Role Purpose: Works within Operations Division in close association with Programs & Exhibitions Division staff in order to provide relevant expertise, including installation and deinstallation of gallery exhibitions at the Fire Station, and responsible for day-to-day maintenance of gallery lighting, temperatures.
Duties and responsibilities:
• Ensures the maintenance of gallery exhibitions.
• responsible for the transport, handling and installation and hanging artworks for exhibitions and ensuring safe removal and installation of artworks on display.
• Responsible for carrying out condition reports for artworks, assessing for damages.
• Liaise with Exhibitions Coordinator and Studios & Galleries Coordinator for artworks leaving or returning to the Fire Station.
• Oversees and manages the lighting programming within the galleries. Ensure lighting maintenance is completed and records maintained.
• Responsible for identifying burnt out globes and informing Facilities in a timely manner.
• Support the Fabrication Lab Coordinator for installing vinyl wall text and label.
• Responsible for maintenance of the gallery wall text and labels.
• Responsible for carrying artworks and objects for the Fire Station general activities.
• Assist the artist in residence and Fire Station staff in transporting the artworks and objects to & from the studios and the Fire Station Facilities (fabrication lab, wood shop, and general workshop spaces) & galleries.
• Responsible for general watch over all aspects of the Fire Station galleries.
- 1 to 4 years’ experience
- Minimum High School / Diploma
- Knowledge of exhibition maintenance, lighting, and manual handling and installation and deinstallation of artworks