Exit Art
Archivist Job Description
Since its founding in 1982, Exit Art has presented the work of over 2,000 artists and grown from a pioneering alternative art space into a model cultural center with a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation, depth of programming in diverse media, and especially for bringing to public attention the work of important unknown and under-recognized artists. Over the past two decades, Exit Art has accumulated and preserved its rich history of artists' materials and is now at a critical stage: making its archival materials available to the public and online. Exit Art receives thousands of requests each year from scholars, curators, doctoral students, and artists for information that is currently only accessible by appointment.
Currently, Exit Art seeks to hire an Archive Manager who will work closely with the Executive Director and Curatorial staff to conserve, digitize, describe, and make available online the unique cultural materials in Exit Art's archives.
The conservation and collection management of the physical archives include:
È Label, catalogue, and store the contents of approximately 5,000 exhibitions files into archival-quality file folders and document boxes
È Organizing and storing oversized original exhibition invitations, posters, catalogues and didactics
È Cleaning, labeling and organizing slides and 4x5 negatives
È Transferring, labeling and organizing videotape from VHS, 3/4", DVCAM, Hi-8 and Betacam to DigiBeta
È Digitizing, labeling and organizing audio cassette tape and creating archival re-masters on CD-R (this will be done during the digitization stage of the project)
È Implement a FileMaker Pro driven database that will create a record of the materials in the Exit Art archive
È Work with on-staff technologist to prepare for the digitization of the archive making records available on-line
Job Description:
È Oversees the conservation and collection management of the physical archive as listed above
È Supervises the organization and maintenance of the Exit Art Archive and the archive room
È Helps to prepare budget reports and financials for archive-related expenses and grants
È Responsible for purchase and maintenance of all archive equipment
È Supervises archive interns
È Acts as a liaison between advisory panel and Exit Art
È Responsible for reporting the progress of the archive project and implementing a system analysis for the public using the physical and online archive
Requirements:
Candidates must be self-starters, goal-oriented and have a strong interest in archiving conceptual and inter-media art; Should have experience in organizing, analyzing and conserving paper files, slides, photographs and video and database management; Strong organizational, leadership and management abilities; Proficient with both Mac and PC platforms; MS Office, FileMaker Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator and archive digitization techniques is highly recommended; BA in Library Science or similar field highly preferable.
Start date is immediately. This is a full-time, salaried position with benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to Jodi Hanel, by email to [email protected] or by mail to Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10018.
No phone calls, please.
Since its founding in 1982, Exit Art has presented the work of over 2,000 artists and grown from a pioneering alternative art space into a model cultural center with a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation, depth of programming in diverse media, and especially for bringing to public attention the work of important unknown and under-recognized artists. Over the past two decades, Exit Art has accumulated and preserved its rich history of artists' materials and is now at a critical stage: making its archival materials available to the public and online. Exit Art receives thousands of requests each year from scholars, curators, doctoral students, and artists for information that is currently only accessible by appointment.
Currently, Exit Art seeks to hire an Archive Manager who will work closely with the Executive Director and Curatorial staff to conserve, digitize, describe, and make available online the unique cultural materials in Exit Art's archives.
The conservation and collection management of the physical archives include:
È Label, catalogue, and store the contents of approximately 5,000 exhibitions files into archival-quality file folders and document boxes
È Organizing and storing oversized original exhibition invitations, posters, catalogues and didactics
È Cleaning, labeling and organizing slides and 4x5 negatives
È Transferring, labeling and organizing videotape from VHS, 3/4", DVCAM, Hi-8 and Betacam to DigiBeta
È Digitizing, labeling and organizing audio cassette tape and creating archival re-masters on CD-R (this will be done during the digitization stage of the project)
È Implement a FileMaker Pro driven database that will create a record of the materials in the Exit Art archive
È Work with on-staff technologist to prepare for the digitization of the archive making records available on-line
Job Description:
È Oversees the conservation and collection management of the physical archive as listed above
È Supervises the organization and maintenance of the Exit Art Archive and the archive room
È Helps to prepare budget reports and financials for archive-related expenses and grants
È Responsible for purchase and maintenance of all archive equipment
È Supervises archive interns
È Acts as a liaison between advisory panel and Exit Art
È Responsible for reporting the progress of the archive project and implementing a system analysis for the public using the physical and online archive
Requirements:
Candidates must be self-starters, goal-oriented and have a strong interest in archiving conceptual and inter-media art; Should have experience in organizing, analyzing and conserving paper files, slides, photographs and video and database management; Strong organizational, leadership and management abilities; Proficient with both Mac and PC platforms; MS Office, FileMaker Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator and archive digitization techniques is highly recommended; BA in Library Science or similar field highly preferable.
Start date is immediately. This is a full-time, salaried position with benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to Jodi Hanel, by email to [email protected] or by mail to Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, New York, NY 10018.
No phone calls, please.
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