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Event Planning Intern [Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA]

Event Planning Intern [Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA]

Event Planning Intern Description: The Fuller Craft Museum offers a unique venue for special events such as weddings, showers, fundraising and corporate retreats. We are looking for an Event Planning Intern to assist the Rentals Coordinator with planning of a bridal fair as well as 

Event at Historic New England: Saving the Southwest Corridor

Event at Historic New England: Saving the Southwest Corridor

Historic New England is hosting an event at the Otis House this coming Wednesday, October 21, from 7 to 9 PM. The talk centers around the project in the 1950s through the 1970s to build a twelve-lane highway that would threaten many of Boston’s southern 

Tufts Event: Tisch Talks in the Humanities: The Value of Culturally Enriching Field Trips

Tufts Event: Tisch Talks in the Humanities: The Value of Culturally Enriching Field Trips

You do NOT have to be a student (or even a Tufts alum) to attend. Everyone is welcome, just be sure to RSVP to the email at the bottom of the post so that you have a chair waiting for you!

Tisch Talks in the Humanities: The Value of Culturally Enriching Field Trips

Jay P. Greene, A88, Distinguished Professor & Head of the Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas

October 19 | 12 pm

Rabb Room, Tisch College

Tufts Medford Campus

Join Tisch College for a brown-bag lunch discussion with Tufts alumnus Jay Greene, A88, Professor and Head of the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas, and Peter Levine, Tisch College Associate Dean for Research and moderated by Diane O’Donoghue, Tisch College Senior Fellow for the Humanities. Professor Greene will share research on the decline of cultural activities in our schools, what we lose by their disappearance and how providing these culturally enriching experiences will help prepare future citizens for success.

The Initiatives in the Public Humanities at Tisch College sponsors this series of monthly brown bag lunches in 2015-16.  The Tisch Talks in the Humanities seek to identify areas of mutual interest and concern through conversations informed by contemporary civic and cultural practices.

This event is co-sponsored by the Art Education Program, Department of Education, Department of Political Science, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Museum Studies Program, and Tufts University Art Gallery. Please RSVP by emailing Jessica.Byrnes@tufts.edu.

Free Event TOMORROW: Artist Talk at Tufts Art Gallery

Free Event TOMORROW: Artist Talk at Tufts Art Gallery

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15 6:00-7:30pm: Keynote Presentation and conversation with Shahzia Sikander, artist currently on exhibition titled “Shahzia Sikander: Parallax” Sponsored by the Tufts University Art Gallery and Tufts’ Center for South Asian and Indian Ocean Studies. Hosted by Amy Schlegel, director of Galleries and Collections 

Development Intern [Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA]

Development Intern [Boston Athenæum, Boston, MA]

Development Intern The Boston Athenæum seeks a qualified, energetic, and motivated individual to join the Membership and Development Office as a Development Intern.  Under the guidance of the Membership and Development staff and the immediate supervision of the Manager of Annual Giving and Membership, the 

Exhibit Design Graduate Internship [American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH]

Exhibit Design Graduate Internship [American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH]

Exhibit Design Graduate Internship

American Independence Museum, Exeter, NH

The American Independence Museum in Exeter, NH seeks a Graduate-level intern to deepen the research of the museum’s collection. This year the museum is looking to create a one year exhibit focusing on George Washington utilizing objects and materials in the museum’s collection. Reporting to the Executive Director and Operations Manager, interns will be responsible for exhibit planning, research, gathering objects, writing labels, and installation of the exhibit. Interns will also have a chance to take part in other aspects of Curatorial and Collections Management, including working with Past Perfect, cataloguing, exhibit monitoring, inventorying, and more. A minimum of 200 hours should be completed between mid-January and May, 2016. Schedule must be predetermined and correspond with the museum’s off-season hours. Some work may be completed off-site. Qualifications: Intern should be in the process of completing or recently completed their Master’s degree in history, museum studies or related subject. Strong interpersonal skills, detail-orientated, and excellent time management skills are needed. Prior exhibit installation experience is not required. Although the position is unpaid, this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in a Museum in transition and can be completed for course credit. Deadline: Please submit resume, letter of interest, and two references to rpassannante@independencemuseum.org by November 15th, 2015. For information, visit: www.independencemuseum.org. Posted on: 10/02/2015