Gallery Technician/

Role Purpose:  Works within Operations Division in close association with Programs & Exhibitions Division staff to provide relevant expertise, including installation and deinstallation of artist studios and exhibitions galleries at the Fire Station, and responsible for day-to-day maintenance of lighting, environmental monitoring etc.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensures the maintenance of studios and gallery exhibitions and storage areas.
• Responsible for the transport, handling and installation and hanging artworks for exhibitions and ensuring safe removal, storage, and installation of artworks on display.
• Responsible for carrying out daily visual condition reports for artworks, assessing for damages.
• Liaise with Exhibitions Coordinator and Follow Up Expert for artworks leaving or returning to the Fire Station.
• Supervise and aid where necessary to internal/external contractors working with studios and galleries.
• Provide technical support for storage of temporary collections (environmental monitoring, light focusing, and object conditions). Inform of any maintenance with studios and galleries.
• Overall responsible for the day to day managing of studios and galleries and storage spaces
• Oversees and manages the audio video and lighting programming within the galleries. Ensure a/v and 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.
• Supervise 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.