2025 Food and Community Intern: Fall

Job Description:

Position Title: 2025 Food and Community Intern - Fall

Division: The Momentary

Department: Programming: Food and Community

Reports to: Associate Director of Food Programs

About Crystal Bridges & The Momentary:

Crystal Bridges is a museum of American art located in Bentonville, Arkansas. We explore the unfolding story of America by actively collecting, exhibiting, interpreting, and preserving outstanding works that illuminate the American heritage and artistic possibilities. Founded by Alice Walton in 2005, the museum opened in 2011 and is a public, non-profit charitable organization with free admission.

The Momentary is a new contemporary art space that opened to the public on February 22, 2020, in downtown Bentonville, Arkansas. A satellite to Crystal Bridges, the Momentary presents visual, performing, and culinary arts. The mission of the Momentary is to champion contemporary art’s role in everyday life and explore the unfolding story of contemporary American arts in an international context by actively commissioning and exhibiting outstanding works that explore new ideas and inspire action.

Position Summary:

Under the supervision of the Associate Director of Food Programs, the Food & Community Intern will observe the creative process of curating Food and Community programming from ideation to fruition.

The intern will learn the intricacies of working with community partners and facilitating small to large scale events, ranging from lectures with 40 attendees to festivals with over 1500 attendees.

The intern will receive hands-on experience working with artists and partners in program areas such as creative and professional development, culinary, wellness, and community engagement. This position is a wonderful opportunity for someone interested in the unique intersection of food and community and the impactful experiences that are possible at the Momentary

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Food and Community intern will facilitate the execution of culinary, professional, community engagement and wellness programming.

The applicant selected for this new and engaging internship will gain experience by getting behind the scenes to learn what it takes to build a particular program experience specific to its program content—for wellness, working with partners at Cocoon Yoga Lab to create a sound bath in Fermentation Hall or for culinary, working with a remote team of chefs planning an upcoming pop-up restaurant.

• Assist with conducting research and statistics for program-related work
• Attend pertinent meetings, training and workshops
• Meet with various department team members to gain a better understanding of work such as community engagement, inclusion and belonging, culinary, marketing and communications etc.
• Assist with communication, interviews, content research
• Assist with research identifying community needs
• Perform general administrative duties such as attending meetings, report production, etc.

Qualifications:

• Must be a current undergraduate student
• Ideal candidates will have a strong interest in one of several of the following: Communications, Hospitality, Special Events-Event Planning, Culinary, Creative Placemaking and Community Engagement
• Must have an interest in food and community building and attend partner events when needed
• Public Speaking ability
• Willingness to take initiative
• Ability and willingness to engage with diverse communities and network
• Passion for health equity and access
• Willingness to learn best practices on DEAI, community engagement, arts education, and sustainable community relationship building
• Ability to think critically
• Willingness to be creative, energetic, and accountable
• An outgoing collaborator
• Ability to manage numerous projects simultaneously

Timeline:

Anticipated Start Date: August 25th

Anticipated End Date: November 15th

Schedule:

Hours: High School students: Up to 15 hours a week; Undergraduate students (bachelor’s Level): Up to 20 hours a week; Graduate Students (master’s Level): Up to 25 hours a week

Weekly schedule to be arranged with direct supervisor

To qualify for bachelor’s or master’s hours, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years. Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Compensation:

High School Interns: $12.00 an hour

Undergraduate Interns: $13.00 an hour

Graduate (master’s Level) Interns: $14.00 an hour

To qualify for bachelor’s or master’s compensation, you must be enrolled in an accredited program or have graduated from an accredited program within the last three years. Students will be required to submit a current schedule or official transcript.

Required Documents:

Cover Letter

Resume

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an intern to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Physical demands:  In the work environment described below, position requires work at a desk, utilizing a computer and a telephone for prolonged periods of time, good eye/hand coordination, bending and stretching for filing, and physical stamina to lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a height of at least three feet for file and materials storage as appropriate for the demands of the office. Visual acuity to review written materials is required for this job.

• Work environment:  Work will be performed in an office environment and museum spaces. The noise level in the museum work environment is usually low to moderate.

If the intern’s personal equipment is used, the museum accepts no liability for any damage caused to said equipment while being used for museum purposes, nor loss or corruption of electronic files on devices.

All offers of employment are contingent on your successful completion (where permitted by state law) of a confidentiality agreement and background check. In addition, you will need to provide proper identification verifying your eligibility to work in the United States on your first day of work.

Crystal Bridges is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a culturally diverse workplace that is free of discrimination and harassment of any kind. We encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

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