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Designer/Preparator

 

The Ulrich Museum of Art seeks a skilled and team-oriented Designer/Preparator to lead all aspects of museum display plus care and handling of the collection. This position requires a creative problem-solver who will thrive in a fast-paced work environment and is suited to the university art museum setting. In this role, administrative duties for resource planning complement responsibilities for the imaginative installation of exhibitions with the requisite skills of packing, crating, framing, gallery furniture fabrication, installation and lighting design, and supervision of the installation crew. The designer/preparator reports to the museum director and works collaboratively with the collection manager/registrar and curator of modern and contemporary art.

 

Responsible for all aspects of exhibition design, preparation and installation, including:

●Work as part of team with director, curator, and other museum staff in developing exhibitions and their installations

●Organize long-term and short-range installation planning and projects

●Establish work plans and assignments to meet museum deadlines and priorities

●Work independently and assume direct responsibility for complex tasks

●Design and facilitate the installation of exhibitions, including packing/unpacking, framing, painting, gallery furniture fabrication, art placement and mounting, and lighting

●Design and oversee fabrication of all gallery interpretation—computer-generated wall panels, texts, labels

●Contributes to planning and projects for efficient and professional collection storage

●Coordinate productive relationships with suppliers and contractors

●Maintain shop with its tools and equipment for woodworking, electrical, light construction, and audio-visual and computer gallery displays

●Participate in facility monitoring and planning

 

Responsible for all aspects of installation planning, including:

●Develop project budgets and annual exhibition budgets

●Supervise exhibition interns and temporary preparatory staff

●Monitor highly professional art handling and offering relevant training

●Maintain professional gallery presence through daily installation maintenance

●Maintain current exhibition files

●Compile required documentation for traveling shows.

           

Contributes to staffing needs, including:

●Assistance with special events and museum programs

●Other duties as assigned

 

Minimum Education: H.S. diploma or equivalent

Minimum Experience: 4 years of museum preparator and gallery design experience at a museum of comparable size or larger.

 

Preferred education requirements: Master of Fine Arts

Preferred experience requirements: 5 years+ of art museum preparatory and gallery design experience at a museum of comparable size or larger.

 

Salary range: $40,000--$45,000

 

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities: skilled use of Microsoft Word, Excel, Photoshop, and a design software (as examples—Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, etc.), art handling, construction and carpentry, painting, supervisory skills, ability to work as team member

Offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory background check as required by the Kansas Board of Regents

 

Apply on-line at https://www.wichita.edu/wsujobs

 

Additional application requirements:  Submit maximum of 20 digital images demonstrating quality of work in exhibition design and installation on a disk to Linda Doll, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita KS 67260-0046.  The disk must be received by 5 p.m., Nov. 1, 2010.  AA/EEO

 

Mark Janzen

Registrar/Collection Manager

Ulrich Museum of Art

Martin H. Bush Outdoor Sculpture Collection

316-978-5850