Position at Winterthur Museum

Painting and Painted Surfaces Conservator
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library seeks a Painting and Painted
Surfaces Conservator to care for its easel paintings, frames, and
painted finishes on furniture, objects and historic interiors and to
teach in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Art Conservation
Program.  Responsibilities include conservation of an important
collection of American paintings and objects of varying substrate
with painted surfaces, loan and exhibit preparation, collaboration
with the Curator of Fine Arts to achieve institutional preservation
goals, and supervision of students and volunteers as needed.  The
Painting and Painted Surfaces conservator also holds an appointment
as affiliated faculty at the University of Delaware, providing
instruction and mentoring of students in the Winterthur/University
of Delaware Program in Art Conservation.  The hours devoted to
teaching for this position may vary from year to year, but the
educational setting builds vital links to other conservation
faculty, and links to graduate students from all the specialties.

The conservation department at Winterthur provides unique
opportunities for a painting and painted surfaces conservator to
design treatments and complete research in collaboration with
conservators from many different specialties as well as with
conservation scientists on site.  Winterthur hosts a Scientific and
Analytical Research Laboratory with extensive analytical
capabilities including XRF, FTIR, Ramen, GC-MS, LC-MS, SEM/EDS and
XRD.  The Winterthur Museum collections includes 90,000 objects in
35,000 square feet of exhibit galleries and 175 furnished museum
rooms as well as an extensive independent research library that
hosts both funded and independent researchers in addition to
students, staff and the public. The American paintings in the
collection represent a carefully selected survey of early American
portraiture and genre painting exhibited in both the Museum rooms
and the Galleries.  Works by artists such as John Singleton Copley,
Robert Feke, John Smibert, John Breckenridge and James Earl
represent the development of the artistic tradition in early
America. The object and furniture collections include many important
examples of painted and lacquered furniture, metal ware, and other
painted substrates that present challenging conservation problems.

In addition to a thorough knowledge of the history and technology of
paintings and painted finishes, the candidate should demonstrate
superior hand skills, familiarity with a wide variety of treatment
options, an understanding of conservation science and analytical
techniques as they relate to paintings and painted surfaces, the
ability to use and teach basic and advanced examination and
documentation techniques, and knowledge of conservation standards
and practices.  Applicants should also have superior organizational,
written and oral communication skills and be able to work in a
creative, energetic and collaborative environment.  Teaching
experience, a research/publication record, evidence of professional
engagement, and familiarity with paint on a variety of substrates is
desirable.

Qualifications: The applicant must hold a Master's degree in
conservation or a Bachelor's degree and equivalent experience.
Applicants should have 7 years of conservation experience with at
least 5 of those years post degree or training and be a member of
AIC preferably at the PA or Fellow level.  Experience working in a
museum setting is desirable.

Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and resume to

    Human resources
    Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
    5105 Kennett Pike
    Winterthur DE 19735
    jobs<-at->winterthur<.>org

EOE

Lois Olcott Price
Charles F. Hummel Director of Conservation
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
5105 Kennett Pike
Winterthur DE 19735
302-888-4633
Fax: 302-888-4838

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