{"id":10027,"date":"2014-05-15T10:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=10027"},"modified":"2014-05-15T10:41:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:41:57","slug":"paintings-conservator-detroit-institute-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/05\/15\/paintings-conservator-detroit-institute-of-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Paintings Conservator, Detroit Institute of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Job Title\/Department\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Paintings Conservator<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Conservation Department<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Detroit Institute of Arts seeks a\u00a0 Paintings\u00a0 Conservator\u00a0 to care for one of the finest encyclopedic paintings collections in the country. The successful applicant will join the Conservation Department which includes:\u00a0 conservators in paper and objects, research scientist, imaging specialist, and mounts specialist.\u00a0 Position requirements include:<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Examination, treatment, and research related to the comprehensive DIA paintings collection, ranging from early European to Contemporary.<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sound\u00a0 knowledge of artists\u2019 techniques and materials from every period.<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thorough understanding of conservation theory and practice.<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Comprehensive\u00a0 understanding of\u00a0 museum care and preservation,\u00a0 essential to the role of the Conservation\u00a0 Department in gallery display and storage environments.<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assessments, preparation, treatments, and courier travel related to the museum\u2019s active loan program.<br \/>\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with colleagues within the Conservation\u00a0 Department and\u00a0 from other departments throughout the museum.<br \/>\nThe successful candidate should be a graduate of one of the recognized fine arts conservation programs with a paintings specialization and have at least five years of experience, preferably in a museum environment.\u00a0 In addition to possessing\u00a0 the requisite paintings conservation expertise, the candidate must also have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and excellent organizational ability, extending from managing the conservation workload to developing and implementing a budget for the paintings section.\u00a0 Conservators report to the Director of Conservation.<br \/>\nThe position is full-time with excellent benefits and compensation commensurate with experience.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Please provide a letter of intent, curriculum vita, writing sample, and contact information for three professional references as a single PDF file.\u00a0 The deadline for applications is end of business day June 16, 2014.\u00a0 Applications must be submitted online at www.dia.org.<br \/>\n<strong>The Detroit Institute of Arts is an Equal Opportunity Employer<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job Title\/Department\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad Paintings Conservator Conservation Department The Detroit Institute of Arts seeks a\u00a0 Paintings\u00a0 Conservator\u00a0 to care for one of the finest encyclopedic paintings collections in the country. The successful applicant will join the Conservation Department which includes:\u00a0 conservators in paper and objects, research scientist, imaging specialist, and mounts specialist.\u00a0 Position requirements include: \u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Examination, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/05\/15\/paintings-conservator-detroit-institute-of-arts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Paintings Conservator, Detroit Institute of Arts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}