YALE ART GALLERY ANNOUNCES NEW PACIFIC ARTS COLLECTION AND CURATORSHIP
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:25:37 -0500
From: Southeast Asian Studies <seas@yale.edu>
Subject: YALE ART GALLERY ANNOUNCES NEW PACIFIC ARTS COLLECTION AND CURATORSHIP
TO YALE SOUTHEAST ASIANISTS - EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT!
The Yale University Art Gallery has received a promised gift of "one of the
most important private collections of material from the Southeast Asian
islands and the Western Pacific." The collector, who remains anonymous at
this point, is also endowing a curatorial position at the level of full
curator, who will be charged with creating a new Department of Pacific Arts.
The search effort for this position has begun, and candidate interviews are
expected to begin this spring.
The Council on Southeast Asia Studies has posted information and application
links on our website (http://www.yale.edu/seas/curator.post.htm) --- text
can be read below:
The Yale University Art Gallery seeks a Curator to create a new Department
of Pacific Arts. Yale University Art Gallery, founded in 1832, is the
nation's oldest college art gallery, with broad-based collections
representing American Painting and Sculpture, American Decorative Arts,
Early European Art, Coins & Medals, Prints, Drawings, and Photographs,
Modern and contemporary, Ancient, Asian, and African Art. The Art Gallery is
committed to interacting with professors and students in the Yale community
as well as with the general public, and teaching from original works of art
is an important part of the Gallery's mission.
The collection of Pacific Arts for which this department will be established
is a new promised gift from one of the world's most renowned private
collectors of this area. It consists of indigenous sculpture, masks, and
architectural ornaments primarily from the islands of Southeast Asia as well
as textiles from Indonesia. The curator, who will hold an endowed position,
will have the opportunity to create a department under the aegis of the
department of Asian art and to design and mount a permanent installation in
a large designated gallery, as a part of the Art Gallery's ambitious project
of renovation and expansion.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Art History, anthropology, or a related humanities
discipline and eight years museum curatorial experience or equivalent
combination of education/experience, including a record of publications and
professional achievements, including exhibit organization. Successful record
of major exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, and donor stewardship.
Comprehensive and specialized knowledge of art history appropriate to the
collection, with strengths in the sculpture and textiles of Indonesia,
Malaysia, and the Philippines.
Application: For more information and immediate consideration, please apply
online at <http://www.Yale.edu/jobs> www.Yale.edu/jobs
The STARS req ID for this position is 2818BR. Please be sure to reference
source code XXXXX when applying for this position.
Yale University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Yale
values diversity in its faculty, staff, and students and strongly encourages
applications from women and members of underrepresented minority groups.