Contact Name: Cecilia Flanagan Contact Email: c.flanagan@uci.eduLaguna Art Museum Collections & Curatorial Fall 2018 Internship Award
Application Deadline: October 1st at 11:59 pm
Art History majors have first priority followed by Art History minors, Art History MA students, Visual Studies PhD students. Exceptional proposals will be considered from other School of Humanities majors and Art Department majors. Proposals from students demonstrating financial need are encouraged.
Application Materials and Qualifications: Submit the following application materials for both the Laguna and UCI Museum internships to Cecilia Flanagan at c.flanagan@uci.edu:
Cover letter (one-page maximum) describing your interest and qualifications
Your unofficial transcript reflecting a combined GPA of 3.0 or higher in art history courses at UCI and/or 3.0 overall GPA
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.
Your art history faculty reference(s). You may also submit other references if you think they would be useful to our selection process.
The successful applicant should plan to spend a total of 60 hours at the internship and will receive a $1000 award to be processed and paid following completion of the internships and submission of:
A one-page summary to be written by the intern describing what was learned, what skills were developed, what the intern specifically appreciated about the internship and how the experience could be improved, and
A confirmation email from the intern’s supervisor to c.flanagan@uci.edu
The Collections & Curatorial Department is responsible for the handling, movement, and record-keeping for artwork owned or displayed by the Laguna Art Museum. An intern working with this department will assist the Curator, Registrar, Collections Manager, or Librarian as required, in support of projects in those areas.
Some particular Collections-related projects currently in progress (these require attention to detail and significant time on a computer) would include:
· Researching and entering exhibit histories and past label texts of museum-owned works · Scanning, applying nomenclature/meaningful filenames to, and filing correctly old accession/deaccession records · Researching and entering artist bios/info (at least birthday/death day level) · Some quick (non-reproduction quality) photography to capture thumbnails for database keyword tagging of artwork
Sample Daily tasks: · General research in museum online records focusing on the museum’s exhibitions and permanent collection. · Data entry, subsequent to research.
Long-term projects/ goals:For the fall 2018 semester, there are two primary focus areas for a potential intern:
· Retrospective capture of museum-owned artwork exhibition labels · Retrospective digital capture of museum accession records
Learning outcomes for intern: The internship provides an opportunity to contribute to the important work of the museum while gaining experience for potential career paths in the museums, archives, libraries, and art galleries. Specifically regarding focus areas including:
· Experience in museum nomenclature and record-keeping. · Experience in describing historic and contemporary art.
Minimum requirements: · Current college student or recent graduate · Competent writing skills · Proficiency in Office programs (Word and Excel) · Useful but not required: Experience in Microsoft Access or any database software
