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The fundamental reason this classification exists is to manage the
care, safety, and maintenance of the art and environments in the interior and
exterior of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) in the Blount Cultural
Park. Responsibilities for artworks on
Museum grounds include caring for exterior art, including the Caddell Sculpture
Garden and the Terrace and Till Fountain, which includes the care of the bronze
sculpture; scheduling and coordinating installations and de-installations;
maintaining sculpture lighting; grounds-keeping for all surrounding areas; and
maintaining landscaping elements and the pool. Responsibilities for artworks on Museum interiors
include moving art in and out of storage, preparing art for exhibition by
matting, framing, and other techniques, scheduling installations and
de-installations of exhibitions, preparing art for safe shipment, designing and
fabricating exhibition furniture and other customized systems, and installing,
designing, and fabricating specific graphics and virtual exhibition
designs. This position maintains
inventories of equipment and materials, schedules services for recurring annual
interior and external care, and budgets for necessary treatments and care of
sculpture and grounds. This
position is supervised by the Senior Curator of Art.
Bachelor’s
degree in Museum Studies, Fine Arts (Visual Arts), Studio Art, Art History, Graphic
Design, Architecture or a closely related field, and five (5) years of
experience in the handling, maintenance, and care of art or artifacts, to
include fine carpentry work, matting, and framing, and the use of graphic design
software and Computer Assisted Design (CAD) programs in the creation of
exhibition graphics, layouts, or related design elements.
NOTE: Qualifying education, training, and experience that provide the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job will be considered.
Must possess a valid Alabama
driver’s license as needed to pick up parts from local vendors and transport
works of art. May work overtime,
weekends, and holidays. May require out-of-town and out-of-State overnight
courier travel.