[arthistorymajors] Announcing Paid Summer Internships for Art History majors

Cecilia Flanagan flanagac at uci.edu
Tue Feb 23 14:55:03 PST 2016


The UCI Department of Art History and Friends of Art History (FOAH) announce paid Summer 2016 internships for Art History majors at:

  *    The Los Angeles County Museum of Art<http://www.lacma.org/>  (“LACMA”) in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Art directed by Associate Curator Dr. Tushara Bindu Gude

  *   The San Diego Museum of Art<http://www.sdmart.org/>’s  Department of Asian Art. The intern will work directly with Dr. Marika Sardar, Associate Curator of Asian Art, and the Museum's South Asian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and/or Islamic collections.

  *   Details about the Getty<http://www.getty.edu/> internship will follow at a later date.
Qualifications: UCI Art History Majors in good standing (3.0 overall GPA), possessing an interest in Asian art, strong research and writing skills, and the desire to experience museum curatorship and administration.

Application materials should be sent to Professor Alka Patel<http://alka.patel@uci.edu/> with a copy to Cecilia Flanagan<http://c.flanagan@uci.edu/> and consist of:

1.  A cover letter (one-page maximum) describing your interest and qualifications
2.  A copy of your unofficial transcript reflecting a combined GPA of 3.0 or higher in art history courses at UCI
3. Your resume (one-page maximum) including art history courses completed at UCI (you may attach a list of classes separately if needed), any previous internships, and any other relevant work, travel or volunteer experience
4. Your art history faculty reference<http://www.humanities.uci.edu/arthistory/people/index.php>.

DEADLINE for both LACMA and SDMA Internships: Sunday March 13, 2016 at 11:59 pm.

Thanks to our Friends of Art History<http://www.humanities.uci.edu/arthistory/foah/index.php> for providing these internship opportunities.

Friends of Art History Summer 2016 Internship at the Los Angeles Museum of Art
As the 2016 LACMA Intern, you will receive practical experience in curatorial practices at the largest art museum in the western United States, with a world-renowned collection of South and Southeast Asian art dating from antiquity to the present.  The internship will begin early July 2016 and extend for four weeks at 40 hours per week. During your internship, you will:

·      assist with two permanent collection exhibition projects (a small departmental exhibition on Indian painting and a large inter-departmental exhibition on Buddhist art)
·      research specific works of art
·      produce a bibliography, catalogue entry and label text
·      attend meetings with Dr. Gude
·      view works in storage and conservation facilities
·      participate in various stages of exhibition planning
·      be trained in art handling and working with the museum’s collections database; and
·      receive a stipend of $2000 for 120 total hours of work.

The LaVonne Smith  Summer 2016 Internship at the San Diego Museum of Art
This internship will begin early July 2016 and extend for four weeks at 40 hours per week. As the LaVonne Smith SDMA Summer intern, you will:

·       research specific works of art,
·       produce a bibliography, catalogue entry and label text
·       attend meetings with Dr. Sardar
·       visit museum vaults and conservation labs
·       observe the gallery installation process; and
·       receive a stipend of $2000 for 120 total hours of work.

 Friends of Art History Summer 2016 Internship at the Getty
We are finalizing the details of this internship. Stay tuned to facebook<https://www.facebook.com/ArtHistory.UCI/>, our website<http://www.humanities.uci.edu/arthistory/>, twitter<https://twitter.com/uciarthistory>,  and/or my emails.

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