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Assistant Curator of Education, Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston

Applicants must visit http://jobs.uh.edu to apply. UH Posting Number: 064803

Full Time

Personality Profile

The Assistant Curator of Education will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and should be organized and flexible as well as detail-oriented; applicants should possess a background in art, show intellectual curiosity, and be skilled at taking a practical approach to undertaking projects.  Excellent communication abilities (both verbal and written) and the ability to learn new skills and adapt to new situations easily is important. The assistant curator of education will be comfortable undertaking projects in the museum, in the university setting, and with partnering organizations outside the university. A working knowledge of an educational and/or arts institution is useful. 

Duties/Responsibilities           

Provides program implementation and support for Blaffer Gallery's educational and outreach initiatives; reports to curator of education.

Responsibilities will include:

• Administers the Summer Arts for youth program, and assists in the implementation of the Young Artist Apprenticeship Program and additional art-making programs for youth.
• Assists with collaborative projects with various University centers, schools, colleges, and other departments.
• Administers the tour program; sets schedules.
• Assists in building and maintaining relationships with faculty, teachers and professors.
• Develops audio and written educational and didactic materials including resources for college students as well as secondary teachers.
• Oversees the Blaffer Student Association as well as the development of an alumni relations program for the Blaffer community; works with interns, docents, college, and high school students.
• Maintains databases including some financial records.
• Assists in the evaluation and analysis of educational programs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications          

Position requires a directly job-related 4-year Bachelor's degree, with a Master's in Arts Education or related field preferred. Requires a minimum of three years of job-related experience in a museum or educational environment. Knowledge of contemporary art, art history, and arts education is strongly preferred. 

Additional Posting Information           

Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, is an internationally renowned museum showcasing innovative contemporary art, and Art Focus, the museum’s education program, enriches the campus and the city’s cultural life.

The guiding philosophy of Art Focus is to maximize our impact upon key identified communities to build a dynamic, sustainable forum for life- long learning.  To accomplish this, Art Focus uses two strategies:

1. Broadens and deepen defined audiences experiences of art through mentorship activities between its constituents.
2. Creates or extend partnerships and collaborations within and outside the University.

Art Focus presents a unified philosophical whole that is based on fully integrating art into our participants’ lives.  Programs include two for-credit internship courses and an accompanying a mentorship program; an extensive guided tour program offered to groups of all ages and interests; an accompanying in-depth docent program for arts educators and advanced university students; the Young Artist Apprenticeship Program, a nationally recognized youth arts workshop for teens; and Summer Arts, an art-making camp for youth. Public programs are developed with each exhibition and often are multi-disciplinary and collaborative.

Our goals is to engage the imaginations of K-12 students visiting the museum, to give tools to high school students that enable participants to further their educations and expand their worldview, to inspire intellectual curiosity and achievement in university students, to arm future arts professionals skills with critical skills and knowledge of museum practices, and to give those professionals the opportunity to mentor students.  Above all, we strive to demonstrate the relevance and power of visual art in all of our lives.

 

 

Jeffrey S. Bowen

Assistant Director of External Affairs

Blaffer Gallery

The Art Museum of the University of Houston

120 Fine Arts Building

Houston, Texas 77204-4018

p. 713.743.9528

f. 713.743.9525

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www.blaffergallery.org

 

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