Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Internship Opportunity: Hirshhorn Museum in DC


The Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden is looking for summer interns to work with their Digital Learning Programs. Here's all the info:

Each summer the Hirshhorn offers workshops and organizes production teams and social clubs for DC-area youth as part of our Digital Learning Programs. This year the Museum has an opening for a paid intern. Eligible students should be enrolled in a college-level digital media, museum education, or studio art program. Experience with Apple iLife and Adobe Creative Suite is suggested; the ability to troubleshoot technology is required. The position lasts twelve consecutive forty-hour weeks, from June 6 to August 26, 2011. The workweek is Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.

About the Hirshhorn's Digital Learning Programs
The Digital Learning Programs constitute a Museum-wide initiative that teaches DC-area youth, ages 13 to 19, to use technology to create projects inspired by Hirshhorn exhibitions. In addition to the Art Lab, which provides a physical base for the DLP, there is an online social network that enables teens to share work and ideas when they are away from the Museum. There is also a full-day drop-in technology center open to teens so they can hang out, meet friends, and experiment with technology. During this time, a teen social club meets to plan events and a teen production team meets to initiate group projects. For more information, please see the ARTLAB+ website: http://artlabplus.si.edu/

Intern Responsibilities
The Digital Learning Programs intern will primarily provide workshop educators with logistical support and participants with on-site and online mentoring, guiding teens through Museum galleries and supporting production teams and social clubs in planning projects and events. The four-day workshops can be strenuous, involving activities both inside the Art Lab and outside on the National Mall. The fifth day of each week focuses on facilitating the drop-in program.

Stipend
The intern will receive a stipend of $3000 for the twelve-week period.

Applications must be completed online at https://solaa.si.edu no later than Friday, May 20, 2011. Any questions about the internship should be directed to Ryan Hill, Director of Digital Learning Programs.

For more info, visit http://hirshhorn.si.edu/info/page.asp?key=207&subkey=362

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