Curatorial Fellowship for Prints

Collections That Care; 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 to work closely with the Curator of Prints on research, care, and department projects. The Fellow will collaborate with museum staff and external stakeholders and pursue research intersecting CAM collections that could lead to an exhibition or publication.

The position is full-time (35 hours per week), eligible for benefits and paid time off, beginning fall/winter 2026.

Qualifications

• MA in Art History or related field; ABD preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of museum experience.
• Knowledge of fine art prints; research, handling, display, and storage.
• Proficiency in at least one European language (French or German preferred).
• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and experience with TMS.
• Strong research and organizational skills; ability to handle simultaneous time-sensitive projects.
• Valid and unexpired passport; some domestic and international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Curator of Prints on research, management, development and care of collections.
• Assist with exhibitions, publications, and programming projects.
• Coordinate with museum staff and external stakeholders to advance department projects.
• Pursue research intersecting CAM collections that could lead to an exhibition, gallery installation, publication or program.

Skills

Prints knowledge

MS Office

TMS

English communication

Research & organization

French or German

Museums experience

Education

MA in Art History

ABD in PhD program

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

TMS

Job description

Cincinnati Art Museum

Location: 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202

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