POSITION: Art of the Spanish Americas Intern
DEPARTMENT: Latin American 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 fourth rotation of the Art of the Spanish Americas Galleries and Painted Cloth, a major temporary exhibitions that deal with the depiction of civil and religious attire in different media. The Intern also will help coordinate the visits of two scholars that will be on campus to deliver public talks. 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 and items recently purchased from the Huber collection. 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 Colonial Latin America
- 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 offered by the BDP
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 help in research for upcoming temporary exhibitions (proof reading labels will also be required)
- Assist with the visit of scholars that will be on campus to deliver public talks (travel arrangements, publicity)
- Assist with the visit of the Thoma scholars (travel arrangements, 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 Latin American 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.
