Roles and Positions
Manages a galleries collection and is responsible for planning and coordinating exhibitions.
What is a Curator?
Include major state and federal galleries which have large permanent collections and comprehensive programs which include temporary and travelling exhibitions.
What are Public Galleries?
What is the ratio for highly sensitive artworks on display?
3:9
(3 months on display and 9 months resting time)
General rule for other artworks: 1:3
(1 week on display and 3 weeks 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 and protect them from pest infestations.
Are high sensitivity works. (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 an Alternative art space?
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 and websites.
Most damage of artwork occurs during this time.
What is storage and transportation stage?
Is a device used to measure light intensity.
What is a Luxometer?
1 Lux = 1 candlelight.
Aim of this role is to expand the publics understanding and appreciation of art.
What is an 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.
What are Commercial Galleries?
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 level in case this happens.
What is flooding?
Name the methods and considerations galleries take when preserving artworks? (You must name them all).
Lighting, Temperature and humidity, Storage, Pest Control and Human damage/Pollution.
Puts together layouts and floor plans.
What is an 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)
Shop front, urban open space or site specific environment or surface, a building, a nightclub, cafe and restaurant.
Is the recommended standard temperature of an art gallery.
What is 20 degrees? (Plus or minus 2 degrees)
A box used to safely store flat, unframed works on paper such as drawings and photographs.
What is a Solander Box?
What is a Plan Drawer?
Is the recommended relative humidity of a gallery.
50% (+ or - 5% in summer/winter).
Mould begins to grow when the humidity is above 67%, meaning the air has more moisture in it.
Responsible for maintaining and caring for artworks.
What is a Conservator?
They also repair damage, stabilise the deterioration process and ensure the preservation/survival of artworks.
Are 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 and inviting Art Critics.
Are the LUX used for each category of artworks.
High Sensitivity 50 LUX
Moderate Sensitivity 150-200 LUX
Low Sensitivity 800 LUX (upwards)
When in storage artworks receive this by conservators and gallery staff to detect any changes to the stability of the artworks.
What is regular condition examinations?
Is the device used by galleries to monitor the temperature and humidity.
What is a Thermohydrograph?