Description
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art welcomes all people to explore art, creativity, and our shared humanity. Nearly four million people come through our doors each year—with millions more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Our renowned collection includes nearly 160,000works of art, from the ancient world to today. Admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.
Duties
Organizes and coordinates or oversees the development of major and minor exhibitions of pre-1940American and British art from the National Gallery’s holdings as well as from other institutions and private collections.
Managing the permanent collection. Performs and delegates scholarly and technical work to ensure thorough, up-to-date cataloguing, safe and orderly storage and documentation of American and British art belonging to the National Gallery or proposed as gifts, purchases and loans.
Fosters and develops an acquisitions program that enables the National Gallery to continue to embrace artistic excellence and serve diverse and contemporary audiences through collections that connect to the lived experiences of these audiences and to relevant topics of our time, with a particular emphasis on works of art that enhance the National Gallery’s holdings of artists and subject matter not already represented in the collection.
Performs and oversees advanced scholarly research on American and British art in the collection and on prospective acquisitions, or in other areas of special expertise, and for inclusion or examination in exhibitions, scholarly journals, publications, lectures and symposia. Ensures that American and British art entering the collection is properly researched and catalogued, and that already existing object records are updated as new information becomes available.
Plans the future growth of the department, and defines its goals in areas of personnel, budget, equipment, acquisitions of works of art and curatorial programs.
Provides accurate and informative responses to inquiries from outside scholars and the public concerning works in the collection or requests for expert opinions.
Requirements
Conditions of employment
* This employer participates in the e-Verify program.
* Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation
* May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.
Basic Requirements:
1. Degree: museum work; or in an applicable subject-matter fi eld.
OR
2. Combination of education and experience -- courses equivalent to a major, as shown in A above, plusappropriate experience or additional education.
OR
3. Four years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through thesuccessful completion of the 4-year course of study as shown in A above.
Specialized Experience Statement:
Candidates must possess at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent in responsibility to the federal GS-14 level, curating a collection of American art of at least 250 objects.
Other Relevant Eligibility Criteria:
Must have one of the following, a) degree in art history, b) acombination of course work and experience in the fi eld of art history, c) 4 years of experience that provided knowledge comparable to that normally acquired through the successful completion of the 4-year course of study in art history .
