Description
MASS MoCA’s Visual Art Department seeks to hire an Assistant Registrar to coordinate the planning, documentation, and care of exhibitions throughout the campus. The Assistant Registrar is a full-time coordinator position that will support the Senior Manager of Registration and Exhibitions to carry out registrarial duties, along with light art handling and packing as well. The candidate for this position will be organized, adaptable, and a team player, who will work to achieve deadlines collaboratively. The registrarial department at MASS MoCA is responsible for both the care and documentation of our long term exhibitions, and an active collaborator in the production of new commissions with living artists. Therefore the ideal candidate will be a creative problem solver, with a strong working knowledge of contemporary art.
About the Museum
MASS MoCA is a vibrant non-collecting art museum with approximately 300,000 square feet of exhibition space. Half of that space is dedicated to rotating 10-month exhibitions of which we present 4 to 6 large-scale exhibitions per year, along with smaller projects. The additional space is dedicated to long-term exhibitions in conjunction with artists, estates, and collections that run from 10 months to 25 years. MASS MoCA frequently works directly with artists on the fabrication of new commissions and large scale site specific installations.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Support the Senior Manager of Exhibitions and Registration in the care and documentation of all artwork in the galleries, and daily Art Checks.
- Thoroughly report all condition information for both incoming and outgoing artworks during exhibition installation and deinstallation.
- File management and data entry as assigned by the Senior Registrar.
- Working with a team to document the assembly and disassembly of large and complex installations.
- Deinstalling and packing works for shipment according to fine art and museum standards.
- Maintaining safe working conditions through clear communication and attention to detail.
- Maintaining a positive rapport with colleagues and artists through challenging and complex installations.