Curator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Curator to join the team at TarraWarra Museum of Art.

Position Description – Curator

Full-time permanent positionTarraWarra Museum of Art works with a hybrid model, and the successful candidate will beexpected to work three days a week on site.

Salary: $90,000 plus 11.5% super

About TarraWarra Museum of Art

Located in the Yarra Valley, TarraWarra Museum of Art is a leading not-for-profit public art gallerythat features inventive and stimulating exhibitions and programs about twentieth and twenty-firstcentury art and holds one of the country’s most important collections of Australian art from the1930s to the present day. The permanent collection was established through the generous donation of over 600 artworks by founding patrons, the late Marc Besen AC and Eva Besen AO. The Museum actively engages with art, place and ideas in a remarkable environment and immersive atmosphere, inspiring curiosity and providing a retreat for the imagination.

In March 2025, TarraWarra Museum of Art will launch a major new building, the Eva and Marc BesenCentre. A breathtaking architectural concept designed by Kerstin Thompson Architects withlandscape design by OCULUS and Wurundjeri horticulturalist and artist Craig Murphy-Wandin, thestate-of-the-art building is a multi-purpose learning and performance space for family and children’s programs, talks, forums, workshops, live arts and educational programs. The Centre will also offer a unique behind-the-scenes look at works from the TarraWarra Museum of Art collection.

Presented in visible art storage racks, the general public will have viewing access to the works of some of Australia’s most significant modern and contemporary artists. TarraWarra Museum of Art’s vision is to connect art, place and ideas.

Our staff contribute to the Goals outlined in our Strategic Plan 2024-2027:

• Connecting art, place and ideas

• Audience engagement

• Collaborating with the sector

• Providing for robust, sustainable and secure operations

The Museum commits to the following values in everything we do:

• Respect for art and the artist

• Respect for the spirit of philanthropy – the inspiration for the Museum

• Respect for First Nations voices of Wurundjeri Country and beyond

• Respect for the natural world and sense of place, inspiring fresh creative perspectives

• Respect for the diversity of our visitors

• Respect for the curiosity of our audience

• Respect for cultural safety, equity and access

Position Purpose:

The purpose of the Curator is to generate a suite of exhibitions and experiences, drawing inspiration from our location, exemplary collection and current ideas. TarraWarra Museum of Art aims to engage with audiences to develop a deeper understanding of the worlds that artists create. The Curator is responsible for curating original exhibitions for the Museum and working with a collection of 600 modern and contemporary Australian art works, including their presentation in thevisible storage of the new Eva and Marc Besen Centre. The Curator provides wide assistance withother exhibitions at the Museum and conducts original research. The Curator manages all aspects of the production of TWMA’s publications, including editing, writing and production management. The role reports to the Head of Exhibitions and Programs and is critical in planning, preparing andpresenting exhibitions at the highest standard. The Curator will have an integral role in contributing to the long-term program and will be required to research opportunities for future collections. They will engage with a variety of stakeholders, involving preparing and presenting to peers and VIPs and maintaining professional networks across the Museum and visual arts sector.

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TarraWarra Museum of Art encourages applicants from First Nations, culturally and linguisticallydiverse, disability and LGBTIQA+ communities to apply. We recognise that there are barriers toemployment for people from these communities, and we encourage you to get in touch with us toexplore alternative application methods or other ways of removing these barriers.We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have all the attributes listed above but feel that youwould be a good fit.