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Weekly Job Roundup (1/13/2023)

January 13, 2023 / Danielle N. Maurer / 0 Comments

Happy New Year, and 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:

NORTHEAST

Museum of Science (Boston, MA): Benefits and Employee Programs Specialist
Boston Society for Architecture (Boston, MA): Marketing Manager
Northeast Document Conservation Center (Andover, MA): Receptionist
Mount Auburn Cemetery (Cambridge, MA)
Archaeological Institute of America (Boston, MA): Director of Finance
Martha’s Vineyard Museum (Martha’s Vineyard, MA): Development Director
Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River (Fall River, MA): Exec Director
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (Utica, NY): Assistant Curator of American Art
Rockwell Museum (Corning, NY): Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA): Associate Curator of Ancient Coins
Biggs Museum of American Art (Dover, DE):
- Grants Manager
- Registrar/Preparator
Whitney Museum (New York, NY): Visitor and Gallery Assistant
The National Sept 11^th Memorial and Museum (New York, NY):
- Exhibition Developer
- Exhibition Projects Manager
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY): Department Technician (Costume Institute)
Brooklyn Children’s Museum (Brooklyn, NY): Director of Public Programs
Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY): Development Assistant

MIDWEST

Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI): Curator of Photography
Akron Zoo (Akron, OH): Maintenance Manager
Wisconsin Historical Society (Madison, WI): Lead Experience Designer

SOUTHEAST/MID-ATLANTIC

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA): Manager of Registration & Archives
American Alliance of Museums (Arlington, VA)
- Assistant Manager of Engagement
- Manager of Volunteer and Member Engagement
Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC): Director of Development
Montgomery Parks (Sandy Spring, MD): Woodlawn Museum Education Program Manager
National Museum of American History (Washington, DC): Major Gift Officer
Pioneer Museum (Fredericksburg, TX): Executive Director
Philip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (Miami, FL): CEO
National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC): Museum Curator
Osage Nation Museum (Pawhuska, OK): Curatorial Collections Assistant

WEST COAST

Museum of Flight (Seattle, WA): Director of Community Engagement
Glendale Library (Glendale, CA): Exhibits Coordinator
Denver Art Museum (Denver, CO): Lifelong Learning and Accessibility Fellow
Walt Disney Family Museum (San Francisco, CA): Director of Facilities and Operations
Oregon Coast Aquarium (Newport, OR): Graphics and Exhibits Manager
Computer History Museum (Mountain View, CA): Editorial Director
The Mod Museum (Las Vegas, NV): Director of Exhibits

Modern Views on Museum Leadership: The Case Against Visionary Leaders

January 13, 2023 / Danielle N. Maurer / 0 Comments

In her article for Hyperallergic, Chazen Art Museum director Amy Gilman precautions museum professionals against falling into the “cult of the visionary museum director,” the idea that museum leaders should aspire to grand visions for the future of the institution.[1] She argues that this perspective is shortsighted and does not account for the short-term and long-term steps and strategies required to realize a museum’s mission: “As directors we must keep envisioning at the 1000-foot view, but unless we can ground that view in pragmatic examples that help our teams link aspiration to action, the 1000-foot view remains an elusive and frustrating dream.”[2] While Gilman’s argument against the visionary director is controversial, the evidence she provides to support this argument proves that she herself is an effective leader whose career could be interpreted by some to be visionary. For this reason, this article and the topic of effective museum leadership in general allude to the ideological shift modern museums experience to meet the changing needs of their communities.

The job should be less about fantastical visions and more about defining practical objectives for the entire institution and its constituents.
Amy GIlman, HyperallergiC (2021)

Museums are facing increasing public scrutiny about their missions and purpose in their respective communities. To maintain relevancy, museums must meet the complex needs of their communities, and museums are therefore experiencing great changes. It is more important now than ever that museum leaders be intuitive, dynamic, and competent to facilitate this institutional reinvention.[3] Now that museums are increasingly more active in their communities, directors have an even greater need to have experience in public relations, business management, finance, and marketing. While curatorial skills are an advantage, some high-level museum director job advertisements do not require experience in non-profits.[4] As scholar Willard Boyd asserts, the director must understand the mission and culture of the museum. Directors must have an aspirational vision of the museum grounded in reality, and the director must have the means through which to achieve the vision.[5] Boyd agrees with Gilman about the need for a pragmatic, rather than visionary, director: “To be effective, the director must be able to figure out what the right things are and then be able to get them done.”[6] For the role of the director, imagination must be accompanied by sound judgement.[7]

Additionally, Sherene Suchy reminds museum professionals of the importance of strong emotional intelligence. Effective leaders should communicate their passion for their institution to others, including potential funders and trustees.[8] Emotionally intelligent directors are likely to practice cohesive leadership, meaning responsibility is shared and staff training and development are prioritized. Cohesive leaders exemplify the behaviors they expect from their staff.[9] Emotionally intelligent leaders often lean into empathy, a trait critical to modern leadership. It is a driver of change, and leaders who practice empathy may be able to understand the pressures facing underpaid staff. For this reason, empathy is the foundation of diversity, inclusion, and pay equity.[10]

In the study of leadership in museums, it is apparent that there are many ideas about the qualities and skills an effective director should possess. Just as institutions have unique needs and missions, there can be no definitive model of a director that could efficiently serve any museum. Willard Boyd reminds the museum field that a perfect director does not exist. Instead, trustees should search for an effective leader who can grow as he or she gains institutional knowledge.[11] The ideal values of leadership, namely pragmatism and emotional intelligence, are not quantifiable and are challenging to identify in the candidate search process. Board members should therefore be prepared to assess candidates not just on their exciting ideas for the position, but also on their commitment to their current posts.

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Article by Danielle Maurer

MA Candidate: History and Museum Studies

Tufts University

FOOTNOTES

[1] Amy Gilman, “The Era of the Visionary Museum Director Is Over … or It Should Be,” Hyperallergic, July 27, 2021.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Gail Anderson, Reinventing the Museum: The Evolving Conversation on the Paradigm Shift, 2nd ed. (Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, 2012): 1.

[4] Willard L. Boyd. “Wanted: An Effective Director.” Curator 38, no. 3 (1995): 171-172.

[5] Ibid., 177-178.

[6] Ibid.,177.

[7] Ibid., 178.

[8] Sherene Suchy, “Emotional Intelligence, Passion and Museum Leadership,” Museum Management and Curatorship 18, no. 1 (1999): 60.

[9] Des Griffin and Morris Abraham, “The Effective Management of Museums: Cohesive Leadership and Visitor-Focused Public Programming,” Museum Management and Curatorship 18, no. 4 (June 2000): 335-368.

[10] Amy Whitaker, “Reconsidering People as the Institution: Empathy, Pay, Equity, and Deaccessioning as Key Leadership Strategies in Art Museums,” Organizational Leadership 64, no. 2 (April 2021): 257.

[11] Boyd, 177.

Weekly Job Roundup

January 6, 2023 / Francesca Bisi / 0 Comments

Hello everyone, and welcome to this week’s roundup of exciting opportunities in museums! 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:

MuseWeekly
New England Museum Association Jobs
HireCulture – Jobs in the Humanities in Massachusetts
HistPres – Unique Historic Preservation Jobs
Museum Employment Resource Center
Job HQ – American Association of Museums
American Association of State and Local History Career Center

Northeast

Associate Director of Development, Bruce Museum (Greenwich, CT)
Events Manager, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (Hartford, CT)
Digital Imaging Technician (Library Assistant 2), UConn Library (Storrs, CT)
Museum Educator, Noah Webster House & West Hartford Historical Society (West Hartford, CT)
Museum Education Coordinator, Amesbury Carriage Museum (Amesbury, MA)
Collections Manager, Nichols House Museum (Boston, MA)
Visitor Service and Volunteer Manager, Cahoon Museum of American Art (Cotuit, MA)
Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Community Projects, New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA)
Associate Director of Museum Learning, New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA)
Manager of Institutional Relations, New Bedford Whaling Museum (New Bedford, MA)
Executive Director, Woods Hole Historical Museum (Woods Hole, MA)
Director of Education, Historic Hudson Valley (Tarrytown, NY)
Part-Time Mellon Summer Intern, RISD Museum (Providence, RI)

Mid-Atlantic

Assistant Director of Exhibitions, Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY)
Cole Fellow, Thomas Cole National Historic Site (Catskill, NY)
Belle da Costa Greene Curatorial Fellowships, The Morgan Library & Museum (New York, NY)
Chief Development Officer, American Academy in Rome (New York, NY)
Director of Development, Hispanic Society Museum and Library (New York, NY)
Executive Director, Bronx Children’s Museum (New York, NY)
Director of Education, Historic Hudson Valley (Tarrytown, NY)
Executive Director, The Village of Arts and Humanities (Philadelphia, PA)
Executive Director, Reading Science Center (Reading, PA)
Executive Director, Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm (Stroudsburg, PA)
Historic Trades Internship, George Washington’s Mount Vernon (Mount Vernon, VA)
Human Resources Generalist, Phillips Collection (Washington, D.C.)

Southeast

Executive Director, Museum of Polo and Hall of Fame (Lake Worth, FL)
Executive Director, The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art (St. Petersburg, FL)

Midwest

Site Manager-Whitewater Canal SHS 1, Indiana State Museum (Metamora, IN)
Exhibits Specialist, KU Natural History Museum (Lawrence, KS)
Curator, Native American Art, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, MO)
Registrar, Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
Exhibitions Preparator, The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Senior Registrar, Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI)

Southwest

Assistant Curator, Modern Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, LA)
Head of External Relations, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)
Chief Philanthropy Officer, San José Museum of Art (San José, CA)
Director of Development, Texas Development (Austin, TX)
Director of Security and Safety, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX)

Northwest

Program Impact Manager, Oregon Zoo (Portland, OR)
Executive Director, Yakima Valley Museum (Yakima, WA)

Conservator of Sculptures and 3D Objects, Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico)
Paper Conservator, Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce, Puerto Rico)

What’s Coming Up in the Art World in 2023

January 6, 2023 / Francesca Bisi / 0 Comments

Happy New Year from the Museum Studies Blog!

As we look forward to 2023, here are a few of the amazing upcoming exhibitions that you should mark on your calendar. What shows are you most looking forward to?

Ningiukulu Teevee (2007) Shaman Revealed. Purchased with the assistance of the Joan Chalmers Inuit Art Purchase Fund, 2008. © Ningiukulu Teevee, courtesy Dorset Fine Arts. 2008/17.

Ningiukulu Teevee: Chronicles for the Curious
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
Opens January 14^th, 2023
Curated by Wanda Nanibush (AGO)

Vitality and Continuity: Art in the Experiences of Anishinaabe, Inuit, and Pueblo Women
Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, USA)
January 21^st, 2023 to January 6^th, 2024

Ming Smith (1992) *Womb*. Courtesy of the artist. © Ming Smith.

Egon Schiele from the Collection of the Leopold Museum–Young Genius in Vienna 1900
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
January 26^th to April 9^th, 2023

Projects: Ming Smith
Studio Museum in Harlem (New York City, USA)
Curated by Thelma Golden (Studio Museum in Harlem) and Oluremi C. Onabanjo (MoMA)
February 4^th to May 29^th, 2023

Wook-kyung Choi, (1960s) *Untitled* (detail). © Wook-kyung Choi Estate and courtesy to Arte Collectum

Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70
Whitechapel Gallery (London, UK)
February 9^th to May 7^th, 2023
Curated by Laura Smith (Whitechapel)

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portraitist of the Renaissance
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
February 11th to June 11th, 2023

Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Los Angeles, USA)
Curated by Leslie Jones (LACMA)
February 12th to July 2nd, 2023

Wangechi Mutu (2022) *In Two Canoe*. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery. © Wangechi Mutu

Painting Love in the Louvre Collections
National Art Center (Tokyo, Japan)
March 1^st to June 12^th, 2023

Wangechi Mutu: Intertwined
The New Museum (New York City, USA)
Curated by Margot Norton (The New Museum) Vivian Crockett
March 2^nd to June 4^th, 2023

Teresa del Pó (c. 1684) St. Sebastian. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katzeresa

Muse or Maestra? Women in the Italian Art World, 1400-1800
Kupferstichkabinett (Berlin, Germany)
May 8th to June 4th, 2023

The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance
The National Gallery (London, UK)
March 16^th to June 11^th, 2023

Katsushika Hokusai, South Wind, Clear Sky (Gaifū kaisei), also known as Red Fuji, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei) © *The Museum of Fine Arts Boston*

Hokusai: Inspiration and Influence
The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, USA)
March 26^th to July 16^th, 2023
Curated by: Sarah E. Thompson

Manet/Degas
Musée d’Orsay (Paris, France)
March 28^th to July 23^rd, 2023
Curated by Laurence des Cars (Louvre Museum), Isolde Pludermacher (Musée d’Orsay), and Stéphane Guégan (Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie)

Juan de Pareja (1661) *The Calling of Saint Matthew*, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. © Photographic Archive Museo Nacional del Prado

Juan de Pareja: Afro-Hispanic Painter
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, USA)
April 3^rd to July 16^th, 2023
Curated by David Pullins (The Met) and Vanessa K. Valdés (CUNY)

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (2000) *Untitled (Memory Map).* © Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Garth Greenan Gallery, New York

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map
Whitney Museum of American Art (New York City, USA)
April 19^th to August 2023
Curated by Laura Phipps (Whitney) and Caitlin Chaisson

Lavinia Fontana: Trailblazer, Rule Breaker
National Gallery of Ireland (Dublin, Ireland)
May 6th to August 27th 2023
Curated by Aoife Brady (National Gallery of Ireland)

Menstrual products from various decades. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Van Gogh and the Avant-Garde: The Modern Landscape
The Art Institute (Chicago, USA)
Curated by Jacquelyn N. Coutré (The Art Institute) and Bregje Gerritse (Van Gogh Museum)
May 14^thto September 4^th, 2023

Flow: The Exhibition about Menstruation
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
June 10^th, 2023 to June 10^th, 2024

Artist Portrait with a Candle (A), from the series With Eyes Closed I See Happiness (2012) Marina Abramović. © Marina Abramović

Secessions: Klimt, Stuck, Liebermann
Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany)
June 23^rd to October 22^nd, 2023

Marina Abramović
Royal Academy of Arts (London, UK)
September 23^rd to December 10^th, 2023

*Japanese American-owned grocery store, Oakland, California (*March 1942) Dorothea Lange. © National Gallery of Art

Degas and the Laundress: Women, Work, and Impressionism in Late Nineteenth Century Paris
Cleveland Museum of Art
October 8^th to January 14^th, 2023

Dorothea Lange: Seeing People
National Gallery of Art (Washington D.C., USA)
November 5^th, 2023 to March 31^st, 2024

Article by Francesca Bisi

MA Candidate in Art History and Museum Studies, Tufts University

Weekly Job Round (11/20/22)

November 20, 2022 / Savannah M. Kruguer / 0 Comments

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:

NORTHEAST:

Connecticut State Museum of Natural History (University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut) Museum Exhibit Designer and Communicator
Revolutionary Spaces (Boston, MA) Director of Finance & Administration
Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg, MA) Manager of Education Programs
Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA) George Putnam Curator of American Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY) Conservator – Costume Institute
Princeton University Art Museum (Princeton, NJ) Registrar

SOUTHEAST & MID-ATLANTIC:

National Museum of Asian Art (Washington, DC) Education Specialist – Outreach
Miami Children’s Museum (Miami, FL) Exhibit Director
Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia (Richmond, VA) Executive Director
South Texas Institute For The Arts (Corpus Christi, TX) Museum Registrar

MIDWEST:

Clinton Presidential Library (Little Rock, AR) Supervisory Museum Curator
Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH) Key Bank Museum Fellow
The Science Museum of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN) Project Leader, Museum Experiences

WEST COAST:

The San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA) Associate Registrar for Exhibitions
The Getty (Los Angeles, CA)
- Assistant Registrar
- Public Programs Coordinator
Museum of Ventura County (Ventura, CA) Chief Curator
New Mexico Museum of Art (Santa Fe, NM) Head of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of Contemporary Art

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Weekly Job Roundup (1/13/2023)

Modern Views on Museum Leadership: The Case Against Visionary Leaders

Weekly Job Roundup

What’s Coming Up in the Art World in 2023

Weekly Job Round (11/20/22)

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