Application Deadline: Monday, June 15th at 7 am
Interviews are tentatively planned to be held: Tuesday and Wednesday June 16th and 17th
To apply for one or more of these internships, complete this form.
Laguna Art Museum Internships with FOAH Awards in the Departments of Collections and Curatorial, Development, and Events. Note: these internships will be entirely conducted remotely.
Art History majors have first priority followed by Art History and Archaeology minors, Art History MA students, and Visual Studies PhD students. Please let us know if you have financial need and provide any relevant details you wish to share with us. We will keep this information confidential.
The Laguna Art Museum is a museum dedicated to California art. It collects, cares for, and exhibits works of art that were created by California artists or represent the life and history of the state.
The successful applicant should plan to spend a total of 60 hours at the internship and will receive a $1,000 award, which will be processed and paid following completion of the internships and submission of:
General research in museum online records focusing on the museum’s exhibitions and permanent collection.
Data entry, subsequent to research.
Long-term projects/ goals:
There are two primary focus areas for this internship:
Learning outcomes for intern:
The internship provides an opportunity to contribute to the important work of the museum while gaining experience for potential career paths in museums, archives, libraries, and art galleries.
Specifically regarding focus areas including:
Tim Campbell, Registrar
Development Department Internship: The Development department strategically advances the museum’s stakeholder base, donor pool, membership, as well as current and future resources through programs, initiatives, and events that cultivate, solicit, and steward the museum’s members and donors – including corporate, foundation, government, and individual donors. Learning about campaigns, major gifts, annual fund, planned giving, events, grants, membership programs, and visitor services will bring competitive skill sets in non-profit management and enriching experiences in a philanthropic environment. Candidates will learn the ropes of how a museum funds its mission and realizes its vision, working closely with the advancement team at the museum who direct grants management, donor relations, gifts processing, membership communications, events planning, board relations, and prospect research.
The Development intern will work under the supervision of the Director of Advancement and support the activities of that individual as well as the Grants and Development Manager, Events and Development Manager, and Visitor Services and Membership Manager -- in support of fundraising, friendraising, and special projects.
Projects may include: content creation, database entry and maintenance, donor list management, board materials, prospect research, special event preparations, grant administration, mailings, event briefings and attendance lists, development reports, and scheduling.
This internship position provides an opportunity to contribute to the contributed and earned income of a non-profit organization in the arts while also learning about how different museum departments work together.
Sample daily tasks
The internship provides an opportunity to contribute to the important work of the museum while gaining experience for potential career paths in museums, non-profits in general, the arts, and art galleries.
Specific outcomes include:
Bernadette Clemens, Director of Advancement
Events Internship: The individual holding this position functions as a key member of the events team, helping achieve the development department’s annual fundraising and stewardship goals. The position is dedicated to working with the Events and Development Manager as well as other development team members through donor stewardship and events management support.
Tasks:
Working conditions: Staff will work in general office conditions. The position requires a significant amount of computer work and use of general office equipment. Work will require some evening and weekend hours consistent with the museum’s schedule of events and activities.
Contact with others: The position involves a significant amount of contact with museum donors, prospects, staff, volunteers and the general public. This includes frequent interaction with museum trustees and members of the staff that may be of a sensitive or confidential nature. Discretion and sound judgement is required as well as excellent customer relations skills and a friendly, helpful demeanor.
Interviews are tentatively planned to be held: Tuesday and Wednesday June 16th and 17th
To apply for one or more of these internships, complete this form.
Laguna Art Museum Internships with FOAH Awards in the Departments of Collections and Curatorial, Development, and Events. Note: these internships will be entirely conducted remotely.
Art History majors have first priority followed by Art History and Archaeology minors, Art History MA students, and Visual Studies PhD students. Please let us know if you have financial need and provide any relevant details you wish to share with us. We will keep this information confidential.
The Laguna Art Museum is a museum dedicated to California art. It collects, cares for, and exhibits works of art that were created by California artists or represent the life and history of the state.
The successful applicant should plan to spend a total of 60 hours at the internship and will receive a $1,000 award, which will be processed and paid following completion of the internships and submission of:
- A one-page summary to be written by the intern describing what was learned and skills developed, what the intern specifically appreciate about the internship, how the experience could be improved, and any other relevant information.
- A confirmation of hours completed and performance evaluation provided by the intern’s supervisor to c.flanagan@uci.edu. The intern will be responsible for requesting this document from the supervisor and follow up as needed.
- Researching and entering exhibit histories and past label texts of museum-owned works
- Scanning, applying nomenclature/meaningful filenames to, and filing correctly old accession/deaccession records
- Researching and entering artist bios/info (at least birthday/death day level)
- Some quick (non-reproduction quality) photography to capture thumbnails for database keyword tagging of artwork
General research in museum online records focusing on the museum’s exhibitions and permanent collection.
Data entry, subsequent to research.
Long-term projects/ goals:
There are two primary focus areas for this internship:
- Retrospective capture of museum-owned artwork exhibition labels
Learning outcomes for intern:
The internship provides an opportunity to contribute to the important work of the museum while gaining experience for potential career paths in museums, archives, libraries, and art galleries.
Specifically regarding focus areas including:
- Experience in museum nomenclature and record-keeping.
- Experience in describing historic and contemporary art.
- Current college student or recent graduate
- Competent writing skills
- Interest in collections management, database and library sciences
- Proficiency in Office programs (Word and Excel)
- Useful but not required: Experience in Microsoft Access or any database software
Tim Campbell, Registrar
Development Department Internship: The Development department strategically advances the museum’s stakeholder base, donor pool, membership, as well as current and future resources through programs, initiatives, and events that cultivate, solicit, and steward the museum’s members and donors – including corporate, foundation, government, and individual donors. Learning about campaigns, major gifts, annual fund, planned giving, events, grants, membership programs, and visitor services will bring competitive skill sets in non-profit management and enriching experiences in a philanthropic environment. Candidates will learn the ropes of how a museum funds its mission and realizes its vision, working closely with the advancement team at the museum who direct grants management, donor relations, gifts processing, membership communications, events planning, board relations, and prospect research.
The Development intern will work under the supervision of the Director of Advancement and support the activities of that individual as well as the Grants and Development Manager, Events and Development Manager, and Visitor Services and Membership Manager -- in support of fundraising, friendraising, and special projects.
Projects may include: content creation, database entry and maintenance, donor list management, board materials, prospect research, special event preparations, grant administration, mailings, event briefings and attendance lists, development reports, and scheduling.
This internship position provides an opportunity to contribute to the contributed and earned income of a non-profit organization in the arts while also learning about how different museum departments work together.
Sample daily tasks
- Assisting with regular communications and mailings
- Advancement database management
- Prospect research and reports
- Assisting with Special Events planning and follow up
- Creating content for communications with VIPs, support groups and membership
- Scrub “dirty data” from database under the guidance of Donor Relations staff
- Author an employee orientation manual
- Maintain the leadership cultivation efforts of senior museum staff with critical constituents as well as post-visit documentation
- Research of federal, state, and local grant-making prospects for the museum within the scope of program support, capacity building support, capital support, operating support, and other types of grants
The internship provides an opportunity to contribute to the important work of the museum while gaining experience for potential career paths in museums, non-profits in general, the arts, and art galleries.
Specific outcomes include:
- Experience in donor stewardship
- Experience in communications with different levels of patrons and prospects
- Experience in working with non-profit senior staff and program directors in all aspects of advancement: identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
- Exposure to campaign management
- Experience with events, software, and business practices
- Excellent writing skills and attention to detail
- Ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive donor information
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel
Bernadette Clemens, Director of Advancement
Events Internship: The individual holding this position functions as a key member of the events team, helping achieve the development department’s annual fundraising and stewardship goals. The position is dedicated to working with the Events and Development Manager as well as other development team members through donor stewardship and events management support.
Tasks:
- Assist with museum fundraising for gala and/or art auction a key team member
- Process pre-event payments and donations and write acknowledgement letters in coordination with the Director of Advancement, Events and Development Manager, and Business Manager
- Work with Greater Giving POS software and to manage event, guests, paddle raise, and auction items
- Manage and execute ticket purchases, check-in, check-out, and all sales processing during the event
- Provide excellent customer service to event guests
- Reconcile paddle raise donations with Business Manager and submit for payment with Greater Giving
- Generate post-event reports and additional acknowledgement letters
- Provide related administrative and programmatic support where needed
- Assist with other events as needed
Working conditions: Staff will work in general office conditions. The position requires a significant amount of computer work and use of general office equipment. Work will require some evening and weekend hours consistent with the museum’s schedule of events and activities.
Contact with others: The position involves a significant amount of contact with museum donors, prospects, staff, volunteers and the general public. This includes frequent interaction with museum trustees and members of the staff that may be of a sensitive or confidential nature. Discretion and sound judgement is required as well as excellent customer relations skills and a friendly, helpful demeanor.