{"id":15771,"date":"2016-10-19T16:33:26","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T21:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=15771"},"modified":"2016-10-19T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T21:33:26","slug":"job-posting-assistant-associate-paintings-conservator-saint-louis-art-museum-st-louis-mo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2016\/10\/19\/job-posting-assistant-associate-paintings-conservator-saint-louis-art-museum-st-louis-mo\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Posting: Assistant\/ Associate Paintings Conservator – Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO) – CLOSED"},"content":{"rendered":"

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS – JUN 20, 2017.<\/strong>
\nMINIMUM OF RANGE: $45,824
\nREPORTS TO: Head of Conservation
\nSUPERVISES: no one
\nSPECIFICATIONS: Degree from an accredited conservation program or its equivalent and a minimum of 2 years of experience in paintings conservation is required. The applicant should also be familiar with and adhere to the American
\nInstitute for Conservation’s (AIC) Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and will have a starting range in the mid-$40,000 (assistant) to mid-$60,000 (associate) yearly with comprehensive benefits.
\nJOB PURPOSE: The Saint Louis Art Museum seeks a collegial, collaborative, and energetic paintings conservator to join its dynamic conservation team for a 2-3-year term. SLAM’s encyclopedic paintings collection is comprised of over 1,300 works that span the 14th – 21st centuries. An ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in paintings conservation treatment techniques and be capable of collaborating with other conservation staff to solve unique preservation challenges. A successful candidate will relish in the opportunity to participate in the conservation of masterworks. They will possess a high level of attention to detail in the treatment, documentation, and general preservation that such works require. The candidate will also have a good sense of project management, conscientious observations of deadlines, and excellent communication skills.
\nDUTIES, WORK PERFORM ED:
\nExamine, appraise the physical condition of, and treat the Museum’s permanent collections :
\n\u2022 Assess deterioration and damage, and potential complications involved in treatment.
\n\u2022 Design and carry out conservation treatment of paintings and frames in consultation with specialist Curators.
\n\u2022 Provide written and photographic documentation to record condition of objects, treatments proposed, and treatments performed according to the AIC Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice.
\n\u2022 Recommend other Conservators outside his or her field of expertise and review their treatment proposals.
\n\u2022 Advise on preventative maintenance in the Museum as a whole in the areas of environment, handling, storage, and installation.
\n\u2022 Examine paintings prior to acquisition to aid the Curatorial staff in determining their physical and aesthetic condition, as well as their authenticity.
\n\u2022 Examine works requested for loan to determine suitability for travel and to document their condition, and advise the Registration department and others on any special packing and shipping considerations.
\n\u2022 Advise on the installation, storage, and maintenance of paintings in the collection.
\n\u2022 Recommend acquisition of new equipment.
\n\u2022 Monitor and order conservation supplies.
\nSPECIAL RESPONSIBILITIES: None
\nPlease apply: https:\/\/www.slam.org\/careers
\nThe above statements of this job description describe the general duties and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. They do not claim to describe all of the functions of this position. Employees may be assigned other duties and the essential functions may change or be changed from time to time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS – JUN 20, 2017. MINIMUM OF RANGE: $45,824 REPORTS TO: Head of Conservation SUPERVISES: no one SPECIFICATIONS: Degree from an accredited conservation program or its equivalent and a minimum of 2 years of experience in paintings conservation is required. The applicant … Continue reading “Job Posting: Assistant\/ Associate Paintings Conservator – Saint Louis Art Museum (St. Louis, MO) – CLOSED”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":13684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771","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\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}