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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