Gallery Assistant

Dane Wells Gallery is a contemporary abstract art gallery located in Historic Downtown Asheville. The gallery offers original museum-quality acrylic on canvas paintings by Dane Wells. We are seeking a reliable and enthusiastic Gallery Assistant for a contract appointment (ideally June 3, 2026-July 26, 2026 with the possibility to continue thereafter dependent upon success in sales).

Qualifications:
- High school diploma, GED, or higher and at least one (1) year of progressively responsible experience in fine art gallery or museum work is desired.

- Proven ability to sell fine art, multi-task, and solve problems independently. Superb oral and written communication/interpersonal skills.

- Punctual arrival to and departure from the gallery. Ability to commute to Downtown Asheville, NC 28801 five days per week.

- Kind and humble workplace demeanor; pays attention to detail; maintains a client-serving mentality

- Professional presentation, appearance, and work ethic. Business casual, outdoor wear, or professional attire required when working in the gallery

- Friendly, helpful, upbeat yet calm, attentive, responsible, and organized personality. Ideally the candidate will have a good ability to remember names and faces from past interactions

Responsibilities:
- The ideal candidate is someone who is self-motivated and can perform the daily tasks required to successfully and independently operate the Dane Wells Gallery – Asheville location.

- The Gallery Assistant will engage positively with gallery visitors, existing gallery clientele, and professional personnel with whom the gallery works in order to smoothly conduct normal business.

- Remain on the gallery floor during business hours, greet gallery visitors, strike intriguing conversations with visitors, honestly answer questions that visitors may have, explain the art in the gallery in detail when appropriate, assess clients’ needs that the gallery can fulfill with available inventory, facilitate in-person sales of art using Point of Sale system, and generally be pleasant in customer service interactions

- Receive art boxes and carefully package paintings safely. Create and print shipping labels. Facilitate pick-ups of packaged paintings when necessary or deliver them to the nearby UPS location for shipping. Unpack and hang artwork for display. Neatly bubble wrap paintings for clients to carry out of the gallery.

- Frequently take professional-looking and representative photographs of the gallery and art hung in it, then share with the gallery owner.

- Print, cut, and apply gallery wall labels for art. Answer telephone and return calls when needed. Mark paintings as sold when needed. Deposit any cash received for sales in Dane Wells Gallery business bank account within a timely fashion.

- Maintain a clean gallery environment (occasionally vacuum/mop, clean windows, sanitize surfaces, dust tops of paintings when needed). Maintain gallery storage/inventory area. Arm alarm when entering gallery; disarm alarm when leaving gallery.

- Curate or reorganize/rehang gallery as instructed by gallery owner. Ensure paintings hung in gallery are level.

- Communicate with gallery owner frequently to keep him abreast of occurrences, issues, and successes in the Asheville gallery. Update gallery owner on inventory and foresee need for additional paintings based on size/demand/current availability

- Maintain a civil and peaceful environment in the gallery. Professionally represent the gallery at all times.

Pay: $20/hour
6 hour shift – ideally 11AM-5PM or 12PM-6PM (or similar)

Contract period: June 3, 2026-July 26, 2026

Dane Wells Gallery is open Wednesday – Sunday; closed Monday and Tuesday.

www.DaneWellsGallery.com

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Experience:

• Retail sales: 1 year (Preferred)
• Progressively responsible fine art gallery/museum work: 1 year (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Asheville, NC 28801 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20