(Internship) Art Access & Community Outreach at the Rubin Museum
Description:
About the Position
Position Title: Access & Community Outreach Internship
Reports To: Senior Specialist, Himalayan Culture and Art Department: Visitor Experience and Interpretation
The Access & Community Outreach Intern will assist with the implementation of museum programs for non-traditional audiences, visitors with disabilities, adults living with dementia, and their caregivers.
Duties include logistical program support and providing outreach to community and cultural centers in the New York City area.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Draft and compile media for regular monthly programs (PPT, videos, high-res images, etc.).
• Consult with teaching artists and performers to schedule meetings and rehearsals.
• Assist with focused outreach to groups that join occasionally or regularly and maintaining relationships with activity organizers, and to organizations for cross-promotion of programs
• Create flyers and eblasts using the Rubin’s Mailchimp and SurveyMonkey accounts.
• Create reminder and follow-up emails for program participants and shepherd collateral through the museum editorial review process.
• Attend and evaluate Access programs at the Rubin Museum and other local museums to cross compare.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree, or a graduate student, preferably studying art history, art education, museum studies, disability studies, or a related field.
• Must have strong computer, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Attention to detail is necessary.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint required. Familiarity with Mailchimp preferred but not required.
• An interest in working with visitors who have disabilities, and art history/art education also desired.
Training The Access & Community Outreach Intern will train in museum education techniques and working with visitors who have disabilities. Paired with opportunities to observe tours, engage with visitors, and our docent educators. Training in research and archiving methods, writing and editing, producing interpretive materials.
Commitment:
6 months/one semester. Approximately 12-16 hours/week, 2-3 days a week.
Payment: The Access & Community Outreach Intern will receive a stipend of $1,000 divided between two payments and course credit, if needed.
Discounts at the museum café and shop.
Free admission with museum ID to most New York City institutions. Professional development opportunities
To Apply:
Send resume and cover letter to: volunteersandinterns@rubinmuseum.org. In the subject headline, note “Access and Community Outreach Internship.” Please attach both cover letter and resume as PDF files to your email, with both files containing a format as follows: Last name, first initial_coverletter.pdf (or _resume.pdf) “SMITHJ_resume.pdf”
Deadline: February 15, 2022 The Rubin Museum of Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or political affiliation. The Access & Community Outreach Internship is sponsored in full by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.