This position, situated in the department of Prints and Drawings, reports to the Senior Curator, Prints and Drawings and works on a daily basis with the Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings. The candidate is responsible for the cataloguing of Australian prints and drawings.

The collection of Australian prints, drawings, watercolours, artist books and illustrated books brings together works on paper by non-Indigenous artists that begins with pre-colonial contact in Australia. Due to their immediacy and portability, drawings and watercolours provide the basis for the collection’s most historically significant depictions of the ensuing colonisation of Australia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The comprehensive holdings of twentieth and twenty-first century up-to-date and contemporary works on paper aims to ensure that the collection is national in scope and that it reflects the cultural and political diversity of artists working in Australia today.

The Curatorial Assistant, Gordon Darling Graduate Intern (Australian Prints), will be engaged primarily in the areas of cataloguing Australian prints and drawings and assisting the Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings and the Senior Curator, Prints and Drawings with:

- collection development
- drafting acquisition submissions
- provenance research
- writing labels for exhibition
- co-ordinating the movement of works of art.

The Curatorial Assistant role will also require the web-based delivery of information on the National Gallery’s collection of Australian prints.

This is a full-time, 12-month non-ongoing employment opportunity.

The key duties of the position include:





In accordance with the APS 4 work level standards, you will have the following key responsibilities:

- Under the supervision of the Curator, Australian Prints and Drawings, you will assist in the cataloguing of Australian prints and drawings and enter information into the National Gallery’s database, including a focus project cataloguing the National Gallery’s archive of Australian artist and educator Frances Derham.
- Assist with the preparation of acquisition submissions for the National Gallery’s Council.
- Assist with the preparation of scheduled collection changeovers–including writing labels for exhibitions and co-ordinating the movement of works of art for the purpose of exhibitions, digitisation and conservation.
- Carry out provenance research into the collection of Australian prints and drawings and collection discoverability analysis and enter this information into the National Gallery’s database.
- Respond to public inquiries about works in the Collection and manage the Prints and Printmaking mailbox and social media accounts.
- Contribute to the National Gallery’s Public Programs as required

Eligibility

Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with the Gallery, you must be an Australian citizen.





Police Check – to be eligible for this role you must complete a police check.

Notes

HOW TO APPLY To apply for this role please go to the National Gallery's Careers portal.

You should provide a tailored CV (maximum of three pages) along with a statement of no more than two pages that outlines your skills, capabilities and experience, against the information above.

In your statement response you should keep in mind the capabilities and behaviours required to be successful for this role, as identified in the information above. Try not to duplicate information that can be found in your CV but do highlight any specific examples or achievements that demonstrate your ability to perform the role.

An order of merit or merit pool, may be established from this selection process and may be used to fill future identical vacancies over the next 18 months. Selection may be based on application and referee reports only. If you do not wish to be added to an order of merit, please notify us in your application.

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