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Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography at The Davis Museum at Wellesley College
Deadline: 15 June, 2013

The Davis is home to distinguished permanent collections from around the globe; holdings include paintings, sculptures, works on paper, photographs, and decorative objects, from antiquity to the contemporary moment. Dynamic gallery presentations and richly varied temporary exhibitions are designed to engage visitors in looking anew at the visual arts, and enhance the Davis’s role as a vital campus resource for cross-disciplinary teaching and study.

Job Description
The Davis Museum at Wellesley College seeks applications for the inaugural Linda Wyatt Gruber ’66 Curatorial Fellowship in Photography. The Gruber Fellowship is a new and dynamic opportunity for emerging curators focused on the realm of photography, and offers an outstanding 2-year curatorial appoint to a recent PhD in Art History and or an allied field with specialization in the history of photography. The successful appointee will mine an aspect of the Davis photography holdings to produce an exhibition at the Museum.

The Gruber Fellowship will be awarded to a candidate with exceptional credentials and promise, and who produces an outstanding proposal for an exhibition rooted in the Davis collections.
Start date: September 3, 2013

Job Requirements

Applicants must have received the PhD with a focus on photography within 3 years prior to application deadline. Important criteria for appointment are evidence of outstanding scholarship and expertise in the history of photography, including its materials and processes, from its mid-19th century invention to contemporary explorations; strong commitment to curatorial practice and museum work; and willingness to be a collegial member of the Davis Museum staff and the larger community at Wellesley College

Application

In addition to a professional cover letter, CV and the standard Wellesley College/ HR on-line application form, candidates will have to submit a research and exhibition proposal. The proposal must magnify new aspects of the Davis photography holdings and include a narrative exhibition summary. This will be assessed based on the quality of the proposal for an exhibition project rooted in the Davis photography collections.

The Davis collections are accessible via the website at;
Further information: https://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu

Deadline: November 1, 2012

University of Notre Dame, seeks an experienced curator of photography to oversee its growing collection of more than 10,000 historic and contemporary photographs. The selected candidate will have expertise in the history of photography, including its materials and processes, from its invention in the mid 19th-century to contemporary practice. The successful candidate will also develop knowledge of Leica cameras within the Museum's collection.

This individual will report to the director. Responsibilities include recommending artworks for acquisition; organizing special and traveling exhibitions; authoring collection and exhibition catalogs; publishing and presenting research papers; preparing exhibition labels and other interpretive texts; teaching; directing student interns; conducting research; entering data into the collection database; managing the care of the collection; facilitation faculty, students, collectors and other scholars with their research of the holdings; and developing relationships with donors, faculty, professional colleagues, partner organizations and the community.

Minimum of seven years curatorial experience at an art museum; master's degree (Ph.D. preferred) in art history; competency in at least one foreign language; broad knowledge of photography, including connoisseurship skills; record of research and scholarship; and experience organizing exhibitions and producing interpretive materials and publications. The successful candidate will be an excellent speaker and writer, will be an effective administrator, and will be a team player with demonstrated ability to work effectively and positively with staff, students, collectors and benefactors. The Snite Museum of Art has a small staff; therefore, the successful candidate will work without dedicated support staff and must be able to manage his/her own telephone calls, email correspondence, word processing, professional calendar, travel arrangements, expense reports, etc.

Interested individuals should send a resume, contact information for three references, and a writing sample to loving.1-at-nd.edu by November 1, 2012.

The University of Notre Dame is committed to diversity in its staff, faculty and student body. As such, applications from minority group members, women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and others who will enhance the community are strongly encouraged. The University of Notre Dame, an international Catholic research university, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Information about the Snite Museum of Art, including its photography collection, is available atsniteartmuseum.nd.edu

The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for a Curatorial Assistant in the Photography Department to assist the senior curatorial staff in all areas of their responsibilities including administrative work in the context of curatorial functions including acquisitions, collections records, bibliographic and biographical records and files, research for exhibitions and publications, departmental committees, loans, and general curatorial inquiries. Specific additional responsibilities are as follows:

• Performs work in relation to care of the collection and arranges for custodial, registration, and preparation work as required by the curatorial staff in the maintenance of the collection in gallery, study and storage areas.

• Conducts daily collection gallery inspections and assists with follow-up arrangements in the event of damage, deterioration, etc.

• Performs the duties of exhibitions assistant including research on artists, periods, styles, etc., on specific works, on locations of works, on photograph sources, etc. Assists in arranging loans, in catalogue preparation, in the preparation of checklists from compilation to data entry, in coordinating and scheduling work to be done within the Museum and without in such areas as conservation, photography, public information, matting and framing, construction, lighting, etc.

• Assists with the preparation and installation of wall labels. Conducts daily inspection of the works on view in temporary exhibitions and assists with necessary follow-up arrangements, answers inquiries and conducts some gallery tours as necessary for visitors, etc.

• Researches and catalogues the Museum Collection and Archives under senior staff supervision and answers related inquiries from the public and scholars.

• Assists in the administration of artists' viewing program. Assists in the operation of departmental study centers.

Qualified candidates will possess a Master’s degree in Art History, ABD candidates preferred, with a focus on postwar/contemporary art and some relevant museum experience or equivalent. Conversant in modern and contemporary art and the history of photography helpful. Excellent writing, research, and organizational skills. Highly motivated. Strict attention to detail, rigorous approach to tasks. Excellent computer skills. High level of enthusiasm to work with a curatorial team. Ability to manage more than one project at a time and to consistently meet deadlines. Fluency (speaking, reading, writing) in one or more European languages, particularly Spanish or Portuguese and German highly desired.

Please submit resume and cover letter, which must include salary requirements to jobs-at-moma.org. Please reference the position title in the subject line.

The Museum of Modern Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.


Website: http://www.moma.org/about/jobs

Application deadline: Open until filled
To apply: click here

The Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM) is a major center for the study, interpretation, presentation, and collecting of photography, with over 27,000 photographs in the collection offering a comprehensive international history of the medium from its origins in the 1840s to the present. The Museum is committed to continuing its legacy and history of achievement through the appointment of the next Peter C. Bunnell Curator of Photography to hold the position endowed in Bunnell's honor in 2011. The position will be filled at the rank of professional specialist or associate professional specialist.

The Museum seeks an experienced person with impeccable credentials who has the ability to formulate and advance a vision for a university museum with an historic commitment to photography as a core component of its program. Reporting to the Associate Director for Collections and Exhibitions, and in close coordination with the Director, the Curator will be responsible for:

- formulating a collecting strategy in this area and securing significant new acquisitions for the collections through both gifts and purchases, drawing on considerable purchase resources;
- regularly developing wide-ranging installations from the collections for the collections galleries, both in photography-specific gallery settings and commingled with works from other media, including the development of rich didactic materials in collaboration with the Museum's Education Department;
- organizing a range of special exhibitions ranging from ambitious international touring projects to smaller, more focused exhibitions, including project management and budget oversight for these projects;
- undertaking major object-based research and publications projects, related both to the exhibition program and to the collections;
- developing important public education programs including lectures, artist's residencies, colloquia, and symposia, in partnership with the Museum's Education Department;
- fostering collaborative relationships with other museums, with colleagues in Princeton's Department of Art & Archaeology, and with academic colleagues across the Princeton University campus;
- facilitating faculty, student, and other scholarly access to and research from the Museum's photographic holdings;
- supporting the University's teaching needs in the history of photography and occasionally teaching or co-teaching courses subject to approval by the Dean of the Faculty; and
- overseeing the care and coordinating the conservation of the Museum's photographic holdings in concert with the Museum's collections and registration staff.

The Curator will work closely with the Museum director, nine other Museum curators in other fields, Museum educators, a staff-based conservator, as well as with colleagues in the Department of Art & Archaeology and in particular the McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography, and various faculty from other University departments. The Curator will also supervise a roster of paid interns both during the academic year and the summer months. Project-based research assistance is available.

The position requires:

- a demonstrable track record of active engagement with scholarly research;
- a history of developing and organizing major exhibitions, placing the history of photography within a range of contexts;
- superb written and verbal communication and administrative skills;
- an aptitude for (and preferably experience in) working effectively with collectors and donor prospects to cultivate collections and financial resources;
- a strong orientation toward collaborative work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment; and
- the ability to work autonomously or collectively as needed.

A Ph.D. in the history of photography, in modern art with an emphasis in photography, or in a related field is required, along with significant curatorial experience. A record of scholarly publications is also desired, as is evidence of a network of relationships in the community of museums, galleries, and collectors.

For its inaugural presentation, and in the spirit of championing emerging talent, the Flash Forward Festival is proud to announce this call for proposals from emerging Canadian curators to program the Outdoor Canadian Exhibition component of the festival. The chosen candidate will be awarded the privilege of mounting a group show featuring the work of emerging Canadian photographers. Full entry details are listed below.

What we are looking for:

We invite exhibition proposals from emerging curators for a group exhibition that features the work of emerging Canadian photographers. In keeping with the vitality and the range of work that Flash Forward showcases every year, we are looking for a thoughtful and dynamic presentation suitable for the outdoor locale. This competition will provide a platform for an ambitious young curator to truly make his or her mark among international peers.
Eligibility

For the purposes of this application, the criteria that The Magenta Foundation will use to define a candidate as an emerging curator is as follows:

- Potential candidates must be under the age of 35 and have been curating projects for no longer than five (5) years.
- In that time, potential candidates must have curated at least two (2) exhibitions at public/regional or university galleries (should the candidate wish, this may include any programming commissioned as a requirement of their graduate or undergraduate studies).

Submission requirements

Candidates who meet the above eligibility requirements should submit, via the online application process, the following materials by 12:01 a.m., June 1, 2010:

1. A current Curriculum Vitae
2. A one- to two-page essay (double-spaced using 12-point type) that outlines the reasons why the candidate wishes to be considered for this curatorial position. The document should describe the applicant’s curatorial philosophy and demonstrate a solid comprehension of the current state of fine art photography and/or photojournalism in Canada and its international context.
3. A sample of previous critical art writing (an exhibition review or a curatorial statement from a previous exhibition).
4. A thesis, no more than one-page (double-spaced using 12-point type), proposing an exhibition that will feature the work of emerging Canadian photographers at the Flash Forward Festival. Candidates may not include their own works of art in the proposed exhibition. NB: The exhibition will be mounted in an outdoor courtyard in Liberty Village. Visit this link for photos of the exhibition venue that the winning candidate will program and should refer to in their thesis.
5. A maximum of 20 images may accompany and support the proposed exhibition. Upload jpegs only, no larger than 1MB per image (around 72-150 dpi and 800 x 600 pixels). For each uploaded image please list its title, name of the artist, date, media, and dimensions. For each artist, please include a brief bio and, if possible, a link to their website.

The submission deadline is 12:01 a.m., June 1, 2010.
Candidate Review Process

Applications will be reviewed by a curatorial panel of industry leaders:

- Sophie Hackett, Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario
- Jennifer Long, Artist, Curator, Educator
- MaryAnn Camilleri, Founder and Executive Director, The Magenta Foundation

The winning candidate will be publicly announced on June 4, 2010. The Magenta Foundation will work in tandem with the selected emerging curator to implement their vision and carry out the production of the exhibition.

Please note that the curatorial panel has the right to decline any application that is incomplete or does not meet the eligibility requirements as outlined above.

The Winning Emerging Curator Will Receive:

- One return ticket to Toronto to the Flash Forward Festival, plus accommodation (this component has no transferable value should the winning candidate live in the Greater Toronto Area)
- A VIP pass to attend all festival programming
- A speaking opportunity, as part of the official programming at the Flash Forward Festival, to present the Outdoor Canadian Exhibition
- Publication of the winning curatorial proposal in the Flash Forward Festival’s official program

Full details are on how to submit here.


About the Flash Forward Festival

October 6-10, 2010

The Flash Forward Festival is an international five-day bi-annual event launching in Toronto’s Liberty Village in October 2010. The Flash Forward Festival is an extension of The Magenta Foundation’s successful annual emerging photographers competition, Flash Forward. The competition, established as a platform to promote emerging artists from Canada, the US, and the UK, has positioned itself as the critically important vanguard for introducing international emerging talent to a global audience.

The Flash Forward competition receives highly favourable international coverage and is widely considered to be one of the most important emerging art incubators in the world.

The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Emerging Artist Program once again does what its name implies: it freezes a brief moment in time, preserving it for closer inspection and demonstrating the promise of what is to come in the international photography community. (Boston Globe 2008)

Flash Forward’s mission is to showcase the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent that renowned jurors have identified as having great potential. The bi-annual festival will provide an in-depth experience for emerging photographers through educational and networking opportunities including events with collectors/arts enthusiasts and industry professionals (academics, gallerists, media/art directors and photo editors). The festival will include five curated exhibitions (representing the three host countries plus one guest country invited to showcase their best emerging photographers), as well as workshops, a lecture series, nightly events, an art fair and a closing party all taking place within Toronto’s Liberty Village, the host neighbourhood of the Flash Forward Festival.

LE MOIS DE LA PHOTO À MONTRÉAL 2011
CALL FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE 12TH PRESENTATION: GUEST CURATOR
Deadline : AUGUST 17, 2009

:: Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal is launching its call for the Guest Curator for the 12th presentation of the international biennale of contemporary photography that will take place in September 2011 ::

Every two years since 1989, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal produces an innovative photography event that serves as a catalyst for artists, other specialists of the image and the general public. This event promotes different tendencies in contemporary photography and creates international exchanges between photographers, the public at large, curators, the media and collectors. Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal works with artists, museums, galleries, artist-run centres, universities, and a large group of other partners to present a stimulating event that, by virtue of a series of mostly solo exhibitions spread across the city, transforms Montréal into one immense coherent group exhibition organized around a single unifying concept or theme.

Since 2003, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal has invited a Guest Curator to elaborate the theme of each new presentation of the biennale. All the exhibitions, educational activities, the colloquium and the publication are all organized around a singular theme defined by the Guest Curator. For information regarding the curators and themes of previous events, please consult our Web site at www.moisdelaphoto.com where you can also find more information on the organization, its history, and mandate.

The Guest Curator for 2011 will develop a, new, bold and innovative theme that lends itself to a coherent program of exhibitions, publication, colloquium, etc., that will distinguish Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal internationally and provide opportunities for our visitors to develop a better understanding of the theme and issues in contemporary photography in general.

For more details, please download the PDF.
http://mail.moisdelaphoto.com/appel/appel_eng.pdf

Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal | www.moisdelaphoto.com | info -at- moisdelaphoto.com
661 rue Rose-de-Lima, Local 203 | Montréal (QC) | Canada | H4C 2L7 | T, (514) 390-0383 | F. (514) 390-8802

Tate is seeking an experienced curator of modern and contemporary photography with the authority and reputation to bring about a quantum change in Tate's ability to collect and show photography at Tate Britain and Tate Modern. In this prominent new role, you'll be based within the curatorial department at Tate Modern, but will work across both Tate Britain and Tate Modern working on the acquisition and research of photographic works for the Tate Collection. In addition, you'll contribute to the conception and delivery of the photography exhibition programme at Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

You must have a high level of knowledge of the issues surrounding collecting modern and contemporary photography for museums and extensive experience of the process involved in staging displays and exhibitions, including managing budgets. Confident in your subject knowledge, you must have the authority to be able to guide and advise the Heads of Collections on acquisition strategy and the flair to make an active contribution to the conception of photography-related displays and exhibitions across Tate.

Your degree and post-graduate qualification in photography or history of art (or another related field) will be complemented a proven track record in publishing and research and by significant experience of working in an art gallery, museum or collection setting. A natural collaborator, you'll be able to work effectively with colleagues across the organisation and your accomplished networking skills will mean you'll be able to draw on an established network of contacts in the photography field.

Contact details/How to apply:

For further information and to download an application pack, please visit www.tate.org.uk If you’re unable to access the website please email jobs -at- tate.org.uk quoting ref: 8140. Closing date: 9 January 2009. First round interviews will be held on 27 January 2009. Second interviews will be held in early February 2009.

Welcome to the August edition of Pick 'N Mix, my monthly annotated list of curating-related things:

- I've finished writing a short report on the IKT (the International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art) Congress that was held in Montreal in May. Have a read!

- This interview with João Ribas by Ceci Moss on Rhizome is a good read. Quote: "Curatorial practice, to me, is about mediating such frames in the end--different contexts, different readings, different publics."

- "Curator crowds" are all the rage it seems, I've blogged about them briefly before, and they keep cropping up. Recently the Brooklyn Museum of Art produced Click, a photography exhibit that was curated collaboratively by anyone who wanted to take part. Via Art Fag City, I took note of a link to an interview with Jennifer Blessing, curator of photography at the Guggenheim, who offers her thoughts on this phenomenon of "curator crowds". The interview is excellent food for thought.

- Just a reminder to my readers that I really enjoy getting your emails (seems most folks are too shy to comment publicly!). Keep them coming, and any suggestions you might have about what I have on offer here are much appreciated. So send me a note, and then turn off your computer and enjoy the rest of the summer!

Welcome to the August edition of Pick 'N Mix.

• Out of all the online coverage of the "Grand Tour", I found Petra Chevrier and Cheryl Rondeau's documentation of their cycling tour of these mammoth art events one of the most entertaining sources. Art Ride 2007 is a terrific first-hand account of this confluence of art events, with lots of video footage to spice it up. Check it out!



• John Szarkowski, named "the single most important curator that photography has ever had" by Vanity Fair in 2005, has died at age 81 from complications arising from a stroke. Credited with launching the careers of Lee Friedlander and Diane Arbus, Szarkowski was the Director of Photography at New York's Museum of Modern Art from 1962 to 1991, and was also a highly influential critic.



• The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate in Sofia, Bulgaria is looking for proposals for its "Curator Season". Exhibition and event proposals must arrive by September 30, 2007, so check out their website for more details, and give yourself plenty of time (it's summer after all, so everything moves a little slower!) to respond to the call.