Company Profile
Newcomb Art Museum
Company Overview
The Newcomb Art Museum of Tulane University builds on the Newcomb College legacy of education, social enterprise, and artistic experience. Presenting inspiring exhibitions and programs that engage communities both on and off campus, the Museum fosters the creative exchange of ideas and cross-disciplinary collaborations around innovative art and design. The Museum preserves and advances scholarship on the Newcomb and Tulane art collections.
Company History
The academic institution for which the Museum is named was founded in 1886 as the first degree-granting coordinate college for women in America. The H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College was distinguished for educating women in the sciences, physical education, and, most importantly, art education. Out of its famed arts program, the Newcomb Pottery was born. In operation from 1895 until 1940, the Newcomb enterprise produced metalwork, fiber arts, and the now internationally renowned Newcomb pottery.
In 1996, the Newcomb Art Department completed an expansion and renovation of its facilities that included the addition of the Newcomb Art Museum (previously the Newcomb Art Gallery), an exhibition space dedicated to presenting contemporary and historic exhibits. Housed in the Woldenberg Art Center, the Newcomb Art Museum today presents original exhibitions and programs that explore socially engaged art, civic dialogue, and community transformation. The Museum also pays tribute to its heritage through shows that recognize the contributions of women to the fields of art and design.
Benefits
Tulane is a distinguished and respected university dedicated to excellence that consistently places it in the top echelon of academic, research and medical institutions nationwide. With its main campus located in uptown New Orleans, Tulane has several schools that include its downtown School of Medicine, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and uptown Schools of Law, Business, Social Work, Architecture, Engineering, Newcomb, Paul Tulane, Liberal Arts and Sciences and University College.
The university's benefit package includes:
· Vacation and Sick Leaves
· Holidays
· Tuition Waiver
· Health Insurance Plan
· Dental Insurance Plan
· Long-Term Disability Insurance
· Staff Retirement Plan
· Tax-Deferred Retirement Plan
· Life Insurance Plan
· Voluntary Life Insurance
· Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
· Death Benefit
· Travel Accident Insurance
· Flexible Spending Accounts
· Employee Assistance Plan
Tulane University is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. All eligible candidates are invited to apply for position vacancies as appropriate.