How to Get a Job in a Museum Or Art Gallery - By Alison Baverstock Page 0,105
who work in museums and galleries, readers gain a valuable overview of the sector as well as first hand feedback on what working in this area is really like. There is advice on whether and what to study — should you take an MA in Museum Studies or embark on a PhD? This is supported by further guidance on how to create an effective CV, apply for an advertised post, prepare for an interview and find work experience. With a foreword by Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, this is an essential guide for anyone setting out on a career in this world.
Alison Baverstock is a former publisher and author. She runs the MA in Publishing at Kingston University and regularly lectures across the university on marketing, enterprise and creativity. Her previous books for A&C Black include Is There a Book in You? and How to Get a Job in Publishing.
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Chapter 2
1 Interview by Gyles Brandreth with Charles Saumarez Smith, The Sunday Telegraph, 2001.
2 An expert on children’s literature.
Chapter 3
1 Jo Prosser, Managing Director, V&A Enterprises. See her chapter ‘Commercial opportunities in museums and galleries’ on page 131.
4 Within the university the garden is classified as a ‘collection’ along with the four museums (Ashmolean, Natural History, History of Science and Pitt Rivers). But while the four museums have Museums and Library Association (MLA) accreditation, the botanic garden has not.
5 The Museums Live project, Kingston University.
6 Or high art; serious work executed to a high specification.
7 A music project working with young people.
Chapter 4
1 ‘Remarks toward an Ideal Museum of Photography’, in V. D. Coke (ed.), One Hundred Years of Photographic History: Essays in Honor of Beaumont Newhall (1975). Haworth-Booth, M., Photography: An Independent Art. Photographs from the Victoria and Albert Museum 1839-1996. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
2 Unspoken Assumptions: Visual Art Curators in Context, curatorial mentoring roundtables in Banff (July 15-17, 2005) and Toronto (December 1-4, 2005). See: http://curatorsincontext.ca/en
3 ibid.
4 Currently The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport – although watch out for reorganisations of responsibility.
5 See Board matters, a review of charity trusteeship in the UK produced by New Philanthropy Capital: www.philanthropycapital.org
6 Arts and Humanities Research Council. There are seven UK Research Councils, established under Royal Charter. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has statutory control of the Councils, supported by the Director General for Science and Research. Council members are appointed by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, who is answerable to Parliament for the Councils’ activities. The UK Research Councils are: Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC); Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC); Medical Research Council (MRC); Natural Environment Research Council (NERC); Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
7 The Times Magazine, 26 August 2006.
8 ibid. By the time I decide what to call this paper, the world will be different, July 2005, Banff.
9 Supporters who agree to pay a regular subscription (often at different levels of commitment) and in return receive privileges such as invitations to the opening of new installations and a discount in the shop. As they commit for a period of time ahead, they are a particularly valuable source of reliable income.
2 As well as object-specific records we offer access at ‘drawer level’ – by species or type – so similar items in store would be on the same record, which may cover up to about 60 different objects.
2 International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (see appendix)
3 Mulley, Claire. The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb. Oxford: One World Publishers, 2009.
4 Published by Jossey-Bass, John Wiley and Sons Inc., 2001.
5 This is a skill you may have developed to secure a university place or apply for a bursary to study or travel; lots of students have had to brush up on their connections to a particular part of the country in order to add emphasis to their application for support, whether for a place or funding.
6 Think of the scene in The Devil Wears Prada where the magazine runs its annual party – and how the editor’s representatives prepare for it by learning faces and names.
7 E.g. Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop.
Chapter 9
1 For example, prison art by notorious criminals has a ready market,