Development Associate - Museum coordinates fundraising, membership campaigns, annual fund, and sponsorship initiatives and events. Conducts grant research and writes proposals. Being a Development Associate - Museum administers correspondence with individual donors, maintains donor databases, and provides statistical reports on developmental activities. Typically requires a bachelor's degree. Additionally, Development Associate - Museum typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. The Development Associate - Museum gains exposure to some of the complex tasks within the job function. Occasionally directed in several aspects of the work. To be a Development Associate - Museum typically requires 2 to 4 years of related experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library encompasses an unrivaled museum of American decorative arts in its mansion and galleries and a magnificent 60-acre naturalistic garden all set on 1,000 gorgeous acres.
Winterthur employs a wide array of positions in the areas of curatorial, horticulture, education, conservation, library, maintenance, marketing, development, technology, and administration.
At Winterthur, employment is more than just work. The Winterthur employee is offered a unique and rewarding experience that is rich in culture and natural beauty.
Winterthur considers its employees and volunteers to be among its greatest assets and welcomes applications from candidates who will contribute their specific skills to its mission to inspire, enlighten, and delight all of its visitors while preserving and enhancing Winterthur and also uphold its core values of agility, excellence, innovation, integrity, inclusion, and transparency.
JOB DESCRIPTION : Winterthur is seeking a dynamic, innovative, collaborative candidate for the position of Associate Curator of Textiles.
Reporting to the Director of Collections, the Associate Curator of Textiles oversees Winterthur’s collection of textiles made, own and / or used in the hemispheric Americas from the 17th century to the present.
The Associate Curator of Textiles will join the Curatorial Department headed by the Director of Collections. They will join a department composed of four other specialty curators, a department coordinator, and a curatorial fellow.
The Curatorial Department is within the museum’s Collections and Interpretation Division. Winterthur is committed to its mission to inspire and educate through its collection, estate, and academic programs by engaging diverse audiences in the study, preservation, and interpretation of American material culture, art, design and history.
Equity, inclusion, community-engagement, and accessibility guide institutional decision making and are central considerations to how we interpret, display, and build the museum’s collections.
Candidates with a broad knowledge of textiles, methods of textile production, and an understanding of fashion history are preferred.
The Associate Curator of Textiles will regularly collaborate with the Textile Conservation Lab to ensure the ongoing preservation of the collection.
They will actively participate in exhibition-related activities and donor cultivation events. They will promote Winterthur’s unique institutional resources that include the museum, garden, and library.
The ideal candidate will want to work across the collection and possess enthusiasm for engaging with communities beyond Winterthur’s gates.
In addition to the core responsibilities related to care, display, and preservation of the textile collection, the Associate Curator of Textiles teaches in the University of Delaware / Winterthur Program in American Material Culture and holds Affiliated Faculty status.
This is a highly collaborative role that works both within the curatorial team and interdepartmentally to accomplish projects, expand the collection, and participate in programming targeted to both a scholarly and a general audience.
maker experience in weaving, needlework, etc. helpful Essential Functions : Ability to lift and move textile boxes (smaller boxes individually and larger boxes working in tandem with others when boxes weigh over 50 pounds) and rolled textiles.
Ability to sit or stand for more than two hours to facilitate collections access, tours, and programming. Ability to travel locally, nationally, and internationally Fluency in English Ability to work at a computer for up to 8 hours each day Ability to stoop, kneel, and crouch.
Ability to carry small and / or unusually shaped objects. Ability to push, pull and navigate carts with heavy collections pieces through narrow passages with and / or without assistance.
Ability to reach objects and supplies in high places, and carry, climb, and balance on ladders. Ability to use small hand tools required to open / close crates.
Ability to tolerate limited exposure to object numbering materials and dusty environments. Train for and participate in Winterthur’s Collections Emergency Team Valid driver’s license and ability to successful completion of a defensive driving course to drive to donor visits and to assist with object moves Powered by JazzHR
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