Public Art Collection Registrar
Website 4Culture
Department: Public Art
Location: 4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Pl S, Seattle, WA 98104
FLSA Status: Exempt
Salary Range: Starting compensation range is anticipated to be $75,367 to $83,742 (Includes a competitive package of benefits, including participation in the Washington State Retirement System)
Reports to: Kelly Pajek, Public Art Program Director
Apply by: Thursday March 27, 2025, 5:00 pm PDT
Anticipated Start Date: May 1 or 16, 2025
About Us
4Culture is an independent public agency, chartered under state law and King County ordinance in January 2003, after 35 years as the King County Office of Cultural Resources. The ideal candidate for this position champions public support for arts, culture, science, and technology and has demonstrated sustained commitment to advancing racial equity and social justice. As the cultural funding and services agency for King County, Washington, 4Culture works to make the region vibrant. The organization’s five program areas—Arts, Heritage, Historic Preservation, Public Art, and Science and Technology—put public resources to use all over King County.
Guided by a vision of a King County in which every person has what they need to explore and create culture, we’re working to become an actively anti-racist organization. We know that this work is urgent and ongoing; as a public agency, we’re committed to being transparent about our successes and failures. 4Culture is part of the system of white supremacy that has historically disadvantaged Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color. We are working to understand systems of structural racism, dismantle them with the tools available to us, and build up something equitable that supports and recognizes the value in cultural expression of all of people, especially those in King County.
About the Role
4Culture Public Art commissions, collects and manages art for the King County Public Art Collection, bringing artists’ thinking to the spaces we engage with in King County, WA. We are seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Art Collection Registrar. The Public Art Collection Registrar will manage organizational functions of King County’s 2,500+ civic art collection, including archival records, public information and basic art handling in collaboration with 4Culture and King County Department staff. The duties of this position are approximately 75% registrar-related, focused at the offices of 4Culture with approximately 25% of the work engaging in art handling duties on sites throughout King County.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Manage and maintain collection records and track King County art assets in both digital and hard copy files; coordinate with King County Asset and Risk Management
Respond to requests for information regarding the King County Public Art Collection from King County employees, press, public and other arts agencies
Manage the close out of projects, production of plaques and wall labels related to the Public Art Collection in consult with the Public Art Collection Manger and Project Managers
Occasionally required to work in person on sites throughout King County, be able to drive and should have a valid WA State Driver’s License (4Culture collections van available for collections work use)
Make recommendations about the deaccession of artwork from the collection according to 4Culture Public Art policy in consultation with the Public Art Collection Manager, Public Art Program Director and Public Art Advisory Committee
4Culture leadership has the right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time to ensure the success of the organization.
| You will be most successful in this position if: You have experience as a collection registrar and are able to provide administrative oversight and research for a civic art collection which includes maintaining collection records and asset tracking. You understand and will contribute to the development and implementation of long-term Public Art Collection policies and procedures in collaboration with the 4Culture Public Art Collection Manager and Public Art Program Director. You have knowledge of best practices for the handling, storage, and transportation of art for a public setting. Additionally, you will be prepared to take on this role if you have following experience, abilities, commitments, and skills: Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 3 years of experience in registration or collections management in a museum, gallery or public art setting Work Environment |
TO APPLY
You will need to log in or create a 4Culture account in order to access the application. Apply online no later than Thursday, March 27, 2025, 5:00 pm PDT.
If you have questions regarding your account or setting up an account, please contact [email protected]. Any questions related to your application materials or the position may be sent to Amber Trillo, HR Manager, at [email protected].
To apply for this job email your details to 4HR@4Culture.org