Roles and Positions
Manages a galleries collection and is responsible for planning and coordinating exhibitions.
What is Curator?
Include major state and federal galleries which have large permanent collections and comprehensive programs which include temporary and travelling exhibitions.
What is Public Galleries?
Is the time ratio that high sensitivity works are recommended to be exhibited for.
3:9
(3 months on display and 9 months resting time)
Techniques include surface fumigation, vacuuming and setting indicator traps.
What is Pest Control?
A major problem in galleries in which they have to conserve the artworks.
Are high sensitivity artworks. (Name at least 3)
Works on paper, textile items, photographs, some plastic items and mix media works.
In charge of promoting an exhibition.
What is Marketing/Publicity officer?
They aim to promote the galleries programs, and increase the number of visitors who attend the gallery each year.
These can be physical, virtual and or non-conventional spaces which provide a platform for the exhibition and presentation of artwork that may not necessarily be seen in commercial or public gallery contexts.
What is Alternative art spaces?
The rapidly changing face of new media has led to significant research in conservation and preservation of this field.
What is New Media Conservation?
Includes magnetic media (video cassettes), Audio cassette tapes, social networking sites, blogs, online photo albums, websites.
Most damage of artwork occurs during this time.
What is storage and transportation stage?
A device used to measure light intensity.
A luxometer.
1 Lux = 1 candlelight
'cd' = candela
'lm' = lumen
Aim of this role is to expand the public's understanding and appreciation of art.
What is Education Officer?
Works in collaboration with the curator of an exhibition/artists to provide accurate factual information to the public
Are operated as businesses and are generally owned by individuals or small groups.
Two elements of the atmosphere that can affect artworks in a number of ways depending on their type of material/what the artwork is made of.
What is Temperature and Humidity?
If there is too much moisture in the air, artworks can sweat allowing mould to grow.
If too dry, the artwork can become brittle and crack or flake.
Artworks are stored above ground incase this happens.
What is flooding?
Name the factors galleries take into account when preserving artworks? (Must name them all).
Lighting, temperature, humidity, storage, pest control, human damage/pollution.
Puts together layouts and floor plans.
What is Exhibition Designer?
Are responsible for the organisation of the gallery space and the layout and presentation of artworks within an exhibition space.
An Alternative art space can be seen in these places.
(Name at least 4)
What is - shop front, urban open space or site specific environment or surface, a building, a nightclub, cafe, restaurant.
Is the recommended standard temperature of an art gallery.
20 degrees (plus or minus 2 degrees in summer/winter)
A box used to safely store flat, unframed works on paper such as drawings and photographs in a controlled environment.
A Solander Box or a plan drawer.
What is the recommended relative humidity of a gallery.
50% (+ or - 5% during winter/summer).
Mould begins to grow when it is above 67%, meaning the air has more moisture in it.
Responsible for maintaining and caring for artworks.
What is Conservator?
They also repair damage, stabilise the deterioration process and ensure that preservation/survival of artworks.
Name ways in which galleries market their upcoming exhibitions.
(Name at least 4)
Publication advertisements, social media, radio/TV, mailing lists, invitations, press releases, posters and signs placed in high profile contexts, inviting Art Critics,
What is the recommended LUX used for each of the three categories of artwork sensitivity?
High Sensitivity - 50 LUX
Moderate Sensitivity - 150-200 LUX
Low Sensitivity - 800 LUX (or more)
When in storage artworks receive this by conservators and gallery staff.
What are regular condition examinations?
Is the device used by galleries to monitor the temperature and humidity.
A Thermohydrograph.