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The Performance Intern will have the opportunity to learn about how performances and programs are selected, created, and contextualized; what goes into producing events and working with artists and speakers; and how a curatorial department interfaces with other departments in a museum context. In this role, expect to:
• Assist with administrative tasks toward the production of summer performances and programs and planning towards fall and spring projects
• Execute logistical tasks, errands, and support artist hospitality before and during events
• Conduct exploratory research on artists and performance works
• Draft, review, and compile project-related texts
• Develop an understanding of the administrative operations of a curatorial department by assisting with budgets, schedules, contracts, and travel arrangements.
• Work with members from other departments to understand how the curators collaborate across the Museum on exhibitions, committee meetings, and other projects.
• Participate in departmental meetings and MCA staff events.
\nQualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
This internship opportunity begins 8/12/2024 and ends 5/16/2025. To apply, please submit a resume, a writing sample, and include your availability in your cover letter. Must be able to communicate fluently in English. Ability to operate computers, printers, and telephones is required. General mobility throughout the building, light lifting, and ability to stand for extended periods of time as scheduled is required. The hourly rate for this role is $17.00. The submission deadline is 6/23/2024.
Interested? APPLY NOW https://mcachicago.org/About/Employment
P.S. The MCA provides great benefits to part-time staff that include: visiting the MCA’s galleries, curator led staff tours of MCA exhibitions, discounts at the MCA Store and MCA restaurant Marisol, discounts for MCA Stage and other programs, plus a wide variety of discounts at many cultural institutions in the Chicagoland area.
Intern
Arts & Culture
$125k-169k (estimate)
05/31/2024
07/30/2024
mcachicago.org
CHICAGO, IL
200 - 500
1967
NANCY FAGIN
$10M - $50M
Arts & Culture
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA boasts a gift store, bookstore, restaurant, 300-seat theater, and a terraced sculpture garden with a great view of Lake Michigan.