I replied earlier, but I wanted to say something I
forgot before.  Getting real job to save money to go
on to a program that you like is a good idea as well.
And, while you have this 'real job', you can still do
volunteer work that interests you and will help you
network.  I not in a postion that hires (being fairly
low on the museum totem-pole) but taking a little time
to build a nest egg should not deter poeple from
hiring you later on.  Just be honest about it and then
relay the skills you learned that could help you in
that position.  Or, I also worked part time in the
visitor services department of the museum I work in
now (Art Institute of Chicago) and it helped me
network a great deal.  I didn't like it that much, it
was grunt work, but some of the people I worked with
were in the same boat as me and I was able to meet
other people within the museum and look at the
internal job board every day.  That is how I got the
Archives Assistant job I have now.  I don't plan on
staying here for ever either, but it's all been very
valuable and good a stepping stone.  Okay, enough of
my rambling!  Good luck! Amy

--- Kathy Mancuso <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Since you're in Washington, let me suggest the
> Phillips Gallery (Dupont
> Circle area).  I went there for the first time the
> other day, and
> apparently most of their security guards are art
> historians or artists.
> Most are young and female, and you can wear pretty
> much anything you want.
> I don't know details on getting hired, but check it
> out.
>
> In a related question: I'm currently in Washington,
> but probably have to go
> back home (South Carolina) this summer unless I can
> find a cheap place to
> live.  My parents, and even some advisors, are
> pressuring me to get a "real
> job"; other people are telling me not to do that.
> Does anyone have
> suggestions for the jobs you wish you'd had as an
> undergrad and you think
> would be useful to you now?  I have never had a
> "real job," although I've
> had many jobs and quasi-jobs: archives intern,
> museum education intern,
> artist's model, math tutor/grader, GIS person on a
> demography project,
> illustrations research intern on the Handbook of
> North American Indians,
> museum special events staff, and freelance research
> assistant.
> Alternatively, do you think I should avoid getting a
> real job and apply to
> some kind of program? (I can't afford to pay a whole
> lot for the program,
> though). I'm an anthropology major with a minor in
> film studies/visual
> culture, and I'm probably going on for some
> combination of museum
> education/evaluation and visual anthropology.
>
> I would also like to really thank Indigo/Gayle for
> all she does on this
> list.  I compile a listserv for student
> anthropologists, and I know how
> much work it entails to come up with useful things
> for a group of people--
> and how sometimes they don't want those useful
> things!  Bravo for your work!
>
> I don't drink whiskey, but has anyone noticed that
> there's a sort of Mason-
> Dixon line with Pepsi and Coke that's almost like
> the sweet tea line?
> Maybe it is the same thing--as a Pepsi drinker (born
> in the North, bred in
> the South), I find Coke to be very sweet.
>
> Kathy Mancuso
>
>
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