Search for Curator at Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art in Chicago

[Diana Howansky]

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     Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 18:04:50 -0600 (CST)
     From: Nicholas Sawicki <nsawicki at uima-art.org>
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  Subject: [Fwd: Position description submission]
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Dear Friends,

I would like to inform you that the Ukrainian Institute of Modern
Art in Chicago has opened a search for a Curator of Collections and
Exhibitions.

A description for the position is attached. I would encourage all of
you to circulate it among colleagues and associates who may be 
interested. The deadline for submitted applications is March 15.

With best wishes,
Nick Sawicki

-- 
Nicholas Sawicki
Chair, Visual Arts Programming
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art
nsawicki at uima-art.org
www.uima-art.org

----- End forwarded message -----

Curator of Collections and Exhibitions
Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art

The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, a non-profit museum and 
exhibition space in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village neighborhood, invites 
applications for the contracted position of Curator of Collections and 
Exhibitions, beginning June 1, 2007.

The Curator will be responsible for overseeing the Institute’s permanent 
collection, which consists of over eight hundred works of art by 
20th-century Ukrainian, Ukrainian diaspora, and central and eastern 
European artists. The collection has particularly strong holdings in 
postwar art and works on paper. The position will require designing and 
implementing policies for the cataloging, care, and expansion of the 
collection; identifying works that require conservation and overseeing 
the hiring of outside contractors for conservation work; responding to 
requests for loans and documentation; and maintaining research files on 
past exhibitors and artists represented in the collection. The Curator 
will also plan and execute five to six temporary exhibitions each year 
on the premises of the Institute. He or she will seek out and field 
potential exhibitors, and will implement and install these exhibitions.

The Curator will report directly to the President, and will oversee 
student interns who will assist in collection care and exhibition 
planning. He or she will also have access to the resources and 
assistance of the Institute’s existing volunteer committees.

The successful candidate will have a strong knowledge of modern and 
contemporary visual art and culture, with a demonstrated interest in 
Ukrainian or central and eastern European art. He or she will have a 
minimum of two years of experience working in a museum or gallery 
environment, and direct experience in exhibition planning and collection 
management. A graduate degree in a related field such as museum or 
curatorial studies, conservation, art history, library science, or arts 
administration is preferred, but applicants with equivalent professional 
experience will be considered. The working language of the Institute is 
English, but preference will be given to candidates who have knowledge 
of Ukrainian, or those who have an interest in learning basic Ukrainian 
language skills. The ideal candidate will have strong relationship 
building skills and will be required to report on his activities on a 
frequent basis to the Institute’s Executive Committee and Board of 
Directors. The annual salary for the position is $32,000 to $40,000, 
contingent on experience. The application is for a seven-month contract 
beginning June 1, 2007, renewable for up to two years pending budgetary 
approval.

Please send a detailed letter of application, curriculum vitae, 
documentation or samples of recent curatorial or writing projects, and 
the names of three professional references by March 15, 2007
to: Search Committee, Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, 2320 West 
Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622. No phone calls please.



-- 
Diana Howansky
Staff Associate
Ukrainian Studies Program
Columbia University
Room 1208, MC3345
420 W. 118th Street
New York, NY  10027
(212) 854-4697
ukrainianstudies at columbia.edu
http://www.harrimaninstitute.org/courses/ukrainian_studies_program.html

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