Join the List Visual Arts Center staff to create inspiring exhibitions, deliver engaging programs, and drive the organization forward. We are a relatively small team who values curiosity, innovation, rigor, diversity, respect, and collaboration. See open positions below. Come work with us!
Open Positions
Assistant Curator
Position Description
The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum, collects, commissions, and presents rigorous, provocative, and artist-centric projects that engage MIT and the global art community. The Assistant Curator will report to the Curator and support the curatorial department on all elements of public art and collections research and exhibition organization. Under the supervision of the Curator, the position will curate temporary exhibitions in the museum’s List Projects series (typically 3 per year) and contribute to major exhibitions in the main exhibition galleries. The position’s responsibilities include researching, writing, and editing a range of interpretive texts, facilitating the flow of communication with artists, galleries, lenders, and other institutions.
Work in the List Center galleries as a Visitors Services Gallery Attendant and get special exposure to the List Center’s art exhibitions. You should be knowledgeable about art, enjoy interacting with the public, and be able to monitor large galleries while standing for an extended period of time. Your duties will include:
Learn about each art exhibition directly from the curator and artists
Greet and assist visitors
Check coats and bags
Record visitor data
Monitor the galleries and protect the art
Sell catalogues
Operate audio-visual technologies that are part of the artworks
Represent the List Center with warmth and professionalism
As a substitute, there is no obligation to commit up-front to a set schedule or work dates. You will work occasionally during special events like receptions, or while Permanent Visitors Services staff are on vacation or unavailable. We maintain an ongoing list of Substitute Gallery Attendants who we reach out to on a case-by-case basis to fill empty shifts. Please note that this is not a permanent position and Substitutes are not MIT employees.
How to Apply
Please email your resume and a short note to krisjohn [at] mit.edu (Kristin Johnson) with “Substitute” in the subject line.
Graduate Student Talk Program
Position Description
Contemporary artists often derive inspiration from various fields of study and explore it through artistic methodologies. To expand on artist interests; MIT graduate students and post-docs are invited to share their field research in conjunction with work on view to provide audiences a deeper understanding and prompts for thoughtful conversations.
If you like to share your research and would like the opportunity to present in a Graduate Student Talk, consider submitting a letter of interest. The program is open to all graduate students regardless of their major or experience in the arts.
Qualifications
Open to graduate MIT Students
No art history, fine arts, or museum experience is necessary, but enthusiasm about contemporary visual arts is required
Comfort with public speaking
Professional, welcoming, and engaging demeanor
Graduate students are provided speaker fees.
How to Submit
Interested students can submit a letter of interest to listprograms [at] mit.edu (listprograms[at]mit[dot]edu). And we will set up a time to discuss your research interests and how they could overlap with upcoming exhibitions during your tenure at MIT.
