What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Preparator position at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston?
Role Summary
The Associate Preparator will ensure the professional, safe and timely preparation, care and handling of works of art (multiple forms) for display, exhibition and transport.
Responsibilities :
- Handles, installs, packs, and unpacks artwork at all museum buildings locations
- Installs / deinstalls artwork for temporary exhibitions and rotations
- Transports artwork in the museum truck between campus buildings
- Gallery maintenance of art pedestals, vitrines, and casework
- Maintains organization of artwork in museum storage areas
- Maintains organization and cleanliness of art preparation areas, tools, and equipment
- Records accurate location changes when artwork is moved within museum buildings, galleries, and storage areas
- Assists with photography set-up and conservation as needed
- Represents MFAH at other institutions as a courier for installation, transport or exhibition research
- Assists at Rienzi and Bayou Bend house museums as needed
- Organizes installations as assigned
- Assists conservation with outdoor sculpture maintenance
- Loads / unloads art crates from trucks as assigned
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Working Conditions and Physical Demands
The MFAH is an organization comprised of 600 employees and 1,000 docents and volunteers. The museum is more than 100 years old and ranks nationally among the top 10 art museums in exhibition space, memberships, endowments, and attendance, with 1M visitors annually. Our multifaceted institution includes multiple gallery buildings, a sculpture garden, two art schools, and two house museums for decorative arts. The encyclopedic collection numbers more than 70,000 works of art in a wide range of media.
Work and Culture at the MFAH - Benefits Offered
Equal Opportunities for All
At the MFAH, we believe that diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusivity are fundamental to our organization. We welcome all candidates whose experience has prepared them to contribute to our organization and to our pledge for workplace diversity, inclusion, and excellence.
Our commitment to our policy and practice of nondiscrimination represents more than good intentions. It provides for employment decisions that are made without regard to race, creed, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as established by law or any other reason unrelated to your ability to join and contribute to our organization and support our mission to provide a museum experience for all.
The MFAH is equally committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals interested in employment with the organization. As part of this commitment, we want to ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation needed to 1) participate in the job application or 2) interview process; 3) perform essential job functions; and / or 4) participate in the benefits and privileges of employment with the MFAH. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the human resources department : HR@mfah.org
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