Arts Intern Summer Update
Michael Galardi, Mellon Fellow, Objects Conservation, at the Brooklyn Museum, discusses technical analysis, condition assessment, and treatment of objects for exhibitions.
exploring local arts
& cultural treasures
Greg Peckham, Executive Director of LAND studio in Cleveland, leads interns on a tour of Public Square, a downtown outdoor venue, which includes a park, amphitheater, arts installations—and more.
Newark/NYC Arts Interns view Inspire! Newark’s Underground Railroad, a pop-up exhibition on display in the James Brown African American Room at the Newark Public Library.
Cleveland Arts Interns visit the The CMA Community Arts Center, a community artmaking and gallery exhibition space of The Cleveland Museum of Art.
Joy Bivins, Director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (center), explains the significance of the brass cosmogram on the terrazzo floor of the Langston Hughes Lobby to the NYC/NJ cohort.
Boston Arts Interns from the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (ICA) and the Museum of Science view the art of Simone Leigh from her 2022 Venice Biennale exhibition and other key works guided by ICA curatorial assistant, Anni Pullagura.
Cleveland Arts Interns view Rebecca Louise Law’s The Archive, an immersive installation created with natural materials at the Cleveland Public Library.
interacting with peers
Amy Ferraci, Director of Marketing at the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, discusses the importance of Development and its function within a nonprofit arts organization.
Sixty-five Arts Interns have been on the go since the launch of the summer 2023 program in June. In addition to their work at 49 arts and cultural organizations across nine cities, interns participate in special programming, which includes guided tours and talks with curators and other museum professionals, visits to local arts and cultural sites, and opportunities to connect with peers.
experiencing careers in the arts
Jason M. (foreground), Graphic Design Intern at RISD Museum in Providence, showcases his current project: designing graphics for the RISD Children & Family Day Manual.
Triniti W., Arts Intern at Madison Square Park Conservancy, provides a guided tour of Sheila Pepe’s My Neighbor’s Garden installation to high school students in the Bloomberg Arts Internship program.
GlassRoots (Newark) intern Daniel S. demonstrates glassmaking techniques to ACCA Creates intern Olivia I.
Valerie R., Artwork Research Intern at the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation in New York City.
meeting arts professionals and Making connections
The NYC/Newark cohort meets with Sara Bone, Assistant Conservator, at the Brooklyn Museum (left), who discusses conservation with regard to the museums’s collections: paper, photographs, papyrus, and Asian screens and scrolls.
Museum Educator Julia Justo (second from right) leads a guided tour of El Museo del Barrio’s permanent collection that provides an in-depth perspective on Latino art and visual culture in the U.S., Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Ciela (far left), a tour guide at the Rosenbach museum and library, leads Philadelphia Arts Interns through the Rosenbach brothers’ historic house and library, pointing out some of the highlights in the collection.
Newark/NYC cohort at the Gallery Aferro in Newark meeting with Juno Zago, Creative Director (left) and Candace Nicholson, Gallery Director (right).
Chicago Arts Interns visited the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, where they met with Veronica Ocasio, Director of Education & Programming (far right), followed by a guided tour. Photo: Elias Carmona Rivera
8/7/23