{"id":18115,"date":"2017-12-21T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=18115"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:00:57","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T19:00:57","slug":"assistant-objects-conservator-houston-tx-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2017\/12\/21\/assistant-objects-conservator-houston-tx-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Assistant Objects Conservator, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX, USA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>*** THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED ***<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menil_logo_mac_9_6_13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13544\" src=\"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/menil_logo_mac_9_6_13-300x17.jpg\" alt=\"Menil Collection\" width=\"300\" height=\"17\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Department: Conservation<br \/>\nReports to: Chief Conservator<\/p>\n<p><strong>General Responsibilities:\u00a0<\/strong>The Assistant Objects Conservator undertakes research, condition assessments, environmental monitoring, and treatments related to the care and preservation of three-dimensional objects in the care of the Menil Collection. All work must be performed in accordance with the American Institute for Conservation\u2019s Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Practice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specific Duties:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintain artworks on view (both indoors and outdoors) or in storage by regularly monitoring the objects and their environments, and by performing regular surface cleaning as appropriate for each object.<\/li>\n<li>Respond to incidents involving damage or potential damage to artwork and, analyzing the specifics of each instance, communicate with departments across the museum to mitigate future risk.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare artworks for exhibition, loan, or permanent gallery rotation.<\/li>\n<li>Serve as conservation department liaison for selected Menil Collection temporary exhibitions.<\/li>\n<li>Determine exhibition, handling, storage, and packing requirements for objects in the collection that will be exhibited or loaned.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate with Art Services and Exhibition Design to develop safe solutions for exhibition casework and decking.<\/li>\n<li>Assess and report on the condition of specific artworks requested for loan prior to departure and upon return from travel outside the Menil Collection.<\/li>\n<li>Report on the condition of artworks borrowed by the Menil Collection for temporary exhibitions.<\/li>\n<li>Coordinate mount making, schedule artwork movements, and request photography of artwork as needed for exhibition, treatment or loan.<\/li>\n<li>Assist with installations and de-installations as needed\/where appropriate.<\/li>\n<li>Perform occasional domestic and international courier duties.<\/li>\n<li>Select non-exhibition-driven treatment projects in consultation with the chief conservator and associate objects conservator, and gather information necessary for the creation of project budgets based on project needs.<\/li>\n<li>Assess the condition of artworks presented for purchase by or gift to the Menil Collection.<\/li>\n<li>Assess the condition of artworks acquired by the Menil Collection, ensuring all necessary information is gathered and submitted to the object\u2019s permanent records.<\/li>\n<li>Conduct technical studies on the materials and techniques of artists represented in the Menil Collection, coordinating analysis and research with Research Scientist and Curators.<\/li>\n<li>Engage with artists, their studio assistants, or estates to document working practices, materials, and installation parameters, either in written form or on video for the Artists Documentation Program (ADP).<\/li>\n<li>Assist Conservation Imaging Specialist in the imaging of large or complex artworks.<\/li>\n<li>Attend professional meetings and give lectures or publish papers.<\/li>\n<li>Assist in the general maintenance and upkeep of the conservation studio.<\/li>\n<li>Investigate and advise on the purchase of equipment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Salary and benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience and start date is flexible. Please send a curriculum vitae, contact information for three professional references, and a letter of intent to: Human Resources, The Menil Collection, 1511 Branard Street, Houston, Texas 77006 or fax it to 713-525-9476. Application materials may also be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:smmaloch@menil.org\">smmaloch@menil.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*** THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED *** Department: Conservation Reports to: Chief Conservator General Responsibilities:\u00a0The Assistant Objects Conservator undertakes research, condition assessments, environmental monitoring, and treatments related to the care and preservation of three-dimensional objects in the care of the Menil Collection. All work must be performed in accordance with the American Institute for Conservation\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2017\/12\/21\/assistant-objects-conservator-houston-tx-usa\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Assistant Objects Conservator, The Menil Collection (Houston, TX, USA)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":13684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[562],"class_list":["post-18115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jobs","tag-job"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18115","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\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}