Assistant Curator of Exhibitions

Description

About Denver Botanic Gardens:
Green inside and out, Denver Botanic Gardens was founded in 1951 and is considered one of the top botanical gardens in the United States and a pioneer in water conservation.

Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, The Gardens has a robust living plant collection, natural history collection and art collection along with temporary art exhibitions. The Gardens is a dynamic, 24-acre urban oasis in the heart of the city, offering unforgettable opportunities to flourish with unique garden experiences for the whole family – as well as world-class exhibitions, education, and plant conservation research programs.

For more information, visit us online anicgardens.org.

Along With The Mission Of Bringing Plants To People, Our Core Values Are a Fundamental Driver Of The Gardens Culture. Sustainability:
We are devoted to an institutional, environmental and human sustainability. Diversity:
We champion inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility for all we encounter, and also support programmatic, ecological and plant diversity. Transformation:
We believe ever-evolving public gardens change the world and lead to positive transformation of human spirit and knowledge.

This role develops, identifies, and implements curatorial projects, including exhibitions, artist residencies, and related programming to advance Denver Botanic Gardens’ visitor and community engagement priorities. It conducts research, writes exhibition labels, oversees related marketing copy, and coordinates related image licensing and reproductions.

The role contributes to exhibition planning and development from concept to execution, with keen attention to visitor experience, inclusion, diversity, equity, and access, in consistency with the Gardens’ values and mission, and quality and accuracy of content.

This position supports both short- and long-term curatorial activities within a fast-paced, multidisciplinary, and creative environment as part of a team that strives for best practices in all aspects of exhibitions and programming. This position also leads and develops staff.

• Conducts and oversees curatorial research to develop exhibitions, including development of themes, assessment of artistic merit, consistency with institutional goals and values, opportunities and challenges, and identifying possible loan requests.
• Develops and manages relationships with artists, lenders, potential lenders, and other members of the arts community.
• Develops exhibition checklists, working collaboratively with other team members.
• Writes visitor-centered in-gallery text and other related interpretive resources.
• Edits and proofs exhibition-related copy and design, as well as other departmental content as needed. Oversees the copyediting and proofing workflow.
• Resources and supports curatorial direction for the development of traveling exhibitions.
• Manages exhibition content deadlines and supports related exhibition planning and scheduling.
• Supervises, manages and develops the Curatorial Assistant role, as well as interns and volunteers.
• Oversees the development of copy for marketing purposes, including web, member magazine, and press release content.
• Contributes ideas for programming opportunities to support, enrich and enhance exhibitions.
• Develops and researches themes for collections-based exhibitions.
• Proactively assess opportunities and solutions for enhanced accessibility within exhibitions and gallery experiences.
• Oversees management and coordination of the artist residency program(s).
• Coordinates image licensing and other intellectual property rights for exhibitions and collections (publication, web, other print materials).
• Develops and leads select training for docents and staff.
• Develops and leads tours of exhibitions; give public presentations.
• When relevant, manage creation of exhibition-related publications and related materials.
• Staffs events and programming as needed, including artist talks, receptions, etc.
• Assists with exhibition installation if needed.
• Supports the day-to-day operations of the curatorial team.
• Regular attendance at the worksite may…