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interesting sounding job

updated mon 15 mar 04

 

Dinah Collopy on sun 14 mar 04


This ad was in the New Orleans Times Picayune today and I thought it =
sounded really good.
I'll quote it in parts because its long.
"CURATOR OF CERAMICS-- Postion open for Curator of Ceramics at =
Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of art. Challenging role offered as part of a team =
preparing to move into a new museum designed by ledgendary architect =
Frank O. Gehry." (He did the Guggenheim in Spain that people come from =
all over the world just to see the building.)
They go on to say what the duties are--"care of the collection of the =
Ohr pottery as well as intergrated team work of other exhibits related =
to the mission of the museum, including African-American art. This =
postion leads a team of curators and other exhibition staff members."
They want a masters in some form of the arts and some experience in =
exhibition development at a museum.
The museum is in Biloxi Mississippi. I saw a scale model of the =
buildings yesterday and it really looks exciting.
Application deadline is March 31, 2004. e-mail marlie@georgeohr.org.
It is really beautiful here.
Dinah
Mississippi Gulf Coast