El Museo del Barrio succeeds with the generous help of those who participate in our people-driven activities. With the help of volunteers, El Museo provides its services with a human touch. Support programs for a few hours and help make El Museo an experience you can be proud of. We also encourage personal development by offering enriching internships to promising students and youth. Please read below for volunteer and intern opportunities and apply today.
Under the supervision of the Manager of Family Programs and Cultural Celebrations, the Cultural Celebrations Intern will research education materials for art-making workshops for children and families. The intern will also assisst in the preparation and execution of hands-on family workshops, and complete other administrative tasks as assigned.
Under the supervision of the Public Programs Coordinator, the Public Programs Intern will help support the coordination, execution and evaluation of these programs. Tasks will include (but not be limited to) researching and contacting artists, reviewing artist proposals, preparing artist contracts, submitting check requests, directing Audio Visual staff, working directly with artists during programs, and interacting with the public during weekly programs.
Under the supervision of the School and Educator Programs Manager, the Educator Program Intern will assist with the program planning, training, and implementation of events over the summer and/or school year for educators in and around New York City. The Intern will have two projects: development and coordination of FY11 Professional Development workshops for teachers; and research and develop resource materials for teachers, including lesson plans, pre-and post activities, educator resource guides and develop art-making activities related to our collection and exhibitions and cultural program. In addition, the Educator Program Intern will provide program support and research such topics, such as: arts integration, museum education, inquiry-base methodology, community and school partnerships, civic engagement and the arts, youth development, and social justice.
The Communications and Public Relations Intern will assist in identifying target media outlets by compiling new niche media lists and updating/organizing pre-existing media contacts on a daily basis. S/he will help develop systems and schedules to advance the museum's internal and external communications. Her/his projects will also include processing and archiving media coverage; developing personal relationships with local, national, and international journalists; helping run press previews and host visiting journalists; assisting with content editing assignments, and offering creative input in developing pitches.
The Marketing and Community Engagement Intern will assist in identifying specific community based organizations and leaders, establishing relationships, and developing systems to better promote the museum's programs. Her/his project will entail marketing research, data gathering (internally and externally), site visits, working with various El Museo departments, development of a distribution strategy for marketing materials, implementation of outreach tracking methods, and creative input on promotional materials.
El Museo del Barrio seeks a fast learner to assist the Webmaster in producing and publishing web content. Under the supervision of the Webmaster, the Web Production Intern will be trained in the basics of Photoshop and HTML, along with web-based Content Management System (CMS) (specifically Drupal's open source CMS platform). Utilizing these tools, the Web Intern will learn to administer institutional information online. Tasks will include updating site with new programs and exhibitions information using customized "Drupal" CMS, resizing and optimizing images for the web using Photoshop "Elements" software, and using HTML and "TinyMCE" tool (web-based word processor) to format text within the CMS. In addition, he/she will complete a research project, and present results to the External Affairs Department (topic TDB).
Under the supervision of the Assistant Registrar, the Curatorial Intern will work closely with the Curatorial staff organizing and developing a resource library for the collection, as well as increasing the public's access to information on El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection through our website. Tasks will include examining and assessing the status of hard file and virtual archives of the collection, and developing new systems to permit access of materials for research purposes. In addition to the Latino/Latin American artists archives, s/he will work with El Museo's archives, which contain historical documents spanning the institution's entire history. The Curatorial Intern will also be involved in the Digitization Project, which entails researching information about works in El Museo's collection and making them available for staff, researchers, and online for the general public.
Under the supervision of the Assistant to the Director, the Director's Office Intern will interface with the public and museum staff to oversee Director's communications, schedule, and correspondence, and will assist as a liaison for the Board of Trustees and the Director, and staff of El Museo. Tasks will include supporting front end and internal communications by telephone, email, and mail, organizing and setting up for meetings and assisting with preparation of support materials, coordinating special events generated by the Director's office, and completing other duties as assigned.