Restorer of works of art - Salary, Career

How much does an Restorer of works of art earn

A Restorer of works of art earns between $1.193 and $6.448 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.485 and a median salary of $1.887 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 133 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Restorer of works of art
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	2.485	29.817	621	12
1º Quartile	1.193	14.318	298	6
Median Salary	1.887	22.644	472	9
3º Quartile	4.918	59.013	1.229	24
Higher Salary	6.448	77.380	1.612	31

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- communicators, artists and religious
- - performance and arts professionals
- - - visual artists, industrial designers, and conservator-restorers of cultural property

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Main workplaces

Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property visual artists and industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers have in common the creation process and the use of sets of techniques specific to their respective areas of activity. They basically differ in terms of the purpose of the work: while visual artists create and produce unique or limited-run pieces, in response to an order or not, industrial designers always respond to an order and are focused on designing pieces that will be series produced. On the other hand, the conservators-restorers use a set of specific techniques for the restoration of cultural assets. The way of working also presents similarities and differences, namely: industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers and conservator-restorers work with occasional supervision while visual artists work without supervision and at irregular hours. In all occupations, the self-employed predominate. Visual artists work individually while industrial designers in a multidisciplinary team and conservator-restorers can work either individually or as a team. In the exercise of some activities, visual artists and conservators-restorers can work in uncomfortable positions. All occupations are subject to exposure to toxic materials.

What does it take to work in the field of Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property

The training required for industrial product, graphic and fashion product designers, also known as designers, is a degree in Technology in the field or bachelor's degree. In the case of visual artists and conservators-restorers, schooling is not an essential requirement. There are also well-known professionals. There is a trend towards professionalization in the area of the arts, with formal or informal qualifications being desirable. The full performance of activities, for visual artists, conservators-restorers, industrial product designers and industrial graphic designers, takes five years of professional experience, while for industrial fashion product designers it takes between three and four years.

Functions and activities of Restorer of works of art

Visual Artists, Industrial Designers, and Conservator-Restorers of Cultural Property must:

demonstrate personal skills;

elaborate a proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural assets;

conceber artistic work or design project;

conservation-restoration of cultural heritage;

communicate;

execute works of art and design project;

elaborate proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural assets;

execute artwork and design project;

conceiving artistic work or design project;

elaborate artistic work proposal, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural asset;

disclose design project, artistic work and conservation-restoration works;

conceiving artwork or design project;

perform searches;

develop design project, work of art and conservation-restoration;

executing works of art and design project;

executing artwork and design project;

elaborate proposal for artistic work, design project and conservation-restoration of cultural asset;

perform research;

conceiving artistic work or design project;

design artwork or design project;

develop design project, artwork and conservation-restoration;

perform artwork and design project;

perform search;

perform preventive conservation;

Activities

evaluate client request ;

place works in public and private collections ;

establish contacts with art intermediaries;

interact with institutions and professionals in the field;

demonstrate fine motor skills;

demonstrate affinity with new technologies;

put product or work in electronic media , print, television;

elaborate diagnostics;

participate in fairs;

research history of art, technique and materials;

control conditions of transport, packaging, storage and packaging;

check the quality standard of the product, work and intervention ;

format customer request ;

define finishing techniques;

research the history of art, technique and materials;

elaborate plastically the image that emerged in the elaboration of the work;

analyze material and techniques;

apply painting techniques;

educate professionals on the correct use of safety equipment;

apply engraving techniques;

configure ideas in different media;

establish contractual conditions;

request the opinion of other professionals;

apply tapestry techniques;

try ideas;

demonstrate perception ability;

document data of the cultural asset;

participate in the development of conservation policies;

set environmental control parameters;

apply specific techniques relevant to the project;

applying sculpture techniques;

demonstrate hand skill;

apply intervention technique;

define environmental, spatial, cultural, social and economic;

search themes;

evaluating proposed ideas or concepts;

develop packaging for moving, handling and transporting artwork, cultural asset and product;

giving visibility to an emotional and rational impulse;

demonstrate attention ability;

attend exhibitions and shows;

define production processes;

identify degradation factors;

commercialize product, work and services of conservation-restoration;

deliver lectures, courses and workshops;

recommend post-intervention preservation measures;

develop solutions for packaging and storing cultural goods;

prepare reports(dossiers);

specify measures for the protection of cultural property during interventions in the environment;

identify problem;

define technologies and materials;

determining idea or concept to be adopted;

perform market research;

participate in the risk management process;

analyze history and style of cultural property;

elaborate books, articles, etc;

search for reproducibility patterns;

select techniques and materials for intervention;

apply drawing techniques;

developing work in performance and installation;

define the quality standard of the product, work and intervention ;

elaborate budgets and schedule ;

apply two and three-dimensional modeling techniques;

establish contacts with institutions linked to the area;

contact galleries;

issue a technical conservation report;

contact customers;

identify project feasibility ;

applying digital techniques;

interact with other languages (illustration, multimedia, etc...);

promote events;

demonstrate visual acuity;

identify public needs target;

define methodologies and criteria;

exhibit in exhibitions, halls and spaces public;

apply digital techniques;

coordinate teams;

analyze the state of conservation of the cultural asset;

identify target audience;

compose teams;

participate in heritage education actions;

try materials;

participate in artist selection committees , works and products;

perform tests and trials on materials and products;

define public profile target;

demonstrate creativity;

develop technical and technological solutions for design, artwork and conservation-restoration;

participate in competitions;

search specific literature in the area;

present papers at conferences, seminars;

applying ceramic techniques;

participate in exhibition boards and juries , contests, etc...;

execute model, prototype or pilot part;

demonstrate synthesis ability;

define supports and materials to be used;

propose technical and technological solutions for design, artwork and conservation-restoration;

identify needs of others experts involved in the process;

identify cultural asset;

elaborate promotional material;

search for images suitable for the order;

follow safety standards and procedures;

submit proposal;

perceiving an image that is emerging in the elaboration of the work;

elaborate plastically the image arising in the elaboration of the work;

set quality standards for the product, work and intervention ;

apply sculpting techniques;

presenting works at conferences, seminars;

submit projects to bodies officers;

demonstrate spatial imagination ability;

training teams;

issue technical opinion;

provide consultancy;

try out ideas;

submit projects to the bodies officers;

work as a team;

monitor environmental conditions;

perform field search;

define descriptive memorial;

search themes;

elaborate diagnoses;

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