Production and Curatorial Specialist

**Job no**: 498911

**Work type**: Temporary - Full Time

**Location**: Marina Bay Sands

**Categories**: Museum

**Summary**

ArtScience Museum is looking for dynamic and motivated cultural professionals to join our Programmes, Exhibitions and Museum Services team, working on exhibitions, events and educational activities.

Our new Production and Curatorial Specialists will work across the department on a range of projects and initiatives that may include exhibition production, curation and writing, interpretation, event production, and assisting in the development and delivery of public programmes and education activities which engage a wide range of audiences.

Our Specialists will have an interest in any one of these areas, and relevant experience to make a contribution to ArtScience Museum’s busy programme of exhibitions and events. These are exciting roles for energetic and driven professionals wishing to take the next step in their career.

**Background: ArtScience Museum**

ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands is the cultural institution in Singapore that explores the intersection between art, science, technology and culture. Since opening in February 2011, the museum has staged large-scale exhibitions by some of the world’s major artists, including Leonardo da Vinci, Salvador Dalí, Andy Warhol, Vincent Van Gogh, and M.C. Escher, as well as showing work by contemporary artists including Theo Jansen, Lynette Wallworth, Ryoji Ikeda, Yang Yongliang, Semiconductor, Olafur Eliasson, Anish Kapoor, Mariko Mori and many more. The museum has also presented significant exhibitions that explore aspects of science, including big data, particle physics, natural history, marine biology, cosmology and space exploration.

Featuring 21 gallery spaces totaling nearly 5000m2, the museum’s lotus-inspired building has staged major international exhibitions in partnership with renowned museums and galleries around the world, including the British Museum and the Natural History Museum in London, the American Museum of Natural History in New York; CCCB in Barcelona; the Ambrosiana in Milan; Mori Art Museum in Tokyo; the Australian Centre for Moving Image in Melbourne and many others.

ArtScience Museum also originates and produces exhibitions in-house, and runs a full programme of education, events, activities and learning opportunities for a wide range of audiences.

The Programmes, Exhibitions and Museum Services (PEMS) department at ArtScience Museum realises an ambitious programme of temporary and permanent exhibitions, commissions, education activities, film and public programmes, as well as delivering associated print such as guides, catalogues etc., and online content.

ArtScience Museum is part of the Attractions department at Marina Bay Sands, and is led by Honor Harger, Vice President of ArtScience Museum and Attractions.

**DESCRIPTION OF THE ROLE**

The role of Production and Curatorial Specialist is a 12-month employment contract.

Specialists will work across Programmes, Exhibitions and Museum Services (PEMS) at ArtScience Museum. This opportunity will provide the postholders with an opportunity to express their creativity and demonstrate their organisational and delivery skills across a broad range of activities.

The Specialists will work closely with the Producers and Curators in the PEMS department and will support in the research, preparation, management and delivery of selected exhibitions and programmes at ArtScience Museum.

Areas of work might include:

- Exhibitions - providing support to the Curators and Producers in the Exhibitions team with exhibition research, through development to the final delivery and installation of exhibition projects.
- Interpretation and writing - researching, writing and copy-editing texts for exhibitions and prorgrammes
- Public programmes and education - researching, planning and implementing of programmes and education events, including talks, workshops, conferences, tours and learning opportunities for a wide range of audiences.
- Film and VR - working with Curators and Producers on the programme of ArtScience Museum’s Cinema and VR Gallery, including research, production and delivery

Specialists will perform well in at least two of the above areas of work but are not expected to be experts in all these areas. On the job training and mentoring will be provided as needed.

**Responsibilities**:

- Support the planning and delivery of exhibitions, events and programmes at ArtScience Museum, working closely with Producers and Curators across the teams, as well as external partners
- Assist Producers and Curators with writing curatorial and interpretation texts, as well as copy-editing texts
- Assist with the financial planning of exhibitions and programmes, including obtaining quotes for services, raising orders, processing invoices
- Assist with the development, monitoring and management of budgets for exhibitions and programmes
- Assist in the preparation