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.