Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Position Summary:

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston seeks a promising and dynamic scholar for a two-year termed position of Curatorial Assistant, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy.

Reporting to the Matsutaro Shoriki Chair, this position will work closely with colleagues across the Museum, especially Conservation, Photo Services, and Collections Care, to catalogue and expand publicly available information on the largest and most significant gift of Chinese paintings and calligraphy in the Museum’s history—the Wan-go H.C. Weng Collection. The individual will work on the Weng Family collection and assist with the viewing, documentation, photography, transcription of inscriptions and seals, and timely and accurate entry of data on the collection in the Museum’s database. The work will entail regular consultation and collaboration with colleagues inside and outside the institution. An interest and commitment to exploring the changing nature of art museums and their relationship to the public are essential.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

• Advanced degree in art history or Chinese culture. Demonstrated scholarly ability in the field of Chinese paintings and calligraphy through publications, conference papers, or other activities.
• Fluency with spoken and written Chinese; facility with reading classical Chinese for scholarly research.
• One year of curatorial experience or demonstrated organizational and administrative skills.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Committed to collaboration to achieve the best outcome
• Excellent coordination and communication skills, and ability to execute and complete plans and objectives
• Strong sense of accountability for achieving stated objectives and demonstrable experience doing so

Personal Qualities and Attributes:

• Intellectually rigorous
• Inspirational, passionate, curious
• Generous of spirit, a team player
• Superior judgment, tact and diplomacy

Salary and Schedule:

Salary: $54,000 - $56,500

Full-Time, 35 hours per week

Two-year term

This position is affiliated with the United Auto Workers Union.

The MFA is an equal opportunity employer. The community and audience we serve is diverse, and we wish to foster that diversity in our workplace. Toward that end, the MFA does not discriminate against individuals in hiring, employment or promotion on the basis of race, religion, color, sex/gender, gender identity and gender expression, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, handicap or disability, veteran or military status, political belief, pregnancy, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.

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