Dear Colleagues,
The Nasher Museum is beginning a paid tour guide program this summer, and
we'd love to recruit some of your students, friends and acquaintances.
Applicants don't need to be Duke students, or current college students.
Anyone who meets the qualifications is invited to apply.
Please share the information below and attached.
Best,
Juline
Gallery Guides – Paid position, $20 - $24 per tour
Job Description:
Lead tours of the Nasher Museum of Art. The main audiences are K-12
school groups, adult groups and public tours.
Act as a facilitator with tour groups rather than a lecturer. A
facilitator is somebody who enables a process to happen, especially
somebody who encourages people to find their own solutions to
problems or tasks.
Use Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS), open ended-questions and the
inquiry method for all tours. (Training provided in these methods.)
Manage and keep control of a group of 15 students or adults with
attention to safety of visitors and artworks and implementation of
museum rules
Follow museum procedures and protocols
Research artworks and artists outside of training at a level
appropriate to the age group
Personality traits: Cooperative, outgoing, engaging, enthusiastic,
and flexible
Qualifications
Prior experience with leading a group or teaching in a formal or
informal setting
Some background in visual art and/or education
Strong interest in contemporary art
Ability to learn quickly and synthesize information about artworks
for various audiences
Education – currently enrolled in college or college graduate.(See
attached file: Gallery Guide application.doc)
Submit a hard copy attn: Juline Chevalier, Curator of Education, Box 90732,
Durham, NC, 27708
If you will be out of town over the summer: Submit by 5 PM, Friday, April
17, 2009.
If you will be in the Triangle this summer: Submit by Monday, May 25, 2009.
____________________________________________
Juline Chevalier
Curator of Education
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
Box 90732
Durham, NC 27708-0732
[T] 919-684-8071
[F] 919-681-8624 | 
