Museum (Brooklyn, NY): Tour Guide/Public Programs
• Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, NY): Tessitura Manager
• Heckscher Museum of Art (Huntington, NY): Assistant Curator
• Queens Museum (Queens, NY): Curatorial Assistant
• Newark Museum Association (Newark, NJ): Curatorial Assistant
• Long Island Children’s Museum (Garden City, NY): Exhibit Developer
• Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA): Associate Registrar
• Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT):
  • Associate Curator for Contemp Art
  • Associate Curator for American Dec Arts
  • Exhibitions Manager
• Crosby Company of New Hampshire (Salem, NH): Curatorial Assistant
• Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York, NY): Exhibitions Coordinator
• Sing Sing Prison Museum (Ossining, NY): Assistant Director

SOUTHEAST/MIDATLANTIC

• Bass Museum of Art (Miami Beach, FL): Registrar
• Houston Botanic Garden (Houston, TX): President and CEO
• Art Center Waco (Waco, TX): Exec Director
• Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Reston, VA): Edu & Public Programs Manager
• Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza (Dallas, TX): Collections Manager
• National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC): Chief of Conservation
• USS Yorktown Foundation (Mt Pleasant, SC): Director of Development
• The Menil Collection (Houston, TX): Director of Information Technology
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian (Cherokee, NC): Collections Manager
• Memphis Brooks Museum of Art (Memphis, TN): Curator of American Art
• Calvert Marine Museum (Solomons, MD): Museum Registrar
• Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA): Exhibition Project Manger
• Museums at Washington and Lee (Lexington, VA): Curator of Institutional History and Exhibits
• The Mint Museum (Charlotte, NC): Multimedia Strategy Manager]

MIDWEST

• Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL): Samuel and M Patricia Grober Curator
• Detroit Institute of the Arts (Detroit, MI):
  • Director of Interpretive Engagement
  • Exhibition Project Manger
• Chinese American Museum of Chicago (Chicago, IL): Curator of Exhibitions
• Foundation and Major Gifts Manager (Omaha, NE); Joslyn Art Museum

WEST COAST/SOUTHWEST

• Monterey Bay Aquarium (Monterey Bay, CA): Vice President, Marketing
• Coronado Historical Association (Coronado, CA): Museum and Events Manager
• The Getty (Los Angeles, CA): Museum Designer II
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA): Public Programs Coordinator

We are rapidly approaching the one-year mark of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the latest and most extreme in a series of Russo-Ukrainian conflicts. The past year has seen widespread destruction throughout the country, with over eight million refugees leaving their homes to flee the violence. [1] This invasion did not appear out of the blue—on the contrary, there is a long history of political and military conflict between the two nations. Among the most recent examples of this is the 2014 invasion of eastern Ukraine and subsequent annexation of Crimea, a widely condemned action that resulted in Russia’s expulsion from the G8. [2] As with many other military conflicts, one of the most fragile—and most symbolic—elements endangered by violence and looting is art. As material representations of history and identity, works of art ranging from religious objects, paintings, sculptures, and architecture can become rallying symbols for revolutions or desired prizes through which victors can proclaim their ownership of a certain culture.

This brings us to the crucial role that Russia and Ukraine’s shared history plays in the motivation and propaganda surrounding this conflict. Kyivan Rus, which at its peak spanned a considerable part of Eastern Europe, was the largest kingdom by territory between the 11^th and 13^th centuries. At its heart was the city of Kyiv, which is today the capital of Ukraine. From roughly 882 to 1240 CE, this kingdom produced a significant cultural output and gave rise to several figures still important in the region today. Among these is St. Olga, who functioned as regent of Kyivan Rus during the reign of her son and is now revered with the epithet “Equal to the Apostles.”

Kyivan Rus is, of course, not the only instance in which the territories of modern Ukraine and Russia were conjoined. Beginning in the 18^th century, Ukraine was controlled by the Russian Empire and, by 1922, it become part of the USSR. The last century has seen Ukraine face challenges such as the Holodomor, a man-made famine that resulted in the deaths of millions of Ukrainians between 1932 and 1933, and the infamous Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which made a part of northern Ukraine uninhabitable. It was only on December 1^st, 1991 that Ukraine declared independence from the USSR.

For Ukraine, Kyiv remains the center of the mighty kingdom that once dominated Eastern Europe. For Russia—or, rather, for several Russian leaders like Vladimir Putin—Kyivan Rus is proof that the Ukrainians are Russian, and thus must be brought back into the fold of Russian leadership. [3] It is partly with this logic that Putin’s government justified the invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing violence in the region.

At the heart of the use of this history is the presence of artworks originating from Kyivan Rus, whose cultural significance gives their holder a currency through which to claim the past. A recent report from The Art Newspaper investigates this topic, raising concerns about the looting of the Ukrainian cultural patrimony at the hands of invading Russian troops. [4] The report centers around Kherson, a city on the Black Sea that was invaded at the beginning of the war in 2022. When Ukrainian troops reentered the city in October 2022, the Kherson Regional Art Museum had survived, but its collections were missing. Andrei Malgin, director of the Crimean Simferopol art museum, has stated that he was “instructed to take the exhibits of the Kherson Art Museum for temporary storage and ensure their safety until they are returned to their rightful owner.” [5] The Art Newspaper highlights the close ties between Malgin and Putin, as well as Malgin’s vocal support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The “rightful owner” in the eyes of Russian-controlled Crimea may very well not be a Ukrainian museum, and, as of today, the works have yet to be returned.

The fate of the Kherson Regional Art Museum is sadly similar to many other institutions and collections affected by the war. Around thirty museums throughout Ukraine have been the site of raids and looting under the supervision of Russian curators. [6] Russia has felt the effects of the feverish need for material propaganda from Ukraine as well. The art historian Zelfira Tregulova was fired from her position as director of the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow after she had “come under intense criticism from Russia’s hawkish proponents of the war in Ukraine due to the Tretyakov’s alleged resistance to the patriotic fervor that has engulfed the country’s elite.” [7] She was replaced by the daughter of a senior member of Russia’s Federal Security Service.

On the event of the one-year mark of the invasion, the exhibition “Ukraine: Connected Histories & Vibrant Cultures” will be opening at Tisch Library. It is organized by Prof. Alice I. Sullivan (Department of the History of Art and Architecture) and Anna Kijas (Lilly Music Library), in collaboration with faculty, staff, as well as undergraduate and graduate students at Tufts University, including members of the Ukrainian community on campus. This exhibition features the history and cultural heritage of Kyivan Rus and its function in the conflicts between Russia and Ukraine in the 20^th and 21^st centuries. Further, it will outline current efforts to study and preserve this rich cultural history that has been threatened and manipulated during the Russo-Ukranian conflicts. The exhibition will open March 6^th, with a reception at 5 PM, in the Tisch Main Library Lobby.

Footnotes:

[1] “Operation Data Portal: Ukraine Refugee Situation,” United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine

[2] Acosta, Jim. “U.S., Other Powers Kick Russia out of G8,” CNN, March 24, 2014. https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/24/politics/obama-europe-trip/index.html

[3] Mick, Cristoph. “How Moscow Has Long Used the Historic Kyivan Rus State to Justify Expansionism,” The Conversation, March 8, 2022. https://theconversation.com/how-moscow-has-long-used-the-historic-kyivan-rus-state-to-justify-expansionism-178092

[4] Bailey, Martin. “Special Investigation: Serious Concerns Over Fate of Ukraine’s Museum Works Taken by Russians,” The Art Newspaper, February 1, 2023. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/01/special-investigation-serious-concerns-over-the-fate-of-ukraines-museum-works-taken-by-russia

[5] Beardsworth, James. “Kherson Museum Art Collection Looted Ahead of Russian Retreat,” The Moscow Times, November 11, 2022. https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/11/10/kherson-museum-art-collection-looted-ahead-of-russian-retreat-a79342

[6] Geanous, Jacob. “Russian Art Curators Have Reportedly Helped Loot Dozens of Ukraine Museums,” New York Post, February 4, 2023. https://nypost.com/2023/02/04/russian-art-curators-have-raided-dozens-of-ukraine-museums/

[7] Ilyushina, Mary. “Russia Ousts Director of Elite Museum as Kremlin Demands Patriotic Art,” The Washington Post, February 9, 2023. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/09/russia-tretyakov-gallery-director-ousted/

Article by Francesca Bisi

MA Candidate in Art History and Museum Studies, Tufts University

The Concord Museum seeks a dynamic and energetic educator to join the museum education team. Museum Educators teach curriculum-based lessons on many historical topics including Native culture, Archaeology, Colonial Life, and the Revolution. Teaching object-based lessons and hands-on activities, educators help students make personal connections to the past. Focusing on grades 2-8, Museum Educators lead school programs mainly in the Museum galleries and classrooms, at sites such as the Old North Bridge in Concord, and occasional in-classroom programs in schools. Educators also help to set-up classroom materials and clean spaces and equipment after programs.

Qualifications: B.A., experience in teaching or leading children in a group setting and a strong interest in American history is desired. Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively and collaboratively as a member of a team is crucial. A schedule with the flexibility to teach on weekdays during school hours is necessary. Ability to sit, stand, and walk for extended periods of time and lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. This is a part-time position perfect for graduate students, those with a flexible schedule, retired educators, and those interested in museum education. 3-16 hours per week, $15.50/hour Send a resume and cover letter with the subject line “Museum Educator” to jobs@concordmuseum.org