If you think competition for grants and fellowships is fierce wait until
you start applying for real jobs.  Again, Alexandra and all others,
there is no reason why you cannot do this yourself. My own sites started
out very small; in fact the Resources site began as a four-page, 14-pt
hardcopy supplement to The Rutgers Art Review.  I grabbed it and made it
into an online newsletter when it became plain that the RAR was having
severe publication problems and that no one was interested in continuing
the Resources newsletter.
  So, take a look at my site--it's still pretty primitive, without fancy
animation or flash or even its own search engine, but then again every
machine can read it.  Lots of organizations, colleges, universites, and
even, sometimes, museums, have sites similar, if much smaller, rather
like mine which you may find more attractive.  Don't wait for some
mystical other to do stuff for you.  You may be a graduate student but
you are not entirely helpless.
  A last thought: I am an art historian, not a museum person.  To me it is
quite surprising how much more support there is on this list and
presumably in this field in consideration of career and employment
issues.  There is a big list for art historians, CAAH-L, where such
issues are seldom if ever discussed.  I think the kind of resources you
are writing about would receive a lot of support here and in the field
generally. As they say in Oregon, you need to just do it.

Adrienne DeAngelis, Editor
Resources in Art History for Graduate Students
(http://members.efn.org/~acd/resources.html)
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> Well, I know there are lots of internship listings
> through various museum organization newsletters and
> especially through websites like museumjobs, MERC,
> (and apparently not anymore for globalmuseum.org),
> etc. I would like to try and compile as much
> information as I can on museum conferences, though.
>
> If I knew where to rally support for graduates
> attending conferences, I myself would have a lot more
> under my belt! :) As everyone knows, Graduate schools
> do offer travel funds for those presenting at
> conferences, but they are incredibly competitive. Even
> if an ICOM young professionals organization were able
> to accrue maybe $5000-10,000 per year (I'm a novice in
> the field of fundraising; I don't know what sum would
> be achievable and what would be naive to strive for),
> graduate students could apply for a travel stipend
> through our group. What sorts of foundations for
> scholarship, academic advancement, education, arts and
> culture, etc. are there for this sort of thing? I am a
> member of Phi Beta Kappa (an organization devoted to
> the advancement of scholarship) and have contacted
> them about possible funding opportunities, but have
> not yielded much as of yet.
>
> I'd like to take on the responsibility of creating a
> list of internship websites and resources (that will
> save us the time of listing internships themselves)
> and of accruing as much information as I can on
> conferences occurring on various topics. ICOM itself
> as an extensive calendar with conferences and
> workshops listed on its site.
>
> An ICOM young professionals organization should also
> have an open forum for discussion on professional
> development and experiences at this early stage in our
> careers. There are so many of us in such diverse
> fields of museum work (within my graduate program
> alone!) that I'm convinced we can benefit greatly from
> each other. Creating a strong foundation of networking
> and support at this stage in our careers can only lead
> to better communication and diplomacy later in life
> between our respective institutions.
>
> How can this newsletter be arranged? Who would like to
> be a part of it? Is it too ambitious to create one
> ICOM young professionals group or should there be
> various ones?
>
> Best wishes from Flagstaff, AZ,
>

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