Gallery Attendant

Casual, Part-Time

Starts: September 13, 2026 (flexible)

Schedule: Evenings and weekends required

Wage: $18.50/hour

Application Deadline: Open until filled 

The Gallery Attendant is responsible for welcoming visitors and helping create a friendly, safe, and engaging experience at the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington. The role includes monitoring gallery spaces, answering visitor questions, and supporting the general care and presentation of the gallery.


Responsibilities include:

  • Welcoming visitors and providing information about current exhibitions, programs, and events

  • Monitoring gallery spaces and ensuring artwork and visitors are safe

  • Answering questions and assisting visitors as needed

  • Maintaining a clean, organized, and welcoming public space

  • Supporting opening receptions, events, and other gallery activities as required

  • Completing basic opening and closing procedures when scheduled, including locking and securing the gallery

  • Answering phone calls and taking messages, including artists, contractors, etc.


Requirements:

  • Must be able to provide a satisfactory Criminal Record Check, including Vulnerable Sector Screening

  • Friendly, reliable, and comfortable working independently

  • Comfortable speaking with the public

  • Interest in art and community programming


How to Apply:

Please send a cover letter and resume combined into a single PDF document to director@vac.ca with the subject line “Application - Gallery Attendant.”


The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington is an equal-opportunity employer committed to employment equity and building strength through diversity. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates and encourage women, visible minorities, and Indigenous peoples to apply. Acknowledging that we are not a fully accessible building, we make every accommodation possible to ensure that we are inclusive in our hiring process.

About the VAC

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) is a not-for-profit art gallery and arts education centre in Bowmanville, ON. The VAC is dedicated to delivering contemporary art to the Clarington Community, the wider Durham Region, and beyond. It has a 47-year history of community engagement, connecting people of all ages and backgrounds in a creative place for artmaking and learning. The VAC occupies a four-story 1905 Mill, which holds exhibition and studio spaces, including a fully equipped pottery studio, a painting studio, and a rustic loft gallery.

Educational and public engagement programs are offered to kids, youth, and adults, while exhibitions of contemporary art show Canadian regional and national artists' works in various stages of their careers. The VAC is a safe space where ideas are exchanged, questions are asked, and connections are made.

The VAC is an equal-opportunity employer committed to employment equity and building strength through diversity. We encourage applications from qualified candidates from visible and invisible minority group communities, including but not limited to women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and those living across the sexual orientation and gender identity spectrum. Acknowledging that we are not a fully accessible building with stairwell access to our third floor loft gallery space and basement storage level—we attempt to be as inclusive as possible in our hiring process.