Leo;
You may have already done this however, you may want to go to
www.globalmuseum.org in their careers link they have several internships
listed. I have gone there several times looking for an actual employment
position. I am graduating in May.
John Fisher
Angelo State University
At 04:22 PM 1/31/01 +0000, Leo Charles Coleman wrote:
>I apologise in advance for posting this request to a large professional
>community, but . . ..
>
>I am a third (penultimate) year undergraduate student in Scotland, seeking
>internship
>opportunities for Summer 2001 in Britain or the USA. I am pursing a
>course of Art History and Social Anthropology, and have been researching
>several related aspects of museological knowledge and display,
>(ie., contemporary art practices and the museum, anthropological
>knowledge vs. objects-on-display).
>
>I am interested in working (on a stipend or pay basis--sorry, no volunteer
>internships are possible for me) with an off-beat historical or art
>museum. My favourite museum is the John Soane Museum in London, and I
>would love to work with an institution that has a similar commitment to
>both preserving artefacts and commissioning new work
>(A large order, I know). I am, of course, pursuing several opportunities
>at the larger national institutions. If anyone knows of a good
>opportunity that I may have overlooked in my internet researches or has a
>grant-funded or short term research position available, I would be very
>interested in hearing about it. I am hoping that I may spend this summer
>in rewarding work that will point me in a more rigourously professional
>direction than I have hitherto found. Your institution could be a part of
>this remarkable experiment in theory meeting praxis! (Excuse, please, the
>hyperbole).
>
>Many thanks for your time and patience.
>
>Leo Coleman
>University of St. Andrews
>Scotland
>
>PS--I am a (relatively) mature student, and have had various jobs in the
>not-for-profit and university sector in New York City in the past--that
>is, I am not a rank amateur when it comes to archival and research work.
>Thanks.
>
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