What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fine Art Curation Internship position at Culturally Arts Collective?
Apply for a Remote curatorial affairs internship with Culturally Arts Collective at culturallyarts.com! We are an arts advocacy non-profit organization working for tangible reform for arts accessibility and representation through education, exhibition, outreach, networking, and professional development. This is an unparalleled opportunity to work and network with a global art market (each exhibition features artists of all ages and abilities from at least 20 countries). Learn to curate virtual exhibitions: conceptualizing, thematics, recruitment, selection, mockups, curation, spacial setup, display, cataloging and marketing.
Interns will contribute 15 hours a week, depending on your position, and set their own schedule. We are currently hiring apprentice curators. You will work under the direction of a senior curator for your first exhibitions, then move on to exhibition direction.
Qualifications:
Grad students, recent grads, or juniors/seniors preferred. This position is not open to freshman/sophomores. Prior internship experience in any field preferred. Open to students majoring in: studio art, fine art, art history, art criticism, art management/administration, curatorial affairs, marketing, communications, or a relevant field with prior hobby art background.
STRONG PREFERENCE TOWARDS APPLICANTS BASED IN NEW YORK CITY THAT ARE ABLE TO WORK ON CLIENT AND GALLERY DEALS IN PERSON. You are more likely to receive an interview if you email your resume to Isabell Sliwinski at isliwinski@culturallyarts.com than applying on LinkedIn.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
- Conceptualize, develop, and curate 360-degree 3-D virtual exhibition rooms for the Milostka Center for Exhibitions.
- Curate, manage, and recruit submissions for the community gallery.
- Review, accept, and curate solo exhibitions for the Hanbell Gallery.
- Catalogue Milostka exhibitions. Set up virtual artist networking events.
- LEARN front-end UX/UI and web design, as well as basic coding for virtual gallery management.
- Secure strategic partnerships with museums, galleries, and institutions from around the world.
- Work with international artists to recruit submissions for all programs and strategize accessibility.
- Work with marketing, public relations, and communications to market exhibitions.
- Strategize how consumers and visitors can be leveraged to co-create experiences.
- Strategize how art consumption is fundamental to managing a cultural institution to ensure its long-term stability.
- Work, collaborate, and network with 100s of artists and industry professionals from all over the world.
Currently recruiting winter and spring interns. Immediately hiring. Term dates: Feb 15-August 31st. All positions are remote with some in-person work in New York City, Washington, DC, or Chicago. Although we consider qualified applicants from anywhere, the internship is more enriching if you can work with gallery accounts in person. International students with work authorizations are encouraged to apply. We will work with your college for credit.
This internship is unpaid with project pay opportunities (can be hired as a contractor on projects). The curator apprentice internship curriculum covers group exhibitions in the Milostka Center for Exhibitions. Project pay structure: Curatorial interns who complete a solo or group training exhibition under a senior curator will then become account leads. As the sole or lead curator on a solo exhibition, you are hired as a contractor for that account and are paid for curating solo exhibitions at a set rate.