The Davis Museum and Cultural Center with the Center for Work and Service offer Wellesley College students a range of opportunities in the arts on campus, throughout America, and in Asia and Europe.

Opportunities abound to develop skills in numerous areas of interest. Experience an array of business environments and cultural institutions while working with some of the foremost leaders in the varied world of the arts.

Work at the Davis and you can participate in many aspects of the museum profession including research collections care, public relations, fundraising, assisting curators, technology-based initiatives, and educational programming.

Work at other museums and arts institutions and gain exposure to other parts of the art world in cities that offer incredible opportunities for exploration and fun while you are building your resume, learning about art, and meeting leaders in the arts world.


The following internships are offered to current and graduating Wellesley College students.
Here are this year's internships:
The Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre in Paris
The Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship/Wellesley College
Summer Fellowships at the Davis
Riverhouse Editions Internship in Printmaking, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop/ New York

Summer Internships offered with the Center for Work and Service:
Anchor Graphics Internship, Columbia College/ Chicago
The Field Museum Internship, Chicago
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
The Judah L. Magnes Museum Public Relations Internship, Berkeley, California
Luce Internships in Asia Program: Asia Art Archive/Hong Kong
:uce Internships in Asia Program: Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai

Liliane Pingoud Soriano Curatorial Fellowship at the Musée du Louvre, Paris

An exchange program between the Davis Museum and the Musée du Louvre allows a Wellesley student to work for four months as a research Fellow at the Louvre in Paris and a student from the Ecole du Louvre to work at the Davis Museum. The position is available to graduating seniors and current juniors. In addition to working at one of the world’s great museums, the Soriano Curatorial Fellow can attend courses and programs at the Ecole du Louvre. If still enrolled as a Wellesley student, the Soriano Fellow can earn credit for an independent reading and research course (ARTH 350).

Eleanor P. DeLorme Museum Internship/Wellesley College

Gain experience in the Davis Museum’s curatorial department. This intern works with one or more of the museum’s curators and is engaged in research, publications, collections management and exhibition development. Please note that this eight-week internship may take place at any time during the calendar year.

Funded by the Rebecca L. Tilles '03 Davis Museum Endowed Internship Fund

The Summer Fellowship Program at the Davis

Each summer, students join the Davis Museum and Cultural Center staff on campus for ten-weeks of hands-on professional experience in one of several departments at the museum. This is an opportunity for students to learn marketable skills, gain a broad exposure to museum operations, and acquire an overview of museum practices and policies. Fellowship activities also include travel to regional museums and arts events, and opportunities to meet some of the foremost leaders in the arts throughout the state and become involved with the collections and programs of one of the most active academic museums anywhere.

Interns work in one or more of the museum’s departments and are engaged in research, publications, collections management, exhibition development and design, technology, public relations, and fund development.

Please note that students who have previously participated in the Summer Fellowship Program at the Davis are not eligible for these positions.

Opportunities for the 2008 Summer Fellowship Program may include the following:

Internship Coordinator
• Departments: Office of the Director; and Collection Management and Care
• Supervisors: Museum Director; and Director of Collection Management and Care and Museum Registrar

The Internship Coordinator will manage and organize all special events and activities planned during the Summer 2007 Fellowship Program. She will coordinate the interns, and keep them informed of all programs, lectures, field trips, and meetings. As a secondary responsibility, the Coordinator will assist the Museum Registrar in carrying out projects related to the organization, documentation and care of the museum's collection. In particular, she will standardize and update current metadata in the database in preparation for the data migration and conversion to a new collection management system.

This position is open only to a student who has previously participated in the Summer Fellowship Program at the Davis.

Collection Imaging/Photography Intern
• Departments: Collection Management and Care, and Information Technologies
• Supervisors: Director of Collection Management and Care and Museum Registrar; and Coordinator of Information Technologies

The Collection Imaging Intern offers photography students or those with photography experience the opportunity to participate in an initiative designed to make digital images of the collection accessible to staff and the public through inclusion in the museum image and collection databases. The intern will assist the photographer during photo shoots; be responsible for taking digital images of the museum’s decorative arts collection; and inventory and photograph the dorm and office art collection on campus.

Curatorial Intern
• Department: Curatorial
• Supervisors: Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings; Linda Wyatt Gruber '66 Curator of Collections and Photography; and Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Assistant Curator

The Curatorial Interns will assist members of the curatorial department on exhibition-related tasks as well as general curatorial responsibilities. The interns will work on a variety of projects involving the collection, including provenance research, planning for the reinstallation of the permanent collection galleries, potential acquisitions, and future exhibitions. Some projects will overlap with other departments, enabling the intern to gain a broad exposure to various areas of the museum’s operations.

Development Intern
• Department: Development/Public Relations
• Supervisor: Director of Museum Development and Public Relations

The Development Intern will join a team committed to raising the funds needed to support all of the activities of the museum, as well as to identify and cultivate sources of gifts and long-term loans of works of art. This team is also responsible for audience development for the museum. Responsibilities will include working on the production of annual stewardship reports, funding proposals, gift acknowledgments, organizing materials and the data base for donors of gifts of works of art and major gifts, and organizational planning for Friends of Art (the museum’s national support organization).

Marketing/Public Relations Intern
• Department: Marketing/Public Relations
• Supervisor: Marketing Manager

The Marketing/Public Relations Intern will be an integral member of the marketing and public relations efforts. The intern will support all on-campus and off-campus activities focusing on educating museumgoers and increasing visitorship. The marketing team creates press releases, flyers, e-flyers, calendars, brochures and other printed material for both for students and the public. This team also develops new relationships for the museum, communicates with the print and electronic media, and refines the list development process. The intern may also work with Development Office on selected projects.

Print Room Intern
• Department: Collection Management and Care
• Supervisor: Director of Collection Management and Care and Museum Registrar

The Print Room Intern will assist in the day-to-day management of the museum’s works on paper collection, which consists of over seven thousand prints, drawings, and photographs. The intern will staff the print study room; monitor the use of works by students, faculty, scholars, and the general public; retrieve works from and return works to their proper storage locations; and update records on catalog cards, in files, and in the museum's collections database.

Technology Intern
• Departments: Information Technologies
• Supervisors: Coordinator of Information Technologies

The Technology Intern will work closely with the Coordinator of Technology on a wide-range of projects. The intern will: prepare data and images for submission to a newly installed collections management database; assist in creating content for museum podcasts; help to create touch screen kiosks that will coincide with the re-installation of the museum's permanent collection; and assist in maintaining the website and other office activities.

Funded by Cecily Horton ’80, with additional funds provided by Wellesley College Friends of Art and The Merrill G. and Emita Hastings Foundation (Janice Peterfreund Haggerty ’79), and the Joshua S. and Beth Friedman Family Foundation

Jointly sponsored by the Center for Work and Service and the Davis Museum and Cultural Center.

Riverhouse Editions Internship in Printmaking, Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Riverhouse Editions is a fine arts collaborative press that publishes the work of many U.S. artists. This internship position is available to an art major or a student with some experience and interest in printmaking, to work under the direct supervision of master printer Susan Hover Oehme. This ten week program offers hand-on training in many aspects of a professional print studio.

The intern is involved with platemaking, assisting the master printer and the artists-in-residence, editioning, and performing various other print related tasks depending upon experience

Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop/ New York

A significant workshop in the history of American printmaking, this printmaking workshop was established in 1948 by Robert Blackburn, a legendary figure in the history of printmaking. It became a remarkable educational center with outreach throughout the community fostering emerging talent in the arts and involving many in the process of printmaking. Today, the workshop is undergoing a revival of its historical dedication to the relationship of the arts and the community as well as to the art of printmaking itself. This internship position is available to an art major or a student with some experience and interest in printmaking to work under the supervision of master printer Phil Sander.

This ten-week program offers hand-on training in many aspects of a professional print studio. The intern is involved with platemaking, assisting the master printer and the artists-in-residence, editioning, assisting in the archives, educational programming and performing various other print related tasks depending upon experience.

Anchor Graphics Internship, Columbia College/ Chicago

Anchor Graphics was founded in 1988 for the purpose of advancing the fine art printmaking tradition by providing educational and art-making opportunities for young people and professional artists, and by educating the public about the fine art printmaking process. Since 1996, Anchor Graphics has been located in downtown Chicago and maintains gallery and studio spaces for the production of prints and their display. Anchor Graphics consistently maintains its mission of offering free printmaking activities for Chicago youth, adult evening classes, access to the facilities for artists, and community programs. 

Internship Description: This ten-week program offers hand-on training in many aspects of a professional print studio. The intern is involved with platemaking, assisting the master printer and the artists-in-residence, editioning, coordinating educational programs and performing other print related tasks depending upon experience. Student may also help with administrative tasks as required.

The Field Museum Internship, Chicago

The the Field Museum was founded to house the biological and anthropological collections assembled for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. These objects form the core of the Museum’s collections which have grown through world-wide expeditions, exchange, purchase, and gifts to more than twenty million specimens. The collections form the foundation of the Museum’s exhibition, research and education programs, which are further informed by a world-class natural history library of more than 250,000 volumes.

Internship Description:

The Field Museum’s Exhibitions department is comprised of sub-sects of individuals who design, develop, and produce the content and material aspects of all Museum exhibitions.

• An intern may assist exhibitions project administrators in coordinating Field Museum temporary, traveling, and permanent exhibitions. This work could include: assembling marketing materials for and communicating with traveling exhibition host venues, performing audience research, compiling artifact lists and databases for temporary and permanent exhibitions, and assisting with other administrative details of exhibitions.

• In addition, the intern may assist with content research and original exhibit development tasks.  This work could include: working with teams of museum professionals as they plan, develop, and design shows; as well as creating audience survey projects to aide the planning, production, or post-opening evaluation of a number of major exhibitions. 

As time allows, the intern will also attend exhibition planning meetings, intern programs, and the quarterly President’s address to meet other staff members and learn more about how The Field Museum operates.

Internship offered through the American Cities Internship Program funded by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

High Museum of Art/Atlanta

Founded in 1905, the High Museum of Art is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta’s Midtown arts and business district, the High has over 11,000 works of art in its permanent collection. The museum has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art. In 2005, the High Museum unveiled its expanded facilities to the public, more than doubling its size with three new building designed by architect, Renzo Piano.

Internship Description: 
Our Summer Internship Program is offered for eight weeks during June and July, and is open to qualified, currently enrolled undergraduate students. This particular intern will work exclusively within the Education department’s Museum Interpretation team. The intern will work on both the Louvre Atlanta Year 3 and The First Emperor: China’s Terracotta Army exhibitions – assisting with label writing, web work and the Louvre Atlanta Year 3 interpretation technology piece.

Internship offered through the American Cities Internship Program funded by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

The Judah L. Magnes Museum Internship, San Francisco

The Magnes is a museum of art and history focused on the Jewish experience. The Museum demonstrates a commitment to both tradition and experimentation through wide-ranging collections, original exhibitions, provocative programs, and research facilities, including the largest history center relating to the Jews in the American West. The Magnes is a place of discovery for Jews and the community at large, and contributes to international scholarship and culture.

Major priorities in 2008 at the Magnes are to build membership, increase visibility, and develop broad-based community interest that will support the museum’s planned move to a new facility in downtown Berkeley. The Wellesley intern will have the opportunity to work with an experienced and enthusiastic team of museum professionals, supporting the museum’s mission and objectives at this exciting time as the Magnes plans its expansion into its new location in the burgeoning Downtown Berkeley Art & Theater District. The museum’s planned expansion will give the museum additional space for exhibitions and educational programming.

Internship Description:
A summer internship is available to a qualified undergraduate student to work with the development and marketing team. The intern is expected to work approximately 35 hours per week under the supervision of both the Director of Development and Marketing and the Press Relations and Marketing Coordinator.
Responsibilities include:
Drafting news releases, web announcements, calendar listings, etc.
Developing public outreach strategy for exhibitions and programs
Managing website content and updates
Special projects

Internship offered through the American Cities Internship Program funded by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Internship offered through the American Cities Internship Program funded by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations

Luce Internships in Asia Program

The college's most comprehensive international internship program, Elisabeth Luce Moore '24 Internships in Asia aims to prepare students for lives and careers in a global economy. Through rigorous summer internships in East Asian business, government, and not-for-profit organizations, students gain knowledge of local business and cultural norms that inform their liberal arts education and prepare them for professions in an interconnected world. Elisabeth Luce Moore '24 Internships in Asia, which currently sponsors internships in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea, was established in 1999 with a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and builds on ties between Wellesley and Asia that date back to the late 19th century.

Students in all fields and majors are encouraged to apply. Our current offerings are applicable to many areas of study, including art, architecture, government, education, business, finance economics, consulting, women’s studies, religion, and science. Fluency in an East Asian language may not be required. Please click on the internship placements listed below for specific requirements.

Luce Internships in Asia Program: Asia Art Archive/Hong Kong

Initiated in 2000 as a direct response to the increasing number of Asian contemporary art exhibitions and events worldwide, the Asia Art Archive (AAA) is the first non-profit research center in Hong Kong dedicated to documenting the recent history of visual art from the region within an international context. Its first executive director, Claire Hsu, founded the Asia Art Archive in collaboration with Chang Tsong-zung and Ronald Arculli, with the goal of creating a comprehensive and detailed user-friendly research center for contemporary Asian art. To ensure continued support for and promote understanding of contemporary Asian art, the Archive believes that it is of the utmost importance to acquire, collate, and catalog material in this area and make its holdings easily accessible.  Currently, AAA acquires primary material from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao.  However, AAA hopes to add material from one or two new countries from the regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia each year.

Internship Description:
The intern will becoming familiar with the Asia Art Archive (AAA) library system and learn how to catalog new material. She will also undertake a specific project, such as the development of educational programs, documenting local exhibitions and events, or research on diaspora artists of Asian descent. The opportunity exists for the intern to accompany AAA staff on research trips in Asia.

Luce Internships in Asia Program: Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai

Museum of Contemporary Art Shanghai (MoCA Shanghai) is the first non-profit and independently-operated contemporary art institution in Shanghai. Endorsed by the Shanghai Municipal Government and funded by the Samuel Kung Foundation, MoCA Shanghai is devoted to the promotion of Chinese and international contemporary art. Managed by a team of local and international professionals with extensive curatorial and administrative experiences, MoCA Shanghai intends to lead in nurturing the appreciation of Chinese and international contemporary art and design, in encouraging cultural exchange between Shanghai and the world, and in promoting professionalism in museum management and curatorial practices in China.

Internship Description:

An internship with MoCA Shanghai will allow a student to familiarize herself with a young non-profit museum in China. Besides working in conjunction with the educational and curatorial departments on the preparation of exhibitions and exhibition related public programs, the intern will create her own educational workshop in conjunction with the current exhibition’s content and themes (see website for past workshops). This will be her major project for the summer and will be presented to the public in the last few weeks of the internship. The workshop can be targeted towards children, young adults or adults. The workshop must be taught in Chinese and English. The intern will receive help from the local staff but the ideas must be her own. In addition, the intern will research the current exhibition in order to provide tours in English and Chinese to tourists, locals and media.

The Davis Museum and Cultural Center is a vital force in the intellectual, pedagogical and social life of Wellesley College. It seeks to create a challenging environment that fosters visual literacy, supports interdisciplinary study and inspires new ideas, research and critical thinking. The museum is a dynamic venue where cultural pluralism forms a basis for an involvement with the arts in the academy and in life.

The Center for Work and Service supports Wellesley College students and alumnae as they explore career options and make decisions about their futures. Services include career counseling, Internet research resources, an extensive library, a recruitment program, a not-for-profit and public service program, an internship program, informational meetings, programs and panels.

APPLICATION FORM

This is a competitive fellowship program. Please complete the application with as much relevant information as possible. Staff members will review these applications to determine which candidates will be invited for an interview. If you want to submit additional information, please contact the department to which you are submitting the application.