Internships
Internships at LACMA
Collection Development and Exhibition Support Internship
Audience Strategy & Services Internship
Collections Management Internship
Registrar & Collection Information Internships
Collection Development and Exhibition Support Internship
Winter 2014
Development
LACMA’s Development Department works with major corporations, foundations and government agencies, as well as individuals to raise critical funds for the museum’s exhibitions, programs and operations. The Collection Development and Exhibition Support intern will learn from Individual Giving managers and directors about the full cycle of development at a major non-profit arts institution. The intern will gain experience in each step of the development process from prospecting, cultivation, solicitation, all the way through to fulfillment of gifts and donations. The intern will also have the unique opportunity to experience the planning stages of LACMA’s 50th Anniversary exhibition. Upper division students currently enrolled in undergraduate studies, or recent graduates or graduate students interested in learning about non-profit arts development, specifically in a museum setting, are encouraged to apply.
Interns will gain knowledge in the following areas:
- Understand the process of individual giving solicitation strategies and how to identify new potential donors through research
- Shadow employees in Development while they create materials for exhibitions and acquisition proposals
- Learn how to create content for donor publications and general communications outreach
- Attend special fundraising events
- Shadow the Director of Collection Development and Exhibition Support at meetings
- Attend curator talks and Development meetings and learn about LACMA's mission, collection, and organizational systems
- Understand how to research and write proposals and catalogue entries
To Apply
Please send a cover letter and resume to cyang@lacma.org by January 8, 2015.
Media Production Internship
Year-Round
Web & Digital Media
Description
The Media Production intern will learn about the process of creating multimedia content for LACMA’s website. The intern will gain insights into creative aspects of media production, the hands-on production process, and coordination with key museum departments including Curatorial, Education, Rights & Reproductions. This internship will provide the opportunity to gain or expand knowledge in filmmaking, sound recording, and editing, as well as to explore the presentation of audiovisual content in interactive presentations for the Museum’s website or mobile app.
This internship will also provide the opportunity to independently produce and edit certain videos (with light guidance by LACMA’s Multimedia Producer) that can serve as references in the intern’s portfolio.
To Apply
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing your academic and professional interests to Agnes Stauber at astauber@lacma.org. Schedules are determined on an individual basis; this opportunity is non-compensatory.
Audience Strategy & Services Internship
Year-Round
Audience Strategy & Services
Description
The Audience Strategy and Services intern will have hands-on opportunities to learn about all channels of museum marketing. The intern will professionally and effectively learn how LACMA’s marketing projects are managed. The intern will examine and comprehend the coordination of key marketing projects including advertising, outreach and community relations, online marketing, copywriting, and execution of other marketing initiatives.
Interns will gain knowledge in the following areas:
- Understand coordination of marketing initiatives that drive attendance and build audience for LACMA’s exhibitions and programs
- Get hands-on experience in day-to-day operations of marketing staff
- Learn best-practices for mass email communication (MailChimp) while creating and sending weekly and monthly campaigns
- Get exposure to on-site patron communications through the production of daily ‘Today at LACMA’ documents
- Letter drafting to use in marketing collateral
- Be exposed to inter-departmental, creative project management
- Collaborate on outreach initiatives including communication with schools, cultural institutions, community organizations, online communities and bloggers, retail businesses, and other local and national audiences, in addition to hotel and tourist organizations
- Interpret market research (implementation of surveys, data collection, etc.)
- Access to sit-in and observe meetings and conference calls, as well as access to staff-only presentations, tours, and walkthroughs
To Apply
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter describing your academic and professional interests to Roberto Ayala at rayala@lacma.org. Schedules are determined on an individual basis; this opportunity is non-compensatory.
Collections Management Internship
Year-Round
Collections Management
Collections Management will be accepting applications for one or two student interns on an ongoing basis, following the university semester system.
Description
Collections Management ensures works of art in storage areas are accessible, housed under proper environmental conditions, and are properly protected while in storage. The internship program is designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about projects related to collections care and long term preservation goals. Projects that an intern may be exposed to include: the preparation of archival materials for artwork housing, creating archival enclosures for artwork and other artifacts, conducting inventories of collection storerooms, the integrated pest management program, monitoring other environmental conditions of collection storerooms, and others that may develop. This non-compensatory internship is appropriate for students from the following majors: museum studies, art history, anthropology, archaeology, history, library science or pre-program conservation studies. Academic credit can be arranged.
To Apply
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Samantha Forsko, Collections Management Technician, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., los Angeles, CA 90036; or email sforsko@lacma.org.; or send a fax to (323) 857-4754.
Deadlines for Application
November 1 for spring semester (January-May)
April 1 for summer (June, July, August)
July 1 for fall semester (September-December)
Registrar & Collection Information Internships
Year-Round
Registrar's Office
The Registrar's Office will be accepting applications for student interns on an ongoing basis, following the university semester system.
Description
The Registrar's Office creates and maintains the official records for all of the objects in the LACMA collections or on loan to the museum. The internship program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to learn about projects related to documenting the permanent collection, inventorying and cataloguing objects, incoming and outgoing loans, exhibitions, database management, and special projects. The interns will be exposed to all phases of registration and receive additional assignments focusing on archiving and museum ethics. This non-compensatory internship is appropriate for students from the following majors: museum studies, art history, art, anthropology, archaeology, history, and library science. Academic credit can be arranged.
To Apply
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Nancy Russell, Registrar's Office, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036; or email cmandell@lacma.org; or send a fax to to 323 857-6213.
Deadlines for Application
- November 1 for spring semester (January–April)
- March 1 for summer (May-August)
- July 1 for fall semester (September–December)
