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Date: 2009-04-04, 1:02PM PDT
Curatorial Internship
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: MAY 4th, 2009
The American Museum of Ceramic Art is pleased to offer one summer internship sponsored by the Getty Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. This is an opportunity to receive training in all aspects of exhibition organization and installation, to assist with educational materials, to work with the curator on promotion and marketing, and to work with AMOCA’s growing ceramic collection. The goal of the Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internship is to provide exposure to those professions related to museums and visual art organizations of the Los Angeles area. The internship will run for ten consecutive weeks and pay a stipend of $3,500.00 (before tax) on a bi-weekly basis.
ELIGIBILITY:
Candidates are sought from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated previous commitment to the visual arts; however, art appreciation is a plus. Interns must provide their own housing and transportation. Strong organizational, computer, and writing skills are a must.
Applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduates who:
1. are of African-American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native-American or Pacific-Islander descent
2. reside or attend college in Los Angeles County
3. will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2009
4. will be available for ten consecutive weeks of full-time work (40 hrs/wk, Tue-Sat) between the dates of June 1st and August 21st, 2009.
5. are able to provide original documentation of eligibility to work in the United States.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Under the direction of the Assistant Curator, the intern will assist with all aspects of planning and presenting exhibitions. Interns will be given an insight and overview of the skills and responsibilities required to organize, install, and present an art exhibition for a professional museum setting. The experience will also include exposure to AMOCA’s non-profit structure and to the museum’s permanent collection, as well as hands-on training in all aspects of the everyday maintenance and monitoring of a museum.

The intern will devote approximately ten hours per week to routine tasks related to museum program operations and management. The remainder of the time will involve becoming familiar with topics such as AMOCA’s permanent collection, the infrastructure of a non-profit, development, and fundraising strategies.

Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direction of AMOCA’s Assistant Curator, the intern will be directly involved in all aspects of mounting, maintaining and dismantling an exhibition. This includes exhibition record-keeping, research and documentation, exhibition design and installation, data input, printing and mounting wall text and labels, distributing lesson plans to local schools via email, assisting with the scripting of docent-led tours, and helping to create visitor hands-on activities.

Routine tasks will involve hosting the front desk, handling sales and invoices for museum store purchases, recording and acknowledging memberships, entering database information, answering phones, filing, coordinating mailings, and generating routine correspondence.

Familiarity with PC programs such as MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Photoshop is recommended.

HOW TO APPLY: E-mail or send the following to
AMOCA, Getty Multicultural Summer Internship
340 S. Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91766
Or

1) a cover letter describing the academic and/or work experience that qualify you for the internship
2) a resume

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: MAY 4th, 2009
Log on to http://www.ceramicmuseum.org under “Getting Involved” for more information about this opportunity.

  * Location: Pomona, California
  * Compensation: $3,500 for 10 weeks of full-time work
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