El Museo Del Barrio
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The Permanent Collection research intern will work with the Education Department to develop artist files and resources on artists and works of art exhibited in the museum’s new Permanent Collection exhibition, titled Something Beautiful: El Museo del Barrio’s Collection. Something Beautiful is El Museo del Barrio’s most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse Permanent Collection in over two decades. Organized based on newly conceived typologies, Something Beautiful cuts across traditional chronological, stylistic, and media-specific categories to reflect a more nuanced approach to Puerto Rican, Latinx, Caribbean, and Latin American cultural production and identities. Drawing from El Museo del Barrio’s own history and legacy, these concepts offer a rich panorama that explores African and Indigenous heritages, urban experiences, self-representational strategies, craft intersections, and beyond.
On view from May 2023 through March 2024, the exhibition will highlight over 500 artworks, presented through two rotating displays divided into thematic sections. Something Beautiful will include new acquisitions, historical highlights from the collection, as well as numerous rarely seen artworks. New commissions will also debut, with artists Maria Gaspar and Glendalys Medina to be featured in the first rotation.
Intern Responsibilities:
The intern will work closely with the Education Department staff to develop research materials and resources for various audiences related to works on view in Something Beautiful.
They will create digital research files that include images, biographies, press, and publications related to selected artists in the exhibition.
They will organize any existing curricular materials, and will work with Education staff to identify objects, themes and concepts to be explored during educator training programs.
They will support the development of exhibition tour outlines, resource guides for teachers, and family guides. The research files will also inform the development of public programs, including artist talks and panel discussions.
In addition, the intern will research best practices for participatory engagement in museums.
They will propose ideas to engage visitors and local community members with the museum’s exhibitions in order to increase access and attendance and deepen the visitor experience.
The intern will support education and public programs held onsite during the summer, and work with staff to develop program ideas for exhibition-related programming in the fall.
Overall, their contribution will make the exhibition and its related programs more accessible to a variety of audiences.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is enthusiastic and willing to try new things.
They will have an interest or background in museum education, art history and/or museum studies, and Latin American/Caribbean/Latinx culture.
Knowledge of or interest in NYC’s Latinx art and cultural communities.
They must be detail oriented, have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Poses research skills and the ability to synthesize content.
Have the ability to prioritize responsibilities
Able to work well both independently and within a team.
Knowledge of Google drive programs and Microsoft Office Suite (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) required, and Dropbox, preferred.
Interest in curriculum development, curatorial practice, and/or community engagement a plus.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) written and verbal skills preferred.
Interns will work onsite 28 hours per week and attend a mandatory offsite program day one day per week with their cohort.
Interns must be available for the duration of the program.
INTERNSHIP DURATION:
Total Weeks: 9 weeks
Work Hours per Week: 28
Total Hours: 252
Workdays: 4 days per week onsite
PROGRAM DAY:
On the 5th day of each week, interns will attend an offsite program day with their cohort.
These hours are separate from the internship hours.