Job Opening Title: Ayesha Bulchandani Graduate Education Internship, Spring 2019
Institution/Organization Name: The Frick Collection
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): New York, NY
Application Deadline: December 3, 2018
Link to job posting: http://www.frick.org/careers/internships
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Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: The Education Department of The Frick Collection is now accepting applications from graduate students for the Ayesha Bulchandani Internship Program for spring 2019.
The intern’s primary responsibility will be a research and interpretive project on the topic of domestic service at 1 East 70th Street between 1914 and 1931, during the period of time when the Frick mansion was a private residence. The intern will also author and present a public gallery talk and participate in the development, administration, and implementation of a variety of programs for the Frick’s many audiences.
The Ayesha Bulchandani Internship is open to current M.A. students and Ph.D. candidates pursuing degrees in public humanities, American history, public history, art history, library/information science, education, museum studies, museum education, or other fields related to The Frick Collection. Preference will be given to applicants with a demonstrated interest in public history.
The internship will span one semester in spring 2019. Activities will be carried out no less than two days a week.
A stipend award of $2,500 is available for Education interns under the Ayesha Bulchandani Internship Program for Graduate Students.
Applications for the Spring 2019 Ayesha Bulchandani Graduate Education Internship will be accepted on a rolling basis until December 3, 2018. Internship applications must be submitted via email to internships@frick.org with the subject line “Ayesha Bulchandani Education Internship – Spring 2019.”
Please write a cover letter in the e-mail body that includes the following: your reasons for applying to the Frick’s Education Department, including a statement describing how an internship would inform your career goals and enhance your academic course of study; your preferred dates and hours of availability during the spring of 2019; and the names, professional affiliations, telephone numbers, and email addresses of two references, at least one of which must be academic. Please attach your résumé, including your current GPA, as a PDF.
