Gallery Preparator and Registrar - Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford
Job Description:
Hartford Art School offers areas of study leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Arts (BA) program in Art History, and two Master of Fine Arts (MFA) programs. The Joseloff and Silpe galleries include student, faculty, and visiting artist exhibitions throughout the year. The collection holds over two thousand objects, with some displayed for a public art program across the 350 acre campus. A part of the University of Hartford, the school celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2027.
The Gallery Preparator and Registrar assists the Gallery Director and assumes responsibility for the daily management and preparator role of the Joseloff and Silpe Galleries, in addition to the Kaman Print Study Center, to ensure successful exhibitions and programming. Performs all duties in full support of the University’s mission, understanding that the positive and effective execution of these duties are instrumental to the education of the University’s students.
Key Responsibilities:
- Receives and sends artwork and relevant gallery materials.
- Installs and de-installs artwork.
- Prepares wall and spaces including patching and painting walls and pedestals.
- Responsible for managing gallery materials, with stocked and organized inventory.
- Organizes the art collection and digital database.
- Handles on-campus loans from the collection.
- Ensures correct and current didactic and label information is installed in a timely manner.
- Facilitates and coordinates with campus partners and external contractors for maintaining and cleaning gallery spaces, gallery preparation, printing, and other services.
- Trains, schedules, and manages student gallery monitors.
- Ensures Front Desk is always staffed; covers as required.
- Responsible for reserving on-campus spaces for programming, including visiting artist lectures. Coordinates with on-site catering for reception needs.
- Submits gallery event information to on-campus and off-campus digital spaces.
- Schedules and hosts class visits and tours.
Special skills and needs include:
- The ability to work effectively with diverse groups.
- Occasional attendance for events after business hours is required.
- Previous gallery and preparator management experience.
This is not a remote position.
Application Link: https://hartford.peopleadmin.com/postings/7960
or go to hartford.peopleadmin.com and search for Gallery Preparator and Registrar
Questions can be sent to Gallery Director at achau@hartford.eduApplication Deadline: October 07, 2026
Business Manager - Charter Oak Cultural Center
Job Description:
Charter Oak Cultural Center is a vibrant, nonprofit, multi‐cultural arts center, doing the work of social justice through the arts. We do this in the following ways: By presenting professional multi-cultural arts events from which no one is turned away for lack of funds, by providing over 1,000 Hartford children with a free, high-quality arts education through our City School of the Arts and by offering three initiatives that provide educational and employment opportunities for members of the unsheltered community.
We are seeking a part-time Business Manager who is passionate about our mission and possesses the skills and experience to oversee several important aspects of our administration. The duties of this position are ideal for a resourceful, motivated, highly competent, self-directed professional.
Send resumes to: donnab@charteroakcenter.org
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