2016 Summer Internship [Saint Louis Art Museum, MO]

Description

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016

The Saint Louis Art Museum is a mid-sized art museum with collections covering a wide span of cultures and a broad scope of historical periods.  Curatorial departments include: The Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas; American; Asian; Decorative Arts & Design; European Art to 1800 and Ancient; Modern and Contemporary; Prints, Drawings & Photographs. The Engagement and Interpretation department works with all Curatorial departments to refine gallery text and design and implement a wide range of visitor engagement activities.

Internships: The Saint Louis Art Museum offers 12 unpaid summer internships working with curators and interpretation staff to catalogue and interpret works in the Museum’s collection as well as perform research for upcoming exhibitions and engagement projects. Potential projects include: art photography research; projects relating to future exhibitions of European old master prints and drawings as well as post-war and contemporary American prints; research for the American art reinstallation; research toward authorship of several paintings from the Colonial and Federal period; French fashion research; 16^th and 17^th century sculpture research; conducting research for project in African Oceanic, or Native American Art; researching the Egyptian collection; projects related to special exhibition, Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan; and working on a fakes and forgeries exhibit, among others.

Requirements

20 hours per week is required for a minimum of 8 weeks, but students may work for a longer period if they would like.  Interns are selected based on their qualifications and how well their skills match available projects.

Program dates: June 14, 2016 – August 5, 2016

To apply, applicants must send the following materials:

• A statement of applicant’s professional goals and how an internship at the Saint Louis Art Museum serves those goals;
• Transcripts (need not be official);
• A listing of job experience, or resume;
• A listing of languages spoken and/or read;
• The names and contact information (email and telephone numbers) of 3 references, 2 of which must be from a professor or academic advisor;
• A writing sample- something from a research paper with footnotes to give an idea of applicant’s research skills.
• Please indicate dates of availability between June 14 and August 5, 2016.

Attendance is mandatory for the orientation program on June 14th, even if you plan to formally begin your internship later in the month. APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016.

Applicants will be notified of their status on Thursday, March 31^st.

For questions, or to obtain further information, contact Melissa Bauer, Curatorial Department, Melissa.bauer@slam.org; 314-655-5233.

Apply Online Here, or at SLAMCareers