Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery announces new Operations Manager
The Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery (MJM&AG) Board of Directors has announced that long time employee Ross Melanson will now serve as the Museum’s Operations Manager, starting April 1. Melanson comes to the position with 14 years of experience with the MJM&AG as its Administration Assistant. He holds a Master of Arts with an emphasis in Historical Theology.
He has worked as a professor of theology, philosophy, art history and aesthetics for more than 10 years. Besides working as the Administrative Assistant at MJM&AG, Melanson is an independent scholar and visual artist.
He looks forward to working with the Board and staff in this new capacity to create a strong and dynamic future for the museum and gallery. “I am very excited to take on this new role at the Museum. I look forward to working with our Curator, for whom I will be providing support to carry out the Museum’s vision and plans going forward,” said Melanson.
In the meantime, the Museum also announced that long-serving employee Joan Maier will be leaving the Museum after over 20 years with the organization. She will be retiring.
Maier has worked for MJM&AG for 24 years, first as an Administrative Assistant and now in her current role as Administrative Director for 14 years.
“We thank Joan for her years of service and dedication to the organization and for the strong leadership she has provided to the Board and staff. The strength and success of the art museum is certainly due in part to the great skill, vision, heart and commitment that Joan has brought to the organization, all wrapped up with a great sense of humour. We wish her the very best as she enters this new chapter in her life,” said Jennifer McRorie, Curator at the Museum.
April 30, 2019 will be Maier’s last day with the Museum. Applications for the Administration Assistant position are now being accepted until February 18, 2019.
For more information on the position and application details, please visit the Museum’s website at www.mjmag.ca/employment/.
Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery has been in operation since 1967, having a dual mandate of presenting visual art exhibitions in its gallery and the history of the Moose Jaw area in an adjacent museum space, as well as collecting and preserving both art and historical artifacts in a permanent collection.
Situated in the same facility as the Moose Jaw Public Library, MJM&AG is positioned as a resource for enhancing one’s visual literacy and as a community centre for acquiring knowledge and appreciation for contemporary art and local history through creative, critical and historic inquiry.