{"id":2468,"date":"2019-07-15T13:12:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T20:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2019-07-15T13:15:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T20:15:30","slug":"curatorial-intern-seattle-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/2019\/07\/15\/curatorial-intern-seattle-art-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curatorial Intern – Seattle Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Title: Curatorial Intern
\nDepartment\/Location: Curatorial, SAM Downtown
\nStaff Mentor: Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art; Collection and Provenance Associate<\/p>\n

Learning Objectives: With a focus on the permanent collection, this curatorial internship serves as an opportunity to develop art historical research skills, gaining familiarity with SAM\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n

Intern Tasks:<\/p>\n

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  • Conduct research related to artworks and artists in the museum\u2019s collection<\/li>\n
  • Organize research findings into short written reports<\/li>\n
  • Contribute curatorial content to SAM Blog<\/li>\n
  • Expected time commitment: average 10-15 hours\/week, schedule is flexible within\u00a0Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm office hoursQualifications:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    • Research skills demonstrable from education and\/or work history<\/li>\n
    • Ability to write clearly and effectively<\/li>\n
    • Evident interest in pursuing museum work<\/li>\n
    • Ability to work with staff and volunteers in a professional manner on a variety of tasks<\/li>\n
    • Ability to communicate effectively to staff, volunteers and public<\/li>\n
    • Basic filing, typing and computer skills<\/li>\n
    • Ability to ask for help and accept supervision and evaluation of your work<\/li>\n
    • Abide by the Standards for Museum Volunteers\/Interns as outlined in the\u00a0Volunteer\/Intern PacketPhysical Requirements:<\/strong>\n
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      • Manual dexterity<\/li>\n
      • Ability to lift up to 20 pounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          • Working towards completion of Bachelor\u2019s degree in art history or related field<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

            APPLICATION PROCESS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Applications due: August 1, 2019
            \nApplications are only accepted via the online form at<\/p>\n

            http:\/\/www.seattleartmuseum.org\/about-sam\/careers#int<\/p>\n

            Each application should include:<\/p>\n

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            • Application<\/li>\n
            • Cover letter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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              • Resume<\/li>\n
              • Two letters of recommendation (may be submitted separately by the writer to\u00a0internships@seattleartmuseum.org)<\/li>\n
              • One writing sample (maximum 10 pages)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Title: Curatorial Intern Department\/Location: Curatorial, SAM Downtown Staff Mentor: Assistant Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art; Collection and Provenance Associate Learning Objectives: With a focus on the permanent collection, this curatorial internship serves as an opportunity to develop art historical research skills, gaining familiarity with SAM\u2019s permanent collection. Intern Tasks: Conduct research related to artworks and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[86,103,156,16,79,233],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2471,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468\/revisions\/2471"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/advis104\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}