University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
Application
Details
Posted: 14-Nov-24
Location: Tampa, Florida
Type: Full Time
Salary Details:
Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Required Education:
Masters
Internal Number: 38045
The Assistant Curator of Museum Education is a 12-month, Assistant instructor non-tenure earning faculty position. This position reports to the director of the Contemporary Art Museum. This search is expected to be completed early in the Winter/Spring semester with a hire date prior to March 1, 2025.
Duties/Responsibilities
Designs, develops and implements educational and public programming and tours related to USFCAM collections and exhibitions.
Works closely with curators of temporary exhibitions to design tours of exhibitions and develop panels and lectures for students and the public.
Leads photography workshop program for veterans.
Partners with College of Education faculty on workshop programs focusing on art literacy for local Secondary Art and Social Studies teachers.
Directs and cultivates interdisciplinary membership in the Faculty Advisory Committee and realizes collaborative projects and programs.
Serves as Faculty Advisor to CAM Club (student organization).
Trains graduate students and CAM Club members to give tours of exhibitions and public art collection.
Works with CAM Curator of Collections and CAM Preparators to assess condition of public art collection on all USF campuses and manages maintenance and repairs.
Assists with identifying and applying for grants that support museum education.
Minimum Qualifications:
MA or MFA in studio art, art education, art history, museum studies, or related field with a demonstrated record of achievement
Preferred Qualifications:
Minimum of two years of experience in higher education teaching or working in a museum.
Broad knowledge of global contemporary art.
Knowledgeable of current practices in museum education.
Able to direct object-based learning and use VTS strategies.
Capable of researching and developing innovative approaches to museum education related to temporary exhibitions and collections.
Able to supervise interns and directed study students from multiple disciplines.
Interested and able to work in a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment with artists, faculty, staff, students, visitors and community partners.
Proven experience cultivating relationships, collaborations and partnerships with faculty and local constituencies.
Knowledgeable of best practices in managing public art collections including maintenance and educational initiatives.
About University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum
Organizational Summary
The College of Design, Art & Performance offers a wide array of classes ranging from arts electives available to the entire USF student population to highly specialized courses for majors in each of our disciplines, as well as a doctoral level program in music education. College of Design, Art & Performance is also ambitious in its size and scope, with four separate schools, nearly a dozen different degree programs, two concert halls, three theatres, a professional museum, a student art gallery, a digital media lab, a new Music Building, and Graphicstudio—which is renowned throughout the nation and the world.
For our community, the College annually presents approximately 400 public performances, exhibitions, lectures, plays, shows, concerts, workshops and more – by our students and faculty as well as by nationally and internationally recognized artists, scholars, and performers.
The USF Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) with Graphicstudio (GS) and the Public Art Program compose the Institute for Research in Art. CAM organizes, presents, commissions and travels exhibitions, commissions public art projects, and manages a collection with a focus on contempora...ry works on paper. CAM researches and strives to identify and work with artists that can stimulate and shape cultural debate in our community and beyond, and actively engages audiences in educational programs including lectures, symposia, workshops, and community-based projects.
About USF
The University of South Florida is a high-impact global research university dedicated to student success. Over the past 10 years, no other public university in the country has risen faster in U.S. News and World Report's national university rankings than USF. Serving more than 50,000 students on campuses in Tampa, St. Petersburg and Sarasota-Manatee, USF is designated as a Preeminent State Research University by the Florida Board of Governors, placing it in the most elite category among the state's 12 public universities. USF is a member of the American Athletic Conference.
In 2023, USF became the first public university in Florida in nearly 40 years to be invited to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), a prestigious group of the leading universities in the United States and Canada.
With 88 new U.S. utility patents granted in 2023, USF is 14th among American public research universities and 34th among all universities worldwide in generating new patents. The ranking places USF as a leader among the more than 1,000 academic institutions generating new, novel and useful inventions granted intellectual property protection from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
