Archives for July 2018

July 31, 2018, Filed Under: Internship, Research

Multiple Fall Internships with the Johnson Center for Child Health & Development

Fall Events and Programs Intern

The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development is a non-profit organization that provides supports and services to children with autism, developmental delays and other special needs. We serve children and families from all over the country. We host a number of of community events and educational opportunities for families and professionals, including holiday events, educational webinars, and onsite workshops. We are looking for a dedicated intern to help plan, promote, and support these critical events and classes.

We are looking for a student who is willing to take initiative, meet deadlines, has good attention to detail, and can work with multiple clinicians and professionals to execute their plans. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase your leadership skills, work closely with professionals, families, and children in both a clinical and nonclinical setting, and be an integral part of our team.

Schedule is flexible; office hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am – 5:30 pm, with very limited evening and weekend hours (for events).

Interested students can email info@johnson-center.org with a resume and references or call 512.732.8400.

Research Intern

The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development is a non-profit organization that provides supports and services to children with autism, developmental delays and other special needs. We serve children and families from all over the country and have a diverse and active research program. We are looking for a dedicated intern to help with data collection and entry, study promotion, and more.

Schedule is flexible; office hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am – 5:30 pm, with very limited evening and weekend hours (for events).

Interested students can email info@johnson-center.org with a resume and references or call 512.732.8400.

Clinical Support Intern

The Johnson Center for Child Health & Development is a non-profit organization that provides supports and services to children with autism, developmental delays and other special needs. We serve children and families from all over the country and have multi-disciplinary clinic that provides diagnostic and assessment services, counseling, feeding therapy, behavioral therapy, and nutrition and medical intervention and support.

We are looking for a student who has an interest in childhood development and the clinical treatment and supports provided to children with developmental disorders and their families. The right student is eager to learn and be a part of the overall process of providing meaningful support and therapeutic intervention. This is an excellent opportunity to learn about multi-disciplinary care.

Schedule is flexible; office hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 am – 5:30 pm, with very limited evening and weekend hours (for events).

Interested students can email info@johnson-center.org with a resume and references or call 512.732.8400.

Community Meal Facilitators

Fall Interns Needed to participate in the Home Cooked Fridays program. Community Meal Facilitators will provide front line service management to an underserved community; all work is on or near campus.

Interns will be involved with and responsible for planning and implementing a weekly meal service for homeless and/or financially challenged individuals and families. Tasks include meal planning, working with community organizations on food recovery and pantries, social media promotions, project management, and more.

Cooking experience and/or experience working with the homeless community is a plus, but not mandatory.
Interns must be available on Fridays from 12-6 (when the meal is served).
We support students looking for independent study projects.
In addition to these internships, we welcome volunteers to help on program dates; volunteers assist with greeting, serving, preparing, and cleaning (as well as occasionally holding sleeping babies). Musically inclined volunteers are also welcome to provide entertainment for our guests.

If interested, please email us at info@johnson-center.org or call 512.732.8400

July 30, 2018, Filed Under: Internship

Art of the Spanish Americas Internship at the Blanton – Fall 2018

POSITION: Art of the Spanish Americas Intern
DEPARTMENT: Latin American Art
REPORTS TO: Rosario I. Granados, Ph. D., Carl & Marilynn Thoma Associate Curator of Spanish Colonial Art
HOURS: 160 hrs. per semester
COMPENSATION: Unpaid

DESCRIPTION:

This position will be developed in the context of the long-term loan of the Thoma Collection of South American Colonial art to the Blanton. It is an exciting and challenging opportunity to learn about the wide range of curatorial needs of an art museum for this specific period. Intern will provide assistance with current projects such as the third rotation of the Art of the Spanish Americas Galleries and two temporary exhibitions that deal with the so-called colonial period: Mapping Memory and Painted Cloth. The Intern also will help coordinate the visits of two scholars that will be on campus to deliver public talks, and of the Thoma Scholars, an international small group of scholars conducting research at UT. The Intern will also be involved in tracing provenance of some of the pieces on loan and those recently donated by the Cisneros Foundation of Venezuelan Colonial art. This internship is a chance to gain valuable research and organizational experience and add real world projects to the intern’s portfolio.

REQUIREMENTS:

Currently pursuing the BDP program in Museum Studies
Excellent writing, editing & proofreading skills
Reading comprehension of Spanish (Oral Proficiency is certainly desirable)
Interest in the Latin American Colonial period
Majors in Art History, History, Religious Studies, Spanish, and Latin American Studies are particularly encouraged to apply. Preference will be given to those students pursuing the Emphasis on Visual and Material Culture of Colonial Latin America

DUTIES (include, but are not limited to):

Assist with the organization and installation of the upcoming rotation of the Art of the Spanish Americas Galleries, and two temporary exhibitions in close collaboration with the Andrew W.Mellon Curatorial Fellow in Latin American Art (research, proof reading labels)
Assist with the visit of scholars that will be on campus to deliver public talks (travel issues, publicity)
Assist with the visit of the Thoma scholars (travel issues, campus directions)
Assist with filing maintaining archival material for the museum’s records (research provenance of artworks)

TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND:

Resume
1 letter of recommendation, preferably academic
Cover letter addressing your interest in the position and interest in the colonial period

Submit via email in one single PDF format only (please no .doc files) to rosario.granados@blantonmuseum.org. Recommendation letters can be submitted separately.