Curator, First Nations Art

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

The National Gallery is seeking a First Nations curator to join an enthusiastic team who work within a vibrant and rewarding environment, stewarding and developing the National Gallery’s relationship with art and artists and working with the largest collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art in the world.

Reporting to the Senior Curator, First Nations Art, this role provides support with the planning and co-ordination of activities related to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art collections, programs and departmental projects. This includes assisting with research, development and management of allocated parts of the collection and exhibition projects.

The Artistic Programs Portfolio is responsible for the care, loan and presentation of the national collection along with the initiation, development and delivery of the exhibition, touring, publishing and commissioning program at the National Gallery. The First Nations Art Department is responsible for researching and delivering loan exhibitions, commissioning projects for the program, as well as researching, building, interpreting, and publishing on the National Gallery’s collection and preparing collection displays.

An order of merit may be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 12 months.

If you do not wish to be added to an order of merit, please notify us in your application.

This position is an ongoing, full-time role with the First Nations Curatorial team, within the Artistic Programs Portfolio.

This role constitutes an affirmative measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and is only available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

CONTACT

Further information about the position may be obtained by contacting Tina Baum on +61 2 6240 6478 or tina.baum@nga.gov.au