Museum Studies

November 29, 2018, Filed Under: Internship

Visitor and Volunteer Services Internship with the Blanton

POSITION: Volunteer Services Internship

DEPARTMENT: Visitor and Volunteer Services

HOURS: 10-15/week during January, February, March, April, May of 2019 (160 hours total)

DESCRIPTION: The Manager of Visitor and Volunteer Services supervises over 250 volunteers from the community as well as campus organizations to operate the museum on a daily basis and help run various programs and events. Volunteers usually help as greeters, way-finders, information providers, gallery monitors, art activity facilitators and special event hosts.

Volunteer Services Interns will assist in all aspects of volunteer coordination and supervision, including basic database updates and on-site training of volunteers. They support the new building called Austin by Ellsworth Kelly. This involves training volunteers to take tickets, greet visitors, explain the work of art to visitors, help with volunteer rotation and other management duties. The position offers valuable hands-on experience in volunteer recruiting, management and recognition. In the process, the intern will be able to experience myriad Blanton programs and events that volunteers host such as Block Party- our art party for the public, as well as various concerts, lectures and activities. We will help host the 2019 gala night and also Explore UT. We will plan and execute the May volunteer recognition event as well.

DUTIES:

Assist the Manager of VVS with greeting volunteers, checking on volunteer assignments,  training new volunteers for various jobs, processing volunteer applications, and  conducting orientation sessions for new recruits.
Schedule volunteers for busy weeks and evening events.
Provide clerical support by updating the volunteer database.
May periodically help in various volunteer positions during breaks and gaps in the  volunteer schedule.

REQUIREMENTS:

Current UT student.
Strong organizational and people skills
Academic background in Art History, Communications, Management or a related field
Excellent communication skills
Must be a confident, independent worker with an outgoing, positive attitude
Must be reliable, punctual, able to meet deadlines, prioritize tasks

TO APPLY, PLEASE SEND:  

Resume with education, employment history, and academic reference
1 letter of recommendation
Cover letter addressing your interest in the position

HOSTING MANAGER: Martha Thomas (martha.thomas@blantonmuseum.org)

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.