AMAM Print Room and Research Student Assistant

The Office of Academic Programs at the AllenMemorialArt Museum is seeking a part-time (10-12 hours/week)OberlinCollegestudent assistant for the fall semester to help with College and Conservatory classes using the museum’s collection. The duties of the student assistants will include:

  • pulling out, setting up, and putting away works of art from museum storage
  • monitoring classes and ensuring the safety of the art during class visits
  • conductingresearch onobjects in the collection,art movements, periods, and artists
  • research in preparation for future exhibitions and related events
  • a variety of administrative tasks

Applicants must be very detail-oriented, highlyresponsible, capable of working independently, in possession of strong research and communication skills, as well as able to lift archival boxes and handle works with great care. Basic computer proficiency is needed, particularly Word and Excel. Applicants must have taken at least four art history classes. Please note that studio art or architectural history courses cannot be substituted for the required four art history classes. Previous museum/gallery experience preferred but not required.

Please submit the following documentsin a single file (if possible) via email toCurator of Academic Programs Dr.Liliana Milkova() by 5 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011.

  • One-pageresume with GPA and a list of references (Oberlin art history faculty preferred)
  • One-pagecover letter with a brief summary of interest and abilities (please note that the letter will serve as your writing sample)
  • Unofficial transcript
  • Available hours to workbetween 9 am and 5 pm on weekdays

Interviews will be held on Tuesday, September 6 or Wednesday, September 7, 2011. We will contact only candidates selected for an interview.

Employer Information

Founded in 1917, the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) is one of the finest college or university collections in the United States. Comprising more than 14,000 works of art from virtually every culture and spanning the history of art, the AMAM's collection is a vital cultural resource for the students, faculty, and staff of OberlinCollege as well as the surrounding community. Notable strengths include seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish art, nineteenth and early twentieth-century European and contemporary American art, and Asian, European, and American works on paper. The collection is housed in an impressive Italian Renaissance-style building designed by Cass Gilbert and named after its founder, Dr. Dudley Peter Allen (B.A. 1875), a distinguished graduate and trustee of OberlinCollege. In 1977, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates designed an addition that represents one of the earliest and finest examples of postmodern architecture in the United States.