My internship was at the Getty Center for Art History and the Humanities
back in the mid-'80s.  I got paid (not much, but enough to cover rent,
food and gas for the internship period) and was treated like a regular
staff member with a desk, phone and computer all to myself in the main
staff work area.  I worked 40 hours per week for 6 months and
contributed work towards creating the gigantic photo archive of ancient
art that people still consult today, so it was meaningful for the Getty
and interesting for me.  I got to meet lots of people and had a great,
supportive boss who was able to give me a succession of projects with
different challenges so I didn't get bored.  I did very little "busy"
work, and the little I did was given to me with huge apologies for how
boring it was.

In short, it was heaven for a student in the middle of her graduate
program.  I was not actually offered a job at the Getty after I finished
the internship or the grad program, but I'm sure that having it on my
resume helped me get my first "real" job after getting my degree.

Julia Muney Moore
Public Art Administrator
Blackburn Architects, Indianapolis, IN
(317) 875-5500 x230
 

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Subject: Supervising Interns - The Other Side of the Coin

There's been a hearty thread on this topic, directed
from the perspective of the person
"hiring"/supervising the intern.  It begs the
question, however:

    "What do interns want during their experience?"

Obviously, the first answer is money, and the second
is a job following the internship.  

Absent those, what else would you like to get from an
internship?  Without naming names, what are some of
the positives you've seen, and what might you have
liked handled differently?

We've a lot of young people on list, and I suspect
their answers could be informative for those who
supervise.



Indigo Nights
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