Internship at Griffin Museum of Photography

Join us for a hands on creative opportunity in our museum dedicated to photography. Work with artists, images and our day-to-day operations. 

The Griffin Museum of Photography seeks onsite and hybrid interns.

Intern positions can be seasonal or structured around your own timeframe to meet your needs for credit or education. 

Potential Areas of Interest –

• Curation / Exhibitions – hands on experience with arts administration, including label-writing, interpretive strategy, record keeping, web and database support of our exhibition and events calendar, and support of overall operations. Works alongside our Executive Director and Exhibition Coordinators.
• Programming– Assisting and implementing educational programs that serve our membership, creating marketing plans for programming, social media implementation. Works alongside our Education Director.
• Membership / Development - Assisting our Executive Director and Operations Manager to develop relationships with our membership base, and also work on the development team creating opportunities for engaging our members in events, programs and exhibitions.
• Communications– Working alongside the Social Media Content Producer to execute all press-related coordination, including writing press releases, reaching out to journalists, and updating community calendars with museum happenings as well as work with our social media team to highlight the museums programs and events.
• Design - Work alongside the Social Media Content Producer and Exhibition Coordinators to create print materials for exhibitions including but not limited to wall vinyls, exhibition catalogues, and newsletters. Must have InDesign experience.
• Project-Based Internship- These internships are specifically focused on exhibition, artist outreach, social media, working with our Arthur Griffin Archive, and other initiatives as established by agreement between the intern and Griffin staff.

The Griffin Museum requires a ten hour per week commitment for internships. These opportunities are unpaid, but are available for credit. Housing and transportation are not provided.

The Griffin Museum is open to internships on a rolling basis. When applying for your internship please indicate an Area of Interest, your available dates (start and end dates) as well as your weekly availability for in-person or remote work. The museum is open to the public Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-4pm and closed on Mondays. 

INTERNSHIP DATES: 

Fall Semester Internships run September-December. 

Winter Internships -  January - March

Spring - March - May

Summer - May - August

PLEASE NOTE: We like to tailor our internships to each individual. We invite you to look through our mission, services and resources to find what speaks to you and your goals. If you don’t see something here that fits your interests, send us your resume with an internship proposal!

TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should attach a cover letter and resume in PDF format. Email your letter of interest to Executive Director Crista Dix at crista@griffinmuseum.org