Hours: Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Salary: £24,000 per annum
Contract: fixed term for 1 year
Reporting to: Acting Head of programme/Director
Wysing is seeking a talented Assistant Curator to join the team delivering our programme of public events, exhibitions and residencies. The role will require the Assistant Curator to be working at the Wysing site, as part of providing care and support for the artists who are staying with us.
The deadline for applications is midnight on 13 September 2020.
Job Description
The main responsibilities of the Assistant Curator are to provide programme delivery, care and support for artists as well as administrative support. The Assistant Curator works closely with the Director and Acting Head of Programme and wider team to ensure the smooth delivery of Wysing’s range of programmes, exhibitions and events (which take place online, on site and off site at partner locations). The role is central to how we think about curation as the care of people and of artistic ideas and principles, and how we care for and host audiences.
Key Responsibilities
– Support the delivery of a range of artistic programmes across the organisation and with partners.
– Maintain good planning and delivery of artistic programmes through good communication internally and externally.
– Support online and digital activity on behalf of the organisation, including preparing and proofing copy.
– Support the development of new audiences for contemporary visual art through innovative programming activity.
– Support relevant external relations processes and procedures to ensure the widest possible reach for Wysing’s programmes.
– Provide effective care and support to artists, being a point of contact for artists on site, as well as listening to feedback and shaping internal processes and procedures in response to artists we host.
