Internships

Curatorial Intern, African and Oceanic art galleries at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Fields: arts, museums, cultural heritage, Africa, Oceania

Location: Boston Massachusetts

Deadline: ASAP

Details and Requirements: The Intern will complete an audience development project and work on a broader departmental project, an exhibition that opens in November 2018. As a small department, it can be difficult to reach out to the many constituencies who should feel welcome in the African and Oceanic art galleries at the MFA. The intern will be responsible for: developing a social media outreach strategy for the Teel Curator of African and Oceanic Art; ideas for public programming (using the MFA’s Remix and Looking Closer format) that link new audiences to the African and Oceanic collection; and researching content for the department on Smarthistory. This position pays $12/hr, 28 hours a week for 9 weeks. In addition, you will receive a $580 stipend for completing the Arts Intern component of the program. Must: be enrolled as a full time undergraduate student as of the Fall 2018 semester. You must be a rising Junior or Senior; Attend college in Boston, or live within the boundary established by Route 128 (also known as the 95 loop); Have an Expected Family Contribution of less than $5000.

Apply Here: https://www.artsintern.org/mfa-oceanic-africa-curatorial