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CAREER ALTERNATIVES FOR ART HISTORIANS

Compiled by Charles K. Rosenberg
Due east-mail: Rosenberg.1@nd.edu

In an article in The Chronicle of Higher Instruction ("No More than Plan B,"' October 9, 2011), Anthony Grafton advised faculty who were charged with counseling and training students pursuing graduate study in history not to remember of a tenure-rails job in academia equally the only and platonic time to come job, just to realize that the prospect of the number of academic jobs and new Ph.D.'south approaching i some other in the well-nigh future is extremely unlikely. Therefore, students demand to be made aware that the skills which they are developing --"doing enquiry; conceptualizing relationships between structure, bureau, and culture; combining research and assay to nowadays arguments with clarity and economy; knowing how to plan and bear out long-term projects" -- are all transferable to a broad range of occupations.

This observation also holds true for students pursuing a degree in art history. In addition to the specific enquiry and rhetorical skills which Grafton identifies equally vital to the training which students of history take developed, one can likewise add an ability to analyze and "read" images every bit carriers of implicit and explicit meaning to the young art historian's list. This is a skill which is becoming progressively more than significant every bit nosotros move towards a more and more than visually oriented globe.

Given this reality, probably the best advice which one can requite to a student thinking nearly majoring in art history, just also accordingly concerned virtually what impact such a decision might take on her or his future power to have and hold a job, is to recollect creatively and flexibly virtually what it is he or she is learning. Try non to conceive of your education as providing you with a set of arcane and curious facts and interpretations, but rather to call up of it as equipping you with a wide range of analytical strategies which tin be applied in whatever number of different kinds of situations. If you lot think this way, you lot can both follow your passion and put nutrient on your table.

Tabular array of CONTENTS

Figurer skills including familiarity with due east-mail, Internet word groups and the Www are essential for nearly all positions which require writing and enquiry.

Antiquarian Book Trade	Antiques Dealer	Architectural Conservation	Art Counselor	Art Consultant: Hotels	Fine art Gallery	Fine art Investment
Artist Representative	Art Law and Constabulary Enforcement	Art Librarian	Arts System Consultant	Corporate Curator	Curatorial Consultant
Estate and Art Appraiser	Freelance Drove Manager	Freelance Writing	Governmental Agencies	Contained Producer: Film & Television receiver	Museum Piece of work
Preservation and Conservation	Publishing	Teaching	Visual Resources Curator	Sample Advertisements	Other Useful Links for Information, Jobs, and Internships

Teaching

(Positions advertised past the CAA  and the British Association for Art History, and occasionally The Relate for College Education, H-Net's Job Guide, College Education Jobs.com, HERC and Bookish Keys for the Fine Arts.  Position applications/positions data published in the CAA News at the end of each year.)

1. PhD in art history
2. German, French, and other advisable languages
3. Research oriented
4. Maximum involvement with people
5. Skilful writing and communication skills essential
6. Travel and study away may exist important depending on field

Museum Work

(Positions advertised in AVISO, MERC and by the CAA. Boosted data and copies of Aviso can be gotten by contacting the American Association of Museums, 1225 Eye St., NW, Ste. 200, Washington, D.C. 20005, tel. 202-289-1818.  The AAM likewise has jobs listed on their website. 3 other sources of data are Museum Job Resources On Line, a site well-nigh careers in the field with links to other resources, the Museum Resource Lath, an on-line bulletin board with a museum locator, and express listings of internships and museum positions, the American Alliance of Museums, and the Museum Studies site maintained by the Smithsonian Establishment which has information relevant non merely to Art Museums simply many other types. The site of the Association of Academic Museums and Galleries - AAMG - too publishes jobs.) An interesting article on a "training programme" for curators at the new founded Center for Curatorial Leadership preparing them to get museum directors was published by the New York Times on January 29, 2008. This article implicitly talks about the responsibilities of both curators and directors. An incredibly useful site for learning almost diverse museum training programs and about the responsibilities of those involved in museum administration is maintained by the Smithsonian Institute. A listing of Museum Studies Programs is maintained by ACUMG under the department "Learn with us."

Curatorial (For information nearly the profession of fine art curator and a list of positions see the site of the Clan of Art Museum Curators [AAMC].)

1. PhD in art history normally expected, depending on the institution
2. German, French and/or other appropriate languages
3. Research oriented (may start out every bit research banana)
4. Some involvement with people, ability to collaborate
5. Intellectual creativity and marvel

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the follow numbers for May 2005 and May 2011 for employment and average bacon for curators (which does not hateful only art museum curators). 2005: 8790 jobs with an average pay of $49,180; 2011: 10340 jobs with an boilerplate pay of $53,540.

Education

1. MA in fine art history
2. Languages may be necessary, e.g , Castilian, in order to exist able to piece of work with an ethnically diverse audience
3. Some research depending on level of audience
4. Maximum interest with people
5. Good advice skills essential

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the follow numbers for May 2004 and May 2011 for employment and boilerplate salary for two categories of museum educators (which does not mean only art museum educators). 2004, Teachers: 4180 jobs with an boilerplate pay of $32,000, and Instructional coordinators: 1520 jobs with an average pay of $36,480; 2011: Teachers: 4760 jobs with an average pay of $37,000, and Instructional coordinators: 2030 jobs with an average pay of $44,820.

Exhibition installation

1. BA; MA may be helpful
2. No language necessary
3. No inquiry
4. Some involvement with people
5. Some creative preparation and mechanical skill

For employment statistics run into below under conservation which reports the category "museum technicians and conservators." Nether the category of set and exhibit designers for museums, historical sites and similar institutions the Agency of Labor Statistic lists the following numbers for May 2004 and May 2011: 2004, 770 jobs with an average salary of $38,200; 2011, 1080 jobs with an average salary of $48,410.

Administration

1. BA; MA in museology and PhD in art history for superlative positions
2. No languages necessary
3. No research except for fund-raising
4. Some to maximum interest with people
5. Business skills unremarkably useful, including clerical skills; ability to manipulate databases and spreadsheets

Reproductions and Retailing (courtesy of Doris Birmingham)

1. BA
2. No languages necessary
3. No research except perhaps in legal areas
4. Some to maximum involvement with people
5. Business organisation, clerical, and communication skills, normally necessary
6. This area tin can include everything from working in a museum store, to overseeing the selection, production and marketing of museum reproductions. If involved with the latter aspect, should have some familiarity with copyright law and artists' rights, though this could be acquired on the job. Besides some design skills may be useful.

Conservation (run across beneath)

Publishing*

At that place is an independent Association of Art Editors which maintains an informative website.

1. BA; MA or PhD useful but not necessary (depending on the blazon of publisher, east.thou. academic, commercial, contained; and position)
2. Languages often needed
3. Enquiry depends on position; re-create editor - none; editor - some; writer - a lot
4. Significant interest with people
5. Business and/or graphic design skills along with expert writing skills are useful or essential depending on position; possibility of costless-lancing

Freelance Writing

(Criticism, Art History, Art-Related Travel, etc.) There exists an Clan of Art Editors which will give you some indication of the current state of this profession and whih also has very useful links. At that place is also an International Association of Art Critics which may also beof interest. (Thanks to Judith Rodenbeck for this information.)

1. BA in art history; advanced degrees may help to open some doors
2. Languages may exist necessary
3. Enquiry necessary
4. Some involvement with people; may demand to be aggressive in obtaining assignments or marketing work
5. Fantabulous advice and writing skills
6. High tolerance for economic uncertainty

Antiques Dealer

(Courtesy of Lynne Northward. Reno, Edinboro Academy) (For farther information see Antiquarian Dealers, Chronicle Guidance Publications, brief 617) (For The National Antiquarian & Art Dealers Association of America [N.A.A.D.A.A.] visit their website.   In that location is likewise an international immigration house for art and antique dealer associations with the acronym CINOA which stands for Confédération Internationale des Negociants en Ouevre d'Art which will connect with professional person organizations in 34 countries.)

 BA in art history or the equivalent, with some cognition of the history of photography and decorative arts and details of furniture construction.  An internship or experience in auction firm may be useful.  Some dealers started in the family business organization or are collectors who are self-taught.

1. Foreing languages are useful but non necessary
2. Good research skills are essential.  A dealer should exist familiar with a wide range of reference materials about maker's marks, imprints, the history of technology and design, likewise as prints and drawings.
3. Requires pregnant interaction with people if 1 runs a shop.  A dealer tin can also rent infinite in an antiques mall or sell exclusively over the internet.
4. Adept business and accounting skills are essential.  One likewise needs some knowledge of tax laws.  Membership in professional organizations such as the National Antiquarian and Fine art Dealers Association of America (212-826-9707) and Antique Dealers League of America (212-879-7558) are useful.

Art Librarian

For additional data contact ARLIS. ARLIS maintains a job posting link and internship roster. ARLIS/NA has an Internship Award program. ARLIS/NA has this program will provide financial support for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resources curatorship. Recognizing that applied feel is one of the almost useful educational tools, this award currently (2008) provides $2500.00 to support a period of internship in an art library or visual resources collection for the recipient. The society also has a few awards available for students who wish to attend the annual briefing.

1. Usually MA in art history and MLS
2. French, German, and other languages often necessary
3. Some research roofing a wide gamut of topics
4. Some to maximum involvement with people
5. Practiced communication and writing skills
6. Excellent administration/management skills
7. Computer and paradigm technology skills
8. Attention to detail

Visual Resources Curator (Education and Industry)

(for boosted data contact Visual Resources Association, VRA) (In January 2000, ARLIS/NA announced its starting time Internship Honor. ARLIS/NA has established an endowment fund that volition provide financial back up for students preparing for a career in art librarianship or visual resource curatorship. Recognizing that applied feel is one of the most useful educational tools, this award will provide $one thousand.00 to support a flow of internship in an fine art library or visual resources drove for the recipient.)

1. BA or MA in fine art history, MLS becoming more necessary
2. French, German, or other languages may be necessary
3. Some interest with people; patience
4. Knowledge of computer programs for slide cataloguing and familiarity with the issues apropos epitome digitization
5. Knowledge of bones photographic techniques for the production of slides
6. Openness to engineering science and technological modify
7. Attention to item

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the follow numbers for May 2005 and May 2011 for employment and average bacon for audio-visual (or audio-visual and multi-media) collection specialists. 2005: 6910 jobs with an average pay of $41,100; 2011: 7740 jobs with an boilerplate pay of $45,910.

Art and Estate Appraiser

(Courtesy of Lynne North. Reno, Edinboro Academy, and Tessa Judge, Sentergroup, Inc.)  There are several professional person organizations for appraisers, including the Appraisers Clan of America, which maintains a list of appraisers, American Club of Appraisers, which has a Job Depository financial institution its website, and the International Society of Appraisers which is the largest professional organization dedicated solely to qualified and credentialed personal property appraisers in North America. Compatible standards applicable to a wide range of objects and real property are also developed and maintained by The Appraisal Foundation.

1. Certifact in appraisement studies.  New York University offers a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts.  Edinboro Academy offers courses for estate appraisers and liquidators at major cities throughout the land.
2. No foreign languages are necessary, but Spanish may be an nugget.
3. Enquiry skills are essential.  An appraiser should be familiar with a broad range of reference materials about maker's marks, imprints, the history of technology and design, as well as prints and drawings.  Attention to particular essential.  Expert writing skills.  Cognition of IRS standards for appraisals.
4. Maximum interest with people.  Requires affairs in dealing with trust officers, antique dealers, and family of the deceased.  High ethical standards and integrity are essential.
5. Knowledge of on-line reference tools.  Membership in profession organizations such as Appraisers Association of America (212-889-5404) or American Society of Professional Appraisers (770-729-8400).  Subscription to diverse merchandise papers such as The New York-Pennsylvania Collector.  Since appraising can have serious tax repercussions, there are federal and state regulations which event this profession.  Information regarding federal regulations is available at the ASC (Appraisal Subcommittee) website which has links to individual state regulatory sites.
   

Contained Producer: TV and Moving-picture show Documentaries

1. BA; MA or beyond useful merely not necessary
2. Languages may be necessary
3. Research necessary
4. Maximum involvement with people
5. Background in TV or film product; good business and writing skills; strong organizational skills

Preservation and Conservation

(with the advice of Irene Brueckle)(for boosted information contact the American Found for Conservation of Historic and Creative Works (AIC), 1717 Thousand St. NW, Ste. 301, Washington, DC 20006, phone 202-452-9545, fax 202-452-9328, email: jennaic@aol.com). The AIC also maintains an on-line resource called CoOL. An commodity by Valentine Walsh, a conservator based in London, entitled "What Can Conservators Do?" gives some idea of the processes involved in painting conservation, in particular.

1. BA or beyond in art history with special training in conservation and restoration; many graduate programs are awarding an MA or certificate in fine art conservation (Programs are bachelor at NYU, SUC at Buffalo, University of Delaware and Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario).
2. Languages may be useful
3. Research oriented
4. Some involvement with people
5. Good groundwork in organic and inorganic chemistry and physics, as well every bit studio techniques; manual deterity, attention to detail.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the follow numbers for May 2005 and May 2011 for employment and average bacon for museum technicians and conservators (which does not mean only art museum technicians and conservators). 2005: 9370 jobs with an boilerplate pay of $37,320; 2011: 10470 jobs with an average pay of $42,450.

Architectural Conservation

(courtesy of Doris Birmingham and Deborah Marrow)(for further information contact the The National Trust for Historic Preservation)

1. BA; MA or beyond useful with a special knowledge of architectural traditions, including interior design; BA or MA in compages and specialized grooming in conservation techniques for piece of work at the highest level.
2. Languages only necessary equally one is involved with international projects
3. Enquiry often necessary
4. A great bargain of interest with people
5. Depending on whether ane is working every bit a employee of a governmental office, a not-for-profit group, or equally a private consultant, knowledge of the law, zoning ordinances, estimating procedures, etc., tin can be necessary. A certain corporeality of political savvy likewise is useful specially if one is attached to a government agency or not-for-profit group.

Art Galleries and Auction Houses

(for profit - run across beneath for non-profit, both Sotheby's and Christie's accept web sites.  For information about the Art Dealers Association of America (A.D.A.A.),  the National Fine art & Antiques Association of America (N.A.D.A.A.) and  New Art Dealers Alliance (Zippo) visit their websites.  There is also an international clearing house for art and antique dealer associations with the acronym CINOA which stands for Confédération Internationale des Negociants en Ouevre d'Fine art which will connect with professional organizations in 34 countries.)

1. BA; MA or PhD may be necessary depending on position and type of gallery
2. Languages may be useful
3. Depending on position can be research-oriented or not at all
4. Maximum involvement with people
5. Depending on position skilful business, marketing, communication and writing skills may exist necessary; preparation in connoisseurship.  There is an interesting article well-nigh new art dealers in the New York and surround in the January 23, 2004, edition of the New York Times, entitled "How an Fine art Scene Became a Youthscape."  This article indicates how some of the newer dealers came to the profession.  Most of them worked for established dealers before hit out on their own.
   

Art Gallery (non-profit)

(courtesy of Lisa Lodeski)

1. BA; MA or Ph.D. may be helpful, but not necessary
2. No languages necessary
3. Inquiry may be necessary
4. Maximum involvement with people
5. Adept business organisation, marketing, communication and writing skills; fundraising skills; flexibility; affairs; ability to motivate others; sensitivity to artists' needs; and, depending on the scale of the gallery, experience in exhibition design, curatorial work, sales, and art instruction can all exist useful

Corporate Curator

1. BA; MA or PhD may be helpful (Apple tree Computer advertised in 1992/93 for a curator for their company museum)
2. Languages may exist necessary depending on the nature of the collection
3. Some inquiry
4. Some involvement with people
5. Ability to communicate particularly with people not necessarily knowledgeable nearly art; may also demand installation and interpretive skills; preparation in connoisseurship; ability to manipulate databases for tape maintenance. There are also businesses, such every bit Nixon Art Associates, Inc., which provide collection management and advising services.

Fine art Consultant: Hotels

(courtesy of Minda Dowling)(For an example of a electric current art consultancy see Artefact Hotel Art Consultants.)

1. BA in fine art history, with an agreement and interest in architecture and interior design, including furniture.
2. Languages non necessary, though if you are interested in working for an international clientele and commissioning works from non-English speaking artists, and then languages are very helpful.
3. Your will demand to inquiry various styles of art and be familiar with gimmicky artists, in order to match work to location and client desires.
4. Maximum involvement with people. Good interpersonal skills are essential for interacting with both clients and artists.
5. One must be a self-motivated in lodge to identify potential projects and develop clients. Good business acumen. Ane should be able to interpret the desires of non-art-oriented clients, and be able to act as a bridge between creative person and client. Excellent organizational skills with attention to detail paramount. Interest and openness to all types of artwork.

Fine art Investment

(See article in the Wall Street Journal for Feb 3, 1998, p. A8, "Gallery Dealer Prepares to Start Fund To Invest in Prominent Works of Art.") (See also Art Appraisement entry) Another, perhaps not totally appealing attribute of art investment is the concept of an "Art Pawnshop" where art objects are used as collateral for major loans. On the "pawnshop" idea see the commodity which appeared in the New York Times on Feb 24, 2009. A good example of a firm which characterizes all of the various aspects of this career is Artvest. They were called on to practise an contained evaluation of the collection of the Detroit Institute of Art during the bankruptcy proceedings in July 2014.

1. BA in art history; BBA and/or MBA (may wish to take an MA in art history, as well)
2. No languages necessary
3. Some inquiry
4. Some involvement with people
5. Good business organisation and investment skills; preparation in connoisseurship; good advice skills; familiarity with financial software; tolerance for risk.

Art Constabulary

(Conservation, Restoration, Artists' Rights, Art and Antiquities Aircraft and Insurance, etc.)  (There are a variety of volunteer lawyers organizations which are dedicated to helping artists, i example is the New York VLA.) (There is a not-for-profit California association for art lawyers.)  (There is also a New York-based artist's rights system, the Artists' Rights Order,  which is involved in insuring that copyright is respected and creative person'southward fees are nerveless. ) (In that location is an interesting blog maintained by Donn Zaretsky on fine art constabulary which can requite you some idea of the field, and another maintained by the police force business firm Sheppard Mullin.)

1. BA and/or MA in art history; JD possibly in contract constabulary (Columbia Academy has a Center for Law and the Arts)
2. No languages necessary
3. Enquiry oriented
4. Some interest with people
5. Practiced business and communication skills

Law Enforcement.

The FBI maintains a 12-person Art Crime Team which investigates art thefts and fraud. To see what their program consists of you tin can visit their website. In that location is besides a very interesting site documenting art crimes and security issue by the Netherlands-based Museum Security Network.

1. BA and/or MA in fine art history; possibly JD, and other skills needed for a career in law enforcement.
2. Depending on level language skills could be very necessary
3. Inquiry oriented
4. Some interest with people
5. Good communication skills, tenacity, attention to detail

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Governmental Agencies

(NEA, NEH, Archives of American Fine art, land and local arts councils, etc. Information well-nigh local arts agencies can be obtain from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, 1029 Vermont Avenue NW, second Floor, Washington, DC 20005. (202) 347-6352, Fax (202) 737-0526.)

1. BA, MA and/or PhD can all be advisable depending on duties
2. Languages may be necessary
3. Some to a great bargain of inquiry depending on position
4. Some involvement with people
5. Good communication and writing skills; political skills

Artist Representative

(courtesy of Lisa Lodeski)

1. BA in art history or studio, or equivalent noesis and experience
2. Languages commonly unnecessary, unless working in an international venue
3. Some research of markets may be necessary
4. Some to frequent interest with people
5. Business concern experience (marketing and sales), organizational skills, cocky-motivation, and a sensitivity to working with artists.

Arts Organisation Consultant

(Come across Adams and Goldbard Consultants and Slover Linnett Strategies for an illustration of the sorts of projects which can be undertaken)

1. BA; MBA useful but not necessary
2. Languages rarely needed
3. Research depends on the assignment
4. Significant involvement with people
5. Business skills, familiarity with legal and political issues, expert writing skills are essential; flexibility in working with a broad variety of clients

Antiquarian Book/Impress Merchandise

(courtesy of Terry Belanger) (There is an Antique Booksellers' Assocation of American, a merchandise organization associated with The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) ) For a wonderful appreciation of book collecting and selling, run across the commodity which appeared in the New York Times on San Francisco bookseller and bibliophile William Stout.

1. BA; good knowledge of reference sources in art history, literature, and history
2. All languages are helpful
3. Research oftentimes necessary
4. Maximum involvement with people as customers and clients
5. Ability to piece of work under pressure level; skilful business sense

Art Advisor

For a clarification of the profession of art advisor see the article in The Wall Street Journal, "Appraising Fine art Advisers," June 25, 1999, p. W4. There is too an interesting article published in the New York Times on February 28, 2008, entitled the "The Terrible Toll of Art Feet," which offers a window into this career and an even more than recent article almost the growth in this field published on August 22, 2015 "Soaring Art Market place Attracts a New Brood of Advisers for Collectors." There is too an system known equally the Association for Professional Art Advisors (APAA). Particularly interesting is the membership list on their website, information technology tin can be mined for contacts when looking for a job in the field.

Curatorial Consultant/Freelance Collection Director

(courtesy of Suzaan Boettger)

1. BA; MA or PhD may be helpful
2. Languages may exist necessary depending on the nature of the drove
3. Research varies every bit per contents of the collection and owner/clients aims
4. Substantial involvement with people
5. Ability to interact with a variety of fine art professionals and to represent a client to them; power to manage diverse jobs such equally framing, shipping and installation on behalf of a client; power to represent the all-time interests of the work of art to not-art professionals, such every bit a private or corporate collector, his/her family, and/or corporate staff at all levels of heirarchy, including insurers. Superior organizational skills. Attention to details, particularly in respect to record-keeping. Self-motivated and comfortable with the instability and freedom of freelance employment.

Useful Links

1. Adrienne DeAngelis' incredibly useful site aptly named Resources in Art History for Graduate Students includes links to internship programs throughout the U.S.
2. The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a wonderful resource for all kinds of arts related jobs specially in the New York area.
3. Activity With Borders maintains a website idealist.org which has searchable databases for jobs and internships where the arts tin can be added as one of the search criteria.
4. In 2003, the Centre for Innovation and Inquiry in Graduate Education at the Academy of Washington conducted a survey of individuals who had earned a doctorate in Fine art History betwixt 1985 and 1991. They summarized their findings in a study entitled Ph.Ds in Art History: Over a Decade Afterwards. This study is available on-line.
5. Individual state arts organizations and commissions oftentimes have a site for chore and internship posting, see, for example, the listing for the Arizona Committee on the Arts or the California Arts Council.
6. Another site which lists jobs for art historians is http://www.careerjet.com/art-historian-jobs.html.

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A recent (August, 2009) discussion on CAAH, a listserv for art and archtiectural historians maintained by Marilyn Lavin, focused on the dilemma of the united nations- and underemployed Art History Ph.D. In the course of the discussion, Judith Rodenbeck offered this very rehearsed summary of the sorts of marketable skills which a recent Ph.D. in the bailiwick will accept developed. Given the electric current state of the academic market it is probably a very good thought to think near i'due south skill set every bit creatively as possible.

"...for any PhD in art history developing [a program for future employment] ... should include a realistic cess of your at present highly-adult skills and abilities. These skills are, in fact, many and include: foreign linguistic communication(s); written and verbal expressive competence; logic and argumentation; visual vigil; project management; research; and so on. For some, you are also good at dealing with circuitous travel logistics and making intelligent long-term decisions based on bitty information; for those with quite a bit of experience teaching (let alone navigating the sometimes sharky waters of graduate school) the ability to deal calmly and effectively with a wide range of personalities is important, too. And one other thing: the ability to sustain attention to someone else's lecture over the grade of longer than ten minutes: that is a major skill in today's info culture."

January 31, 2014. In response to Obama'southward off-hand remark, "I hope y'all, folks can brand a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art-history degree" (something which is probably true, at least in the SHORT run),Nicole Conti, a graduate pupil in Art History at the University of Minnesota posted a link on CAAH to very thoughful piece on the value of the liberal arts by Valerie Strauss on her Washington Mail weblog "The Answer."

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A posting (9-4-01) past Phillip Earenfight, Director of the Juniata College Museum of Art  on CAAH discussion site offers some valuable insights regarding programs which combine a studio/art history/architectural groundwork :
" I notice a number of studio/art history/compages hybrids pursuing careers as museum curators, particularly those who bask exercising their creative/design skills in conjunction with bookish matters. Too, a number of museum preparators come from studio and art history backgrounds. For Museum studies programs, see the 1999-2000 Guide to Museum Studies and Training in the U.s. which is available through the American Association of Museums (http://www.aam-us.org/). Exterior of the US encounter the International Quango On Museums at: http://www.icom.org/"

Another professional person rail is art conservation...only this is an extraordinarily competitive track with only three graduate programs in the US (State University College at Buffalo, IFA, U Del) and one in Canada (Queen's Univ., Ontario). The archway requirements are considerable and I am told by my conservators that the waiting lists to become into these programs are lengthy. Too, such programs assume considerable expertise in chemical science and a solid knowledge of biological science. For more than on conservation programs in the US see: http://aic.stanford.edu/get/ For international programs see: http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/education/

An interesting tid-flake from The Wall Street Journal posted on the website Art History Newletter

The $64,000-dollar profession

12 December 2008

In the Wall Street Journal, we read that according to "a year-long survey of i.2 million people with only a available's degree by PayScale Inc.," art-history majors have a median starting salary of $35,800. 10 years after graduation, their median salary is $64,900. In that respect, they beat majors in anthropology, biology, criminal justice, drama, education, English language, forestry, graphic design, health care assistants, hospitality, interior design, music, nutrition, psychology, organized religion, sociology, and Castilian. That said, philosophy majors are earning a median $81,200 ten years out.

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A smattering of representative non-teaching jobs which have recently (2007-2016) appeared:

A site with listings of current fine art related jobs worth visiting is www.artcareer.net.

[2007] INTERACTIVE PRODUCER AND SENIOR CATALOGUER. BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY.

Due to success in winning funding for an innovative technology project, we are looking for and Interactive Producer to work within a project team.  This volition be a contract post for 30 months.

There will be a minor squad within the library and you will also exist part of a larger project management team working closely with our other partners and spending time at the offices of one of our technology partners.

The role will involve taking a lead role in developing the Product specification for individual products and specific ownership for content specification in the area of cultural heritage and education. Specifying the production of visual assets and utilize of taxonomies and various metadata schema.

Experience of the museums sector, art history, history and education and e-learning methodologies is essential.  Proven feel in authoring materials, agreement of publishing with digital interactive and spider web technologies (HTML, CSS, SML, XSLT) together with a loftier level of computer literacy is important.

For the same project we as well seek someone with experience of cataloguing, sourcing content and researching metadata and taxonomies.  This position would involve working closely with the interactive producer, the project squad and the partner companies in the project.

[2008] CURATORIAL ASSISTANT. The Frick Drove. New York.

Background
The Frick Collection is an fine art museum consisting of over one,100 works of art from the 13th to the 19th century, displayed in the intimate surroundings of the quondam home of Henry Clay Frick. The residence, with its furnishings and works of art, has been open to the public since 1935.  It is ane of the globe's most perfect museums; its sister research institution the Frick Art Reference Library is of equal distinction

Task Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated and organized individual to provide clerical, administrative and research support to the office of the Associate Director and Chief Curator.  Authoritative support includes maintaining calendar, correspondence, travel plans and expense reports for the Chief Curator;ielding telephone calls and inquiries from the public, keeping minutes, analogous between the museum's departments.  Research, guided past the Chief Curator, is largely conducted at The Frick Art Reference Library and is primarily exhibition related.   Other exhibition related tasks include obtaining images for publication, maintaining checklists, and working with the in-house Editor every bit catalogues arroyo publication.  The position provides a superb opportunity for participating in all aspects of curatorial work in a small, dynamic department.

Requirements
B.A. in Art History; G.A. preferred; proficiency in French is essential; strong writing and enquiry skills; computer literacy in a Windows surroundings/Microsoft Role Suite.  Knowledge of eighteenth and nineteenth-century art history is required.

Benefits in Employment with The Frick Collection
Full-time employees are eligible to participate in grouping life, health, and dental insurance plans. Employees contribute to the price of their health insurance based on income level and the type of coverage they select. Other benefits include Short and Long Term Disability insurance, employee contributed tax deferred annuity, flexible spending plans for wellness, dependent care and commuting costs, generous pension plan with participation after one year of service/vesting afterwards five years of service, xiii paid holidays, and accrual of 12 holiday days the get-go year of employment (25 days subsequent years).  All employees of the Frick Collection may admission free or discounted access to almost of New York's finest museums. Additionally, to help ensure the employment experience is enjoyable we provide employees and volunteers with an extremely affordable lunch in our employee dining room and a discount on Museum Shop purchases. The Frick Collection offers a beautiful and pleasant wo
rk setting and an excellent opportunity to appreciate some of the globe's finest works of art.

Application Process:
Please transport resume and cover alphabetic character with salary requirement to:  jobs@frick.org
Indicate the title of the position for which you are applying in the subject line of your email.

[2011] Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Pamela and Peter Voss Curator of Prints and Drawings. Nether the direction of the Chair of the Section of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, the Pamela and Peter Voss Curator of Prints and Drawings will be responsible for the implementation of the curatorial collection strategy, including acquisitions, exhibitions, loans, research, publications, donor development, and the general safekeeping of the drove. Nosotros seek an energetic individual with a broad knowledge of both European and American graphic arts, including drawings and illustrated books. Expertise in American art of all periods, including gimmicky, is peculiarly desired, every bit demonstrated by exhibitions and publications. Knowledge of the media of the graphic arts and museum written report room experience of five years or more volition be favored. The successful candidate will besides have the ability to lecture and deliver gallery talks, and will possess a collegial manner and strong advice skills. PhD, not required, just preferred.

[2012] Alphabetize of Christian Art. Art Historian: medievalist. Brainstorm date Jan 2013 (or before)
Scholar—cataloguer needed to work primarily on cataloguing sculpture from the Early Christian menses to the end of the fifteenth century.  Masters degree in fine art history required; PhD preferred. Knowledge of other media excluding manuscripts required. Reading noesis of foreign languages especially Latin required. Power to work with databases essential. This is a one-year term position, renewable pending continued funding and satisfactory functioning. This is not a instruction postal service.

[2014] From Wittenborn Art Book Publishing: (This requires a large measure of pattern and computer skills)

Edit & Design Scholarly Artist Oeuvre Catalogues
Send CV. Must be located in SF Bay Surface area.
Project involves entering information about art works in an excel database, scanning the related images and combining the text and images in InDesign for a 300+ folio book.
Database:
1. Create/update database in Excel, listing pertinent information in list format as established in previous volumes (Excel template provided).
ii. Database consists of information from a option of source books (provided past publisher) but updated and corrected for mistakes.
3. Cited art works must be cross-referenced and organized chronologically. French/Spanish languages are to exist translated to English. Medium and size/format to exist translated and updated to reflect nigh contempo publication information.
iv. Database to exist submitted for review past Publisher for updates and corrections.
5. Excel file can exist converted to Microsoft Word for Font/Size formatting of the text, then import into InDesign.
Scanning:
1. Screened original images will exist descreened through scanning with capable scanner (example: Microtek 9800XL or 1000XL).
two. Images will be either in color or grayscale. All images will be scanned at 400 dpi 16-scrap color or 8 fleck grayscale, in the .tiff format.
three. Original printed images are to be aligned foursquare and laid completely flat for scanning.
iv. White balance and (color) density volition demand to be calibrated in scanner software.
5. After scanned, each prototype is named according to source catalog (AuthorXX.231.tif as example)
Colour balancing for Scanned Images:
1. Calibrate monitor for proper color balancing before proceeding.
two. Each color image is compared to printed originals/examples, and using Photoshop and the tools therein, adjust value, saturation and levels to match.
3. File saved as new version (to preserve original scan).
Last image preparation:
1. Ingather each paradigm to exact, original format.
2. Each paradigm will be reduced to 300dpi, and either resized or reduced to fit new, concluding print size. This final size should lucifer the sizes in the source catalogue, or be made to fit appropriately to the page format (match size formats from previous volumes, i.e. x.5 cm high for oil paintings, x.3 cm high for vertical drawings, 9.8 cm wide for horizontal works).
iii. Utilized the tool Unsharpen Mask after resizing.
four. Salvage file to final epitome numbering format for this catalogue (to be adamant, i.east. 1960-001.tif).
Book Layout:
1. Design and layout the book in Adobe InDesign. Each page will contain a running header, page number, and between 1 and 4 illustrations with descriptive text (template provided or to lucifer previous volumes).
2. Place edited images-only from Photoshop, every bit listed above in Paradigm Preparation.
3. Import text from Excel database or Word document and match to prototype, formatting text to match style from previous volumes.
iv. Print out draft re-create of book for review by publisher and/or consign Press Quality PDF for review past staff.
5. Package project and deliver on digital format to publisher and print-compatible.

Fees in the range of $4000.00.

[2016] Posted on CAAH. Freelance writing.

PHD WRITER - Authority IN MODERN Fine art   The Art Story Foundation  – New York, NY – www.TheArtStory.org

The Art Story is a non-profit specializing in art history teaching using technology. Our main initiative is our website that educates fine art lovers by providing piece of cake-to-read and no-nonsense information.

We are looking for an expert/authority in modern art - someone to serve as author of concluding content (and partially as editor of less experienced writers that do the preliminary work). Fairly strict requirements here as we are looking for a person PHD-level or similar. Clear, concise breakdown of modern art concepts must be brought forth with limited budget for major research.

The position is freelance, approximately 10-15 hours per week, work from home. Communicate with Art Story staff via telephone and email.

[2016] RENWICK GALLERY, CURATOR-IN-Accuse

The Renwick Gallery seeks a dynamic, full-time, permanent Curator-in-Accuse to direct and oversee curatorial activities at this newly renovated branch museum of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

The Renwick exhibits works by artists exploring innovative every bit well as traditional approaches to making and materials.  Information technology increasingly seeks out gimmicky artists working with avant-garde approaches to fine art and/or craft.  The reopening exhibitionWONDER showcased nine immersive installations by contemporary artists, who created big-scale installations from unexpected materials; previously,forty under 40explored 21st-century directions in many media.  Renwick curatorial activities include enquiry, exhibitions, collection acquisitions, and public outreach, as well as nurturing relationships with artists, collectors, donors, and dealers.  The Renwick maintains a collection of contemporary craft.  This position supervises a curatorial staff of four, while a Chief Administrator oversees museum operations.

Applicants should be recognized scholars in the field of American contemporary art, arts and crafts, design, or a related field, with experience organizing significant exhibitions, developing collections, and disseminating research through publications and public speaking.  Must be well organized, a strong manager, and able to think imaginatively and creatively.

This is a not-federal, trust-funded position at grades xiii/14/xv with a starting salary ranging from $ninety,000 to $150,000, commensurate with feel.  The position includes full benefits.  The Smithsonian is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To utilise, transport a letter of awarding and a resume to SAAMRenwickRecruit@si.edu by 6/15/2016.  In your letter of application, which should not exceed two pages, please describe three projects relevant to this position. Your resume should embrace the following factors:

1.      Teaching and professional experience in the fields of contemporary art, craft, design, and related fields, particularly equally those topics overlap or intersect.
ii.      Experience in working with artists and organizing museum exhibitions.
3.      Experience researching and writing for publication.
4.      Experience cultivating donors for acquisitions and exhibition support.

And and then, possibly yous could be an emcee...

QVC COMBINES ARTS, SHOPPING IN "TOURS."
By Diane Haithman. Los Angeles Times 7/25/96.

Move over PBS, the newest haven for art on television is...QVC?
That's correct--QVC, a self described "virtual shopping mall" for buyers who would rather buy their cubic zirconia jewelry, kitchen gadgets and health and beauty products via cablevision TV, has moved into the fine arts arena with a new series of live TV specials titled "QVC Museum Tours."
The specials take the viewer inside prominent art museums nationwide, offering minicourses in art appreciation and at the same fourth dimension hawking such trade every bit pins, scarves, watches, ties and tote bags related to the featured exhibition. About recently, QVC visited the Philadelphia Museum of Art's Paul Cezanne exhibition with the Postimpressionist painter's peachy-grandson Philippe Paul Cezanne, on hand to co-host the show with QVC and museum personnel.
Amid the items offered: a gold plated "jug" pin adapted from a frequent discipline in Cezanne paintings ($45); a Swatch-like "apples" watch featuring Cezanne's famous fruit on the band ($36--at that place is too a fruit basin necktie); "Bathers" beach towels for $24; and a dessert plate ready featuring the artists' sketches. Some items were already available in the museum souvenir store, but some new items were created especially for QVC and are now being offered in the souvenir shop.
The QVC bout series kicked off in March at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, featuring that museum's Homer Winslow (sic) exhibition; popular items were fishing rod and reel handbasket pins borrowed from Winslow's seafaring imagery.
The museum too did well with a $160 bronze replica of a Degas dancer and a "Miss Helen" doll inspired by a John Singer Sargent painting in the museum's regular collection.

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Or peradventure you might want to go a doctor...

YALE News Release
For Immediate Release: September 4, 2001
Artwork Can Sharpen Medical Diagnostic Skills, Yale Researchers Written report

New Haven, Conn. -- Four years after starting a tutorial designed to amend medical students' diagnostic and observational skills with artwork, Yale researchers have proven their theory in a new study published in the September v result of the Journal of the American Medical Clan (JAMA).

"Doctors accept to exist taught to pick up on details that are often disregarded and first-year medical students who took this course improved their observational skills by 10 pct," said Irwin Braverman, K.D., professor of dermatology at Yale Schoolhouse of Medicine. "With heightened observational skills, physicians can often ask the questions necessary to brand right diagnoses without relying likewise much on costly claret tests and x-rays."

To test the theory that kickoff-twelvemonth medical students could exist visually trained to become better observers past looking at and discussing highly detailed works of art, Braverman teamed upward with Jacqueline Dolev, Chiliad.D., who was a Yale medical student and is currently a resident at Stanford University Infirmary, and Linda Friedlaender, curator of pedagogy at the Yale Center for British Art. They developed a tutorial chosen the Yale Heart for British Art Project.

During the two-year written report, 81 students received the visual grooming and 65 students in a control group received no visual grooming. Both groups were given a pre-test on observational skills consisting of prints of people with various medical conditions. Students who received visual training were assigned a painting at the Yale Eye for British Fine art and given fourth dimension to detect it. In plough, students discussed the work based solely on what they saw. Back in the classroom, the students were shown prints of people with other medical weather condition and asked to write downward their diagnoses in iii minutes as they had done with the pre-examination. The students who received visual training improved their detection of details by x percent, while there was no comeback in the command grouping.

"The 10 per centum improvement is statistically significant," said Braverman. "Information technology makes the indicate that you lot tin can visually railroad train someone to be a better observer, and it has added a dimension to the style medical students are taught at Yale."

Braverman said the tutorial, which has generated interest and duplication by other schools, has go an official part of the curriculum and could likewise serve equally a basis for continuing education that is applicable to all physicians.

"The utilize of representational paintings capitalizes on students' lack of familiarity with the artworks," said Braverman. "The viewers search for and collect all of the details in the paintings because they do not have a bias as to which visual attribute is more important than another. This lowered threshold of observation has direct application to the examination of the patient."

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Unfortunately, in early on 2002, some areas are experiencing contraction due to the faltering economic system.  Art book publishing seems to be ane of these.

NYTimes, 1/vii/02
Excerpt from "Price Cutting and Oversupply Imperil Fine art Book Houses"
"In the final twelvemonth, the manufacture has severely retrenched. Harry N. Abrams, the largest and most prestigious American publisher of illustrated books and now part of the French Groupe de la Martinière, laid off about 25 of its 150 employees, or nearly 17 per centum of its staff, including some peak executives.
"Some other major art book publisher, Abbeville, cut back to the point that information technology stopped acquiring new books. The company's Web site advises that "because of the current conditions in the market, nosotros have streamlined our publishing program, and every bit a result, our book list is full for the next several seasons." Abbeville'southward New York part was destroyed in the attack on the Globe Trade Center, and no one was available to comment concluding calendar week.   The Italian illustrated book retailer and publisher Rizzoli laid off virtually 50 people in the U.s.a. and airtight nearly all its American stores likewise.
"The Penguin Putnam partition of Pearson of Uk has cut the number of titles from its Viking Studio illustrated books line past half, to well-nigh twenty a year because of disappointing sales.

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A symposium concerning the destruction of art equally a result of the tragedy of 9/11 was published in the IFAR Journal in 2001/2002.   There is an article past an insurance adjuster which suggests that, sadly enough, this might likewise be an area in which the expertise of an art historian could have some relevance.

At that place has been a contempo (December 2009-January 2010) by and large quite pessimistic discussion on CAAH, a listserv maintained by Marilyn Lavin out of Princeton, concerning the future of graduate educational activity in the Humanities and the implications which this might have for art history. This word focused on Thomas H. Benton's articles in The Chronicle of Higher Teaching from January xxx, 2009 and March 13, 2009 . This is not an encouraging pair of articles, but it is one which probably should be read by students intending to pursue a career in fine art history, peculiarly in academia.

(rev. Apr twenty, 2018)

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