Will you please bring this paid internship to the attention of any students you may know?  This internship provides students with numerous opportunities not normally available to interns. 

Deadline for application:  May 8, 2006

Paid Internship in Collections Management and Information at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  (Funded by the Getty Grant Program)

Seeking a student Intern to work on a large, multifaceted electronic cataloguing initiative being coordinated by the museum’s Collections Management and Information division. This CMS internship will provide the student with hands-on exposure to the new area of digital image management and the publication of online resources. Following an orientation to collection services, the intern will be assigned such projects as: researching artists or their estates for reproduction requests; preparing promotional materials regarding the website; and updating automated catalogue records by adding "deep data", such as bibliographical references, exhibition histories, provenance, inscriptions, etc. The intern will also be exposed to registration procedures, such as condition reporting, receipting, etc. He/she will attend as many interdepartmental meetings and talks as possible to gain an overview of museum operations in general.

The Collections Management internship is appropriate to students majoring in art history, cultural anthropology, archaeology, museum studies, or information management. Must be detail-oriented, computer-literate, and able to multi-task and complete a variety of assignments.

Eligibility Criteria for Getty Grant Intern Candidates:

The Getty Multicultural Internship opportunities are intended for members of the following minority groups under-represented in the professions related to museums and the visual arts: individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent. Interns must meet the following eligibility criteria: (1) s/he must be a currently enrolled undergraduate and have completed at least one semester of college by June 2006; (2) s/he will not graduate before December 2006; and (3) s/he must be a resident of or attending college in the Los Angeles County. Previous Getty multicultural interns of Los Angeles County Museum of Art or other Getty multicultural interns who served at more than one other Getty Grant sponsored internships are not eligible for consideration. LACMA staff and relatives of LACMA board members are also not eligible.

Excellent computer skills, good communications skills, and knowledge of art history preferred.

A stipend of $3,500 will be issued.  Internship will be for a ten week period between June 5, 2006 and August 25, 2006.  Student must be available full-time for 10 weeks between these dates. 

Interested students should send a resume and cover letter indicating the internship for which they are applying by May 8, 2006 to:

 

Renee Montgomery

Assistant Director,

Collections Management and Information

LACMA

5905 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90036

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