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Asian American Resource Center: Academic Initiative Program – Exhibits Spring Semester 2025 DEADLINE: Friday, December 13, 2024

The Asian American Resource Center (AARC) is pleased to offer an Exhibits internship for the Spring 2025 semester. The intern will support the AARC exhibits program while learning more about the production of exhibits, workshops, and programs within a cultural center setting.

Eligibility

• Must be able to receive academic credit — this is an unpaid, volunteer position.

• Must be able to travel back and forth from the AARC for onsite hours.

How to Apply

Please send the following items to AARC@AustinTexas.gov with the subject “Exhibits Application” by Friday, December 13, 2024.

• Resume/CV

• Letter of Interest

• Sample of Work: This can include writing, an art portfolio, video, or other types of work. Whatever you think best represents your interests and skills.

• Letter of recommendation (optional)

Expectations and Other Information

• Intern will be responsible for assisting the Exhibit Specialist with supplemental research, de/install of exhibits, creating K-12 educational materials in support of Spring 2025 installations, and interfacing with guests, artists, and staff as it relates to Exhibits.

• Specific projects will be identified at the beginning of the internship. Furthermore, the exhibit intern will be responsible to assist Exhibit Specialist on duties as assigned that are within the scope of the Exhibits program such as staffing artist workshops and receptions, attending planning and debrief meetings.

• A final project will be required as part of this internship, the scope of which the Exhibit Specialist will determine in tandem with program coordinators, supervisor and manager towards the start of the internship.

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2025 Spring Internship: The Texas Military Forces Museum

Hi BDP Museum Studies Students,

Connecting Experience Opportunity: The Texas Military Forces Museum

If you’re looking for a Connecting Experience opportunity for spring The Texas Military Forces Museum is looking for an intern. Here are the details:

The Texas Military Forces Museum intern will be intimately involved in learning the operations of a large museum with a small staff. The intern will engage in all aspects of museum work including cataloging, collections management, exhibit design and construction, special and educational events, fulfilling research requests, giving guided tours, administrative duties to include non-profit retail management, and operational management of the museum. The intern will become well-versed in use of the Past Perfect curatorial database program used by all military and Federal museums. At the end of the internship the successful candidate will be well-grounded in the curatorial, exhibit, operational and education components of museum operation. The museum is open to additional requirements that may be required by faculty for intern to receive course credit.

Students can apply on handshake, #9469936 joinhandshake.com

Thank you!

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Fall/Spring 2024 Internship with the UT Center for Teaching and Learning

Connecting Experience: Digital Archival Assistant and Archive Liasson

The UT Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Dr. Elon Lang are seeking one BDP Museum Studies student to develop a digital archive and online exhibit of the Center’s 50-year history, using material scanned and researched for physical exhibits for the Center’s landmark anniversary last year. Students would either work with Dr. Lang or a representative from the Center for Teaching Learning throughout the project.

KEY GOALS and RESPONSIBILITIES for the project:

  • to build a permanent digital archive of primary sources from the Center’s history stored on-site
  • to describe digital archival materials using Dublin-Core on the Omeka archival platform
  • to follow up on research done in UT-Austin’s institutional records and publications when necessary
  • to author and design online exhibits using the Omeka platform to be transferred to the CTL
  • to prepare the physical collection stored on-site at the CTL for transfer to the Dolph Briscoe Center

Candidates should be:

  • interested in history and in working with primary source materials
  • interested in close looking and writing about/describing items
  • familiar working with databases and spreadsheets, and able to quickly learn how to operate new content management systems
  • responsible and comfortable working independently
  • able to organize and manage detailed information
  • available to work 5-10 hours per week through the Fall 2024 semester and/or Spring 2024 in person or remotely
  • although training will be provided, some prior experience with museum and archival collections, and performing oral history interviews is helpful

To apply: applicants should submit a letter of interest via email and a resume to Dr. Lang, emlang@austin.utexas.edu.

NOTE: This is an unpaid position but can be used for a BDP Connecting Experience.