Curator, Pacific Arts

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE

The National Gallery is seeking a scholar with expertise in Pacific Arts 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.

Reporting to the Senior Curator, Asian and Pacific Art, this role provides support with the planning and co-ordination of activities related to the Pacific Arts collection, programs and departmental projects. This includes assisting with the 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 International 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.

The Pacific Arts collection at the National Gallery was established in 1968 to present the arts of Australia’s closest neighbours in the Pacific. The group of over 2000 works from the region comprises traditional and contemporary Pacific Arts, including stone, wood and fibre sculptures, masks, textiles, and the largest collection of contemporary prints from Papua New Guinea in Australia.

The position is a non-ongoing full-time role for a period of 5 months.

CONTACT

Further information about the position may be obtained by contacting Carol Cains on +61 2 6240 6411 or carol.cains@nga.gov.au