Description
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is seeking 8 Curatorial Cataloguing Fellows. This fellowship program aims to support the Museums’ strategic goal to significantly enhance the scope of information available about works of art in the Museums’ collection, and make this information digitally accessible to a wider public. The two-year paid Fellowship program, onsite in San Francisco from September 2025-August 2027, is designed to provide an important professional development opportunity for eight emerging art museum professionals. We strongly encourage applicants from backgrounds historically underrepresented in the art museum field. This fellowship will advance participants’ curatorial training through rigorous research and cataloguing experience.
A Fellow will be assigned to each of FAMSF’s eight curatorial departments: Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts (works on paper); Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; American Art; Ancient Art; Contemporary Art; European Decorative Arts and Sculpture; European Paintings; and Textile Arts. Fellows will be matched based on areas of interest and experience and will work directly with department curators, who will serve as supervisors and offer mentorship throughout the fellowship. Applicants may apply to more than one department.
Schedule: This 2 year, fixed-term Union position from September 2025-August 2027. The workweek is Monday - Friday, 8 hours a day, 40 hours per week onsite at the de Young and Legion of Honor Museums in San Francisco, CA.
Benefits: This is a Union position with a benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) for retirement, and paid time off. Relocation support may be available for successful candidates who are outside the Bay Area.
Pay: Fellows begin on Step 1 of the union wage scale, which is $27.00 per hour.
Application deadline: Friday, February 14, 2025 (9pm PST)
How to apply: Please submit your application online through the FAMSF Career Center
Requirements
Education and Training: Completion of a BA degree or higher by Summer 2025 in Art History, Museum Studies, Anthropology or a related field. Coursework in an area relevant to this fellowship is a plus.
Skills and Abilities:
- Self-motivated, highly organized, and deadline-driven.
- Excellent organizational, writing, and communication skills, and a work product that exhibits a high degree of detail and accuracy.
- Strong interpersonal skills and willingness to be part of a team.
- Familiarity with both conventional and contemporary methods of object-based research.
- Ability to conduct directed independent research.
- Flexibility in meeting shifting demands and priorities.
- Ability to take initiative to independently complete tasks.
- Ability to achieve and sustain best curatorial practices.
- Strong computer skills
- Comfort sitting at a computer for an extended period of time.
- Ability to perform repetitive movements related to typing and computer work.
