KATHE BURKHART
Kathe Burkhart, a former Gallatin advisor, is an interdisciplinary feminist artist and writer with 45 solo shows and over 200 group shows internationally.
Organization Website: https://www.rozenstraat.com/event/kathe-burkhart/
Organization Address: 535 W 23RD ST, Apt. S3P
Contact Name: Kathe Burkhart
Contact Phone: (347) 413-4278
Contact Email: katheburkhart@gmail.com
INTERNSHIP INFORMATION:
Industry: Arts/Arts Management
Keywords: painting, photography, video, literature, installation
Preferred Academic Level: Graduate
Description of Internship: Artist’s assistant internship
The intern will assist an international artist, located in Chelsea with multiple projects in progress, and gain experience by helping to prepare for a major archival exhibition with NYU’s Fales Library Tracey-Barry gallery and a picture book project spearheaded by the Amsterdam Museum with essays by prominent curators and scholars and other tasks as they arise.
The intern will:
-Gain experience with framing and installation planning for a major exhibition.
-Assist with pulling approximately 300 archival objects from the library holdings. Assist in organizing panels in tandem with the exhibition.
-Fundraising for the projects (grant-writing and crowdfunding)
-Assist administratively with correspondence with nonprofit organizations, curators, galleries and collectors, participate in meetings by phone, email, chat, or video; image requests, archiving digital files, and announcements, shipping and receiving, studio visits, invoicing and inventory, and book and literary submissions.
This is initially an unpaid position with lunches and travel paid by the artist that may lead to a future paid position.
Contact: katheburkhart@gmail.com
Desired Skills: Strong Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Final Cut, and Excel skills are desired. Seeking a detail-oriented person with an interest in artists’ archives, feminism, literature and politics.
Other Requirements: will consider upper level undergrads, prefer those with a background in visual art and literature
