28/01/2024
SHI OFFERING MUSEUM, ART INTERNSHIPS IN ALASKA, NEW MEXICO
Candidates will get hands-on experience in museum sciences and art practices
Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) is recruiting undergraduate and graduate students for paid museum and art internships in partnership with the University of Alaska Southeast (UAS) and the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) in New Mexico.
Museum Internships
Students may apply for either a position at SHI in Juneau, Alaska, or for an opportunity at IAIA’s Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Museum interns will gain hands-on experience with cataloging museum collections, object storage management, and exhibition planning, research and/or installation.
The SHI-based museum studies internships will start May 30, 2023, and last for six weeks (ends July 10, 2023). The interns will work with SHI's collection of Northwest Coast objects, assist with museum exhibit preparation and work alongside SHI staff in collections management.
The IAIA internships begin on June 20, 2023, and last for six weeks (ends July 28, 2023). MoCNA holds the National Collection of Contemporary Native American Arts with close to 9,000 artworks, including paintings, works on paper, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, photography, contemporary apparel, textiles, cultural arts, new media and installations. The interns will work with the MoCNA team to develop and install a summer exhibition.
Art Internships
The SHI-based art internships, also based in Juneau, will start May 30, 2023, and last for nine weeks. At the conclusion of the program interns will have a broader practical understanding of what is expected from an artist when engaging in a variety of income-generating activities; increased artistic knowledge and skills; a practical understanding of how to plan and operate special arts events, summer programs and arts learning opportunities; experience with operations of a nonprofit organization; and knowledge of reporting requirements for operating community activities.
The selected interns will prepare and implement in-person and online arts events and activities, plan and implement online and/or in-person summer camps for youth, participate as an SHI “artist in residence” focusing on developing skills in Northwest Coast art forms and provide general assistance to the art department team.
More: https://www.sealaskaheritage.org/node/1693
