Job Title: Chief Curator and Artistic Director
Department: Collections and Programming
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Some flexibility on working days and hours, to be agreed in advance
Location: Appointee can be based anywhere geographically, but must commit to being at Harewood each week and accommodation can be provided.
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Job summary
The scope of Harewood’s programme and engagement with our visitors, alongside a continuous growth in membership, has broadened greatly over the past five years. Building on a legacy of over 30 years of contemporary programming, Harewood supports new commissions, launched a Biennial in 2019, totally reimagined Christmas in a country house, and gained several new acquisitions for our Arts Council Accredited Museum and Outstanding Designated Collection.
Main purpose of the role:
- Responsible for the curatorial programme, the Museum Accredited collection and acquisitions, site-specific commissions, temporary exhibitions (inside and out), research and archives.
- Be a proactive member of the Executive leadership team.
- Lead on all aspects of Harewood’s artistic leadership in close liaison with colleagues:
- Be a catalyst in advancing Harewood’s profile and audience, based on our audience segmentation research.
- Represent theTrust’s innovative approach to our collections and programming through our significant collections of art, landscape and the living world.
- Create this programme in order to build a shared understanding of our rapidly changing world with our audience; to address the urgent issues of our time and to promote and nurture a more equitable and creative society.
About Harewood
Harewood HouseTrust is an educational charity which engages 250,000 visitors every year through our three outstanding collections – art, garden and living – with a 30-year commitment to contemporary programming, that links them. It is one of England’s finest 18th century country houses, with a magnificent collection of fine and decorative arts; an accredited museum, with a nationally designated collection, it is also the family seat of the Earl and Countess of Harewood.
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