Curatorial Fellowship for Prints

Collectionsthatcare; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 45,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cincinnati Art Museum invites applications for a three-year Curatorial Fellowship in the Prints Department. The Fellow will work closely with the Curator of Prints on research, collection management, and department projects, including exhibitions, publications and programming.

This full-time position (35 hours/week) begins Fall/Winter 2026 and includes benefits and paid time off. Domestic and international travel may be required; a passport is required.

Qualifications

• MA in Art History or related field, with focus on prints.
• 2 years museum experience minimum.
• Knowledge of fine art prints, handling, display, and storage.
• Proficiency in at least one European language (French or German).
• Excellent English written and verbal communication.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and familiarity with TMS.
• Strong research and organizational abilities; capable of independent work.
• Valid passport; willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Research, manage, develop, and care for department collections and projects.
• Collaborate with museum team and external stakeholders to administer projects timely.
• Advance individual research intersecting with CAM collections that could lead to exhibitions or publications.
• Support exhibitions, publications, and programming within the Prints department.

Skills

Museum experience

Research skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Time management

Multilingual - French or German

Education

MA in Art History

ABD in PhD program

Tools

Microsoft Office

TMS

Job description

Summary

The Curatorial Fellow will work closely with the Curator of Prints on all aspects of the department’s work, including collections research, management, development and care, and departmental projects including exhibitions, publications and programming. The Curatorial Fellow collaborates with museum team members and external stakeholders to ensure the department’s projects and programs are administered in a timely and effective manner. The Curatorial Fellow will also have the opportunity to advance their own area of study by pursuing research projects stemming from their interests and expertise that intersect with CAM collections, which could lead to an exhibition, gallery installation, publication or program.

This position is full-time (35 hours per week), eligible for benefits and paid time off. This three-year Curatorial Fellowship will begin fall/winter 2026.

Key Details

Salary: $45,000 – $47,000

Duration: 3 years (starts Fall/Winter 2026)

Schedule: FT (35 hours/week)

Deadline:ASAP (Posted September 9, 2026)

Eligibility

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• MA in Art History or a closely related field, with a specializing and/or demonstrated interest in prints. ABD in a PhD program preferred.
  • If the successful candidate is ABD, accommodation can be made to facilitate dissertation completion during the fellowship.
• Minimum of 2 years of previous museum experience.
• Knowledge of fine art prints and works on paper, including research, proper handling, display, and storage procedures.
• Proficiency in at least one European language, French or German preferred.
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills with the ability to connect with varied audiences.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, and experience with (or the ability to quickly master) TMS, the museum’s collections management software.
• Strong research and organizational skills; capacity to address simultaneous time-sensitive projects in a professional setting; ability to work both independently and in groups to achieve team goals.
• Valid and unexpired passport. Some domestic and international travel may be required.

About

The Cincinnati Art Museum stewards an encyclopedic collection of more than 73,000 works of art spanning 6,000 years. The Print Department is responsible for over 28,000 prints, posters and illustrated books from the 15th century to the present. Important areas of the collection include old master prints (e.g. Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, William Blake, and Francisco Goya); color lithographs (e.g. Toulouse- Lautrec, the Nabis, and an international cross section of mid-twentieth-century artists); Eastern European printmakers (e.g. Jiří Anderle and Vladimír Gažovic̆); Japanese prints (from ukiyo‑e masters Utagawa Hiroshige and Utagawa Kunisada through the sōsaku-hanga , e.g. Munakata Shikō, Kosaka Gajin, to contemporary artists, e.g. Ay‑O, Shinoda Tōkō and Noda Tetsuya); and a strong cross section of American printmakers from the nineteenth century to the present, including James Abbott Whistler and a special focus on Cincinnati artists Frank Duveneck, Jim Dine, Thom Shaw and The Strobridge Lithographing Company posters.

Tagged as: Collections Management, Curatorial, Exhibitions, Research