CURATOR OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
SALARY RANGE: $75,000-$80,000
Position Overview
To collect, research/catalogue and maintain the prints and drawings collection and to make this collection available to a broad audience through exhibitions, publications, and educational programs.
Essential Job Functions
- Develops the prints and drawings collection in collaboration with the Director, Head of Curatorial Affairs, and other staff through gifts, purchases, and bequests. Prepares and presents proposals of gifts and purchases for the Director to put forth to the Art Committee.
- Plans prints and drawings exhibition program and coordinates overall schedule in concert with the Head of Curatorial Affairs and other curatorial staff.
- Organizes several exhibitions each year, including selection of objects, researching, preparing labels, publishing catalogues, and designing layouts.
- Prepares publications and digital materials related to the prints and drawings collection and exhibitions.
- Encourages the collecting of prints and drawings in the community by organizing an annual Print Fair, giving gallery talks, and organizing print and drawing exhibitions at the Museum.
- Coordinates with the Head of Education to ensure effective joint planning of educational programming for permanent collection installations and temporary exhibitions.
- Works with the Head of Education to facilitate docent training and public programs related to the prints and drawings collection.
- Writes and presents lectures and gallery talks; schedules and/or conducts student and visitor tours of the prints and drawings collection.
- Assists Head of Curatorial Affairs and other curatorial staff in planning in-house, travelling, and loan exhibitions.
- Assists the Collections Manager with prints and drawings management activities including policies and procedures.
- Prepares and oversees operating budget for the prints and drawings collection, including publications and exhibitions, working closely with the Head of Curatorial Affairs, Curator of Exhibitions, and Collections Manager.
- Identifies and helps pursue funding and sponsorship opportunities with the Director, Head of Development, and other development staff as appropriate.
- Hires and supervises the Douglass Foundation Intern in Curatorial Studies.
- Performs other duties as required.
Requirements:
Museum curatorial experience, minimum five years. Knowledge of current conservation standards.
Other Skills:
Excellent writing and speaking abilities. Must have flexible work hours; evening and weekend duty occasionally required.
Education:
Master’s degree in art history, museum studies, studio art, or humanities
About The McNay Art Museum
The McNay Art Museum located in San Antonio, Texas, offers an array of career opportunities for passionate individuals who are eager to take part in our mission to engage a diverse community in the discovery and enjoyment of the visual arts. At our core, we strive to be San Antonio’s place of belonging and to offer our community transformational art experiences.
Built in the 1920s by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay, the Spanish Colonial Revival residence became the site of Texas’ first modern art museum when it opened in 1954. Today, 200,000 visitors a year enjoy works by modern masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Joan Mitchell, Alice Neel, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The 45,000-square-foot Jane & Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions, designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier, features major exhibitions annually. The 25 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds include sculptures by Willie Cole, Robert Indiana, Luis A. Jiménez Jr., Alejandro Martín, George Rickey, Joel Shapiro, Kiki Smith, Tom Wesselmann and others. For more information about the McNay, visit www.mcnayart.org.
The McNay’s works on paper collection is recognized nationally for its focus on prints and drawings of the nineteenth through twenty-first centuries, as well as for the overall quality of its holdings. Particular areas of strength are nineteenth-century French and American prints, German Expressionist graphics, American works on paper of the last and present centuries, works by Latinx artists, and minimalism. Graphic media represented include works in relief, intaglio, lithography, screen-printing, drawing, pastel, and watercolor. The collection is presented in theme-based works on paper exhibitions as well as integrated into collections galleries and included in exhibitions of works in all media. The Curator of Prints and Drawings is one of five curators working under the Head of Curatorial Affairs and supervises the Douglass Foundation Fellow.
EEO Statement:
The McNay is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
