Opportunities
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program
Archive and Documentation Internship
Self Help Graphics & Art is seeking qualified undergraduate students for its Archive and Documentation Internship position. The position will assist in cataloging and organizing Self Help Graphics & Art's (SHG) print inventory. In addition to assisting staff with preparing prints for Self Help Graphics & Art’s 46th Annual Print Fair and print fair exhibition. The goal of the internship will be to assist SHG with digitizing and updating the database, photographing, and packaging print inventory. The intern will also experience in the proper handling of prints and curation of print sales.
Eligibility for the internship is limited to currently enrolled undergraduates who reside in or attend college in Los Angeles County. Students must have completed at least one semester of college by June 2019, and those who will complete their degree by September 1, 2019 are also eligible to apply. Candidates can be from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to the visual arts.
Send a resume and cover letter to info@selfhelpgraphics.com with Getty MUI Archive and Documentation in the subject line.
DEADLINE: APRIL 26, 2019. Applications are now closed. Prospective candidates will be notified by SHG directly.
Communications Internship
Self Help Graphics & Art is seeking qualified undergraduate students for its Communications Internship position, which will assist with day-to-day communications and outreach. The communications intern will assist in carefully crafting messaging regarding our print inventory and archives. In 2019 we will celebrate 46 years of print production totaling more than 2,000 prints since 1973. The goal of the internship will be to research the prints produced by SHG, their connection to historical events and to share the narratives behind the work and our legacy with the public. The communications intern will learn about and be responsible for content development (assets), photography and videography, copywriting for social media and the SHG blog, archiving and reporting, in support of the organization’s print inventory, archives and studio practices. Students with an interest in journalism and light website experience/interest are encouraged to apply, but this is not a requirement.
Eligibility for the internship is limited to currently enrolled undergraduates who reside in or attend college in Los Angeles County. Students must have completed at least one semester of college by June 2019, and those who will complete their degree by September 1, 2019 are also eligible to apply. Candidates can be from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to the visual arts.
Send a resume and cover letter to info@selfhelpgraphics.com with Getty MUI Communications in the subject line. Applications are now closed. Prospective candidates will be notified by SHG directly.
DEADLINE: APRIL 26, 2019
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