Art handler jobs in Finland
Art handlers are trained individuals who work directly with objects in museums and art galleries. They work in coordination with exhibition registrars, collection managers, conservator-restorers and curators, among others, to ensure that objects are safely handled and cared for. Often they are responsible for packing and unpacking art, installing and deinstalling art in exhibitions, and moving art around the museum and storage spaces.
Art handler - Which skills are essential?
Ensure safety of exhibition environment and of artefacts by applying safety devices.
Supervise any movement of museum artefacts and ensure their security.
Work together with the collection manager or restorer, to evaluate and document the condition of a museum object for a loan or an exhibition.
Advise and instruct other museum professionals and technicians on how to manipulate, move, store and present artifacts, according to their physical characteristics.
Distribute mail correspondence, newspapers, packages and private messages to customers.
Work directly with objects in museums and art galleries, in coordination with other museum professionals, to ensure that artworks are safely handled, packed, stored and cared for.
Art handler - Which skills are useful but not essential?
Competent use of English; R351refers to level C1 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
The variety of paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and other works that form collections in a museum and prospective new collections which are of interest for a museum or art gallery.
Document the condition of artworks prior to and after movement and manipulation.
The theory and techniques required to compose, produce and perform works of visual arts as drawing, painting, sculpture and other art forms.
The procedures, instruments, techniques, materials and chemicals used in conservation and archiving.
Oversee the loan administration for exhibitions.
Working together with curators and museum collection managers, a registrar evaluates the condition of art objects for exhibition or loan purposes. The registrar also decides whether or not an artwork is able to withstand the stresses of travel or exposition.
The history of art and artists, the artistic trends throughout centuries and their contemporary evolutions.
Present an exhibition and give educational lectures in a comprehensible way that is attractive to the public.