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Part-time Opportunities
There are no part-time openings at this time.
Internships
We are accepting resumes for Spring 2010 internship opportunities in:
- Development
- Communications (Marketing and PR)
- Education
- Curatorial
If you have enthusiasm, a strong work ethic, flexibility and a love for contemporary art...we offer an outstanding learning experience in a diverse and dynamic environment.
Please send:
- Cover letter detailing field of interest, experience and the desired goal of the internship.
- Resume detailing experience and educational back ground.
- Three writing samples (primarily for Curatorial, Education, Marketing and PR departments).
Any inquiries that do not follow this format will be rejected automatically.
Please mail and email applications to:
Antwan Jones
Contemporary Arts Center
Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art
44 East 6th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202
ajones@contemporaryartscenter.org
Please, no phone calls.
The Contemporary Arts Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Development Internship
This internship is awarded to outstanding students interested in exploring a museum/arts administration career with a focus on development and membership.
Purpose: To gain greater experience with the development needs, duties, and opportunities associated with the museum profession. The Contemporary Arts Center’s Development Department will supervise the intern.
Duties: Work closely with the Development Department to implement membership initiatives, special event, and travel programs. Duties may include support of membership direct mail and acquisition campaigns, membership processing and fulfillment, coordinating event activities, assisting with registration, collecting information, database administration, and surveying visitors. Intern may also be involved in assisting with travel programs by coordinating arrangements, conducting internet research and contacting agencies to support travel. Additional opportunities related to grants, foundations, research, cultivation, special event fundraisers and travel will be assigned with supervision by appropriate staff. Intern should be proficient with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint as well as internet and other research resources. The ideal candidate will be organized with keen attention to detail, have prior database experience (preferred but not mandatory), and be able to maintain standards of confidentiality.
Available positions: One
Communications Internship
Purpose: To introduce an exceptional student in marketing, public relations, business, arts administration, museum studies or art history to the communications, marketing and public relations duties of the museum profession. The Contemporary Arts Center’s communications department will supervise the intern.
Duties: Work closely with the marketing coordinator and PR director in publicizing exhibitions, events and The CAC Store at the Contemporary Arts Center. Interns’ duties vary according to the abilities and interests of the intern and the needs of the institution, but typically include the following: research; copywriting; proofreading; website maintenance; data entry; cataloguing clippings; creating and managing e-mail marketing campaigns; updating contact databases; and other communications and administrative tasks. Additional duties may be assigned. Interns may also accompany department personnel to photo shoots, press appointments and interdepartmental meetings to gain a broader understanding of the functions of the communications department.
Training may include: information gathering methods for art, artists and exhibitions; web site maintenance and e-mail campaign software; graphic design software; videography/video editing software, donor and contact database (The Raiser’s Edge); advertisement, banner, poster and direct mail creation procedures; writing and publishing publicity materials; docent training for exhibitions.
Available positions: One
Education Internship
Purpose: To introduce an exceptional Fine Art major to the educational and administrative duties of the museum profession. The Contemporary Arts Center’s Curator of Education will supervise the interns.
Duties: Work closely with education department staff in varying capacities that include but are not limited to:
- Assist with setting up public programming for upcoming exhibitions, including assisting with administrative and office responsibilities associated with creating and promoting an education program.
- Work closely with docents and tour groups and assist with the administrative duties associated with tour registration. Prepare for and lead gallery talks for certain segments of the audience (a least one tour per semester).
- Assist with writing interpretative texts and other educational material.
- Creating lesson plans, PowerPoints about the exhibitions and family projects with assistance from Education Staff that will be published on the Website or used in the UnMuseum.
Who is eligible: Upcoming Seniors (Art Education, Art History, Studio, and other majors from relevant disciplines preferred) and Graduate Students who are interested in learning about the aspects of an educational career.
Available positions: Two
Curatorial Internship
This internship is awarded to outstanding students who are interested in exploring the potential of a curatorial career.
Purpose: To introduce an exceptional Fine Art, Art History, Art Administration, or other related fields major to the curatorial and administrative duties of the center’s profession. The Contemporary Arts Center’s curatorial department will supervise the intern.
Duties: Work closely with the curator in implementing the exhibition program. 50% of the intern's duties will be directed toward one project for which s/he will have substantial responsibility and 50% of the time will be spent on routine daily curatorial duties. The curator will assign a specific project based upon the needs of the center and the particular interests of the intern. Training may include: research on exhibitions; developing interpretive materials for exhibitions; reviewing unsolicited visual materials by artists.
Available Positions: One
Artist Assistant Internship
Hours: Two weeks in a row during installation periods at the Contemporary Arts Center. Final paper: installation diary and creation of work of art based on the experience.
Duties: Work closely with an artist invited to create a work on site or site-related. Students will be involved in the conceptualization, and installation of a work. They will be involved in the process of creation and execution. Students will also be documenting the development of the work and create their own work based on their experience of the internship.
- Assist an artist with installing his/her work. This might include tasks as diverse as gathering material together with the artist to creating the work under the supervision of the artist in residence.
- Receive introductory instruction from the chief preparator about using the museum workshop
- Write a documentary diary of the installation process and take digital photographs. This will lead to a document available for museum visitors to learn about the different steps taken by the artist and students.
- If feasible interns will give a gallery talk to share their experience.
- Create a work of their own based on and informed by the experience of the internship
Available positions: One
Registrar Internship
Duties: Work closely with the Registrar managing the Contemporary Arts Center’s exhibitions and facilitating the exhibition program. A mid-semester partial draft and a final paper will be done for the end of the year. You will set your schedule for the year with a CAC supervisor in accordance with your coursework. Expectations include:
- Assist the Registrar with the management of the ongoing Exhibition Inventory.
- Assist the Registrar with condition reports for incoming and outgoing loans
- Support the Registrar and Installation Crew in the galleries during installation and deinstallation. Responsibilities will include general art handling and gallery preparation.
- Work closely with the Registrar to manage the image archive database and catalog library.
Available positions: One
Center Preparator Internship
Purpose: To introduce knowledge and application of skills involved in installing exhibitions.
Duties: The intern will work under close supervision of the Chief Preparator and Assistant Preparator in an apprenticeship manner. Techniques, such as painting and patching of walls, ensuring proper hanging hardware and handling of works, the installation and de-installation of works, planning and building strategies, the acquisition of materials and supplies, and general exhibition maintenance, will be employed accordingly toward the rotating exhibitions. Other duties may involve assistance in lighting and technical equipment.
Available positions: One
