Posner Center Exhibits Opportunity for hands-on experience!

PAID INTERNSHIP

Posner Center Exhibits Opportunity for hands-on experience!

Stipend: $2475

The Posner Fine Arts Foundation funds internships for Carnegie Mellon students to do individual research in the Posner Memorial Collection and prepare exhibits.

The Spring 2006 internship application deadline is November 11, 2005.

One internship will be awarded.

The student completes a one-semester internship of 15 hours per week spent researching and creating an exhibit in collaboration with faculty and/or librarians. The internship, open to undergraduates and graduate students, is available as a non-credit/credit program. Students who wish to earn academic credit must gain permission from their academic department and/or school before the internship begins. The intern should have a faculty advisor.

The goals of the internship program are to enable students to:

* Fulfill the Posner Fine Arts Foundation's mission for education, visibility, and use of the Posner Memorial Collection.
* Participate in an active, collaborative learning experience
* Integrate knowledge from a variety of sources and fields
* Learn to communicate in a professional environment

Examples of possible projects using the Posner Memorial Collection include:

* Prepare an exhibit on Huygens and the pendulum
* Prepare a multimedia or artistic interpretation based on the collection
* Research practical management styles seen in the works of Machiavelli or Captain Bligh
* Design an exhibit to explain in cultural milieu of Sir Walter Scott's novels

Process:

1. Visit the Posner Center and familiarize yourself with the Posner Memorial Collection.
2. Talk to staff of Special Collections: Mary Kay Johnsen, 412-268-6622, or Bella Karr Gerlich, 412-268-7263.
3. Submit Application essay. Go to Online Application