Customer Service Announcement: LA Edition

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Like photography? Like LA? A little mole at a big museum sent us a special memorandum. Check it out. And don’t say I never did anything for you.

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
MEMORANDUM
Date: August 19, 2008

To: All Staff

Subject: Job Opportunity in the Photography Department

Associate Curator

Photography Department

Reporting to the Curator/Department Head of Photography, the Associate
Curator handles both curatorial and collections management related
responsibilities for the Photography department, involving preservation
of the Museum’s collections, research and dissemination of information
about the collection, as well as the organization of exhibitions and
acquisition of art for the collection.

Some essential duties include: interpretation, cataloguing, and study
of permanent collection; generating, planning, and implementing special
exhibitions; fundraising for acquisitions and exhibitions;
donor/artist/trustee relations; responding to both public and scholarly
inquiries; docent training; collaboration with Conservation and
Collections Management departments to ensure preservation of the
collection.

The qualified candidate will have a Master’s degree in Art History or
in Museum Studies with a Photography specialization, and at least three
to five years of experience involving museum curatorial work,
collections management, and teaching at a college level. An equivalent
combination of education and experience will be considered. Previous
supervisory experience and a record of publications are strongly
preferred. The successful candidate will have exceptional written and
oral communication skills.

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