Careers and Internships in Art History and related fields
Listed here are links to current web sites where you can find job and internships available for those with Art History and Art History-related backgrounds.
(Updated January 3, 2013)
NEW!
Article: Credit for Internships: Is it Due? (New York Times)
www.nytimes.com/2013/02/03/education/edlife/internships-for-credit-merited-or-not.html
Article: No Nonsense Tips for Landing a Career in the Art World
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/843149/10-no-nonsense-tips-for-landing-a-career-in-the-art-world
Article: Finding a Job (preparing for an interview)
www.gyst-ink.com/resources/findingajob.php
Links:
- American Alliance of Museums - www.aam-us.org/resources/careers
- Architecture Careers - www.archcareers.org/ (this site also lists internships)
- ARLIS (Art Libraries Society of North America - www.arlisna.org/jobs.taf
- ARLIS Internship Roster - www.uflib.ufl.edu/afa/pdc/internshiproster.htm
- Art Assistant Careers - www.ehow.com/list_6545885_art-assistant-careers.html
- Art History Jobs - arthistoryjobs.com/
- Art History Resource Kit (@ Univ. Delaware) - www.udel.edu/CSC/arthist.html
- Art Jobs - www.artjob.org (Contact Career Services for login information)
- ArtSEARCH - www.tcg.org (Contact Career Services for login information)
- ART.SY - The Art Genome Project - http://art.sy/jobs
- Career Alternatives for Art Historians - www.nd.edu/~crosenbe/jobs.html
- College Art Association (CAA) - www.collegeart.org/careers/
- Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, NM (Paid and unpaid internships) DEADLINE: March1 - http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/paid-internships.html
- Habitat for Humanity - www.habitat.org/
- Internship and job opportunities in Preservation - www.preservationdirectory.com/PreservationBlogs/ArticleListings.aspx
- Internships in Art History (resources for graduate students) - www.efn.org/~acd/Intern.html and www.efn.org/~acd/resources.html
- Ithaca College Career Services - www.ithaca.edu/careers
- Ithaca College - Roy H. Park School of Communications Internship Database www.ithaca.edu/rhp/internships/intern_db/ (Use your IC user name/password - put "museum" in the keyword field)
- Metropolitan Museum of Art Internships - www.metmuseum.org/education/er_internship.asp
- MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) (Spring 2013 Internship) http://www.moma.org/learn/courses/internships#seasonal (For the academic year 2013-14 - information will be available March 2013)
- National Building Museum - www.nbm.org/about-us/employment_internships/internship-program.html
- New York Foundation for the Arts (Job Listings in the Arts) - www.nyfa.org/jobs
- National Park Service - www.nps.gov/personnel/intern.htm
- Museum-Ed - www.museum-ed.org/ (join listserve)
- Museum Employment Resource Center - www.museum-employment.com/
- Philadelphia Museum of Art - Museum Studies Internship Program - http://www.philamuseum.org/information/48-159-50.html (Deadline: January 31, 2013)
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey - www.panynj.gov/careers/summer-internship-program.html
- Princeton University Art Museum - artmuseum.princeton.edu/resources/university-students/internships/
- Second Nature-Education for Sustainability - www.secondnature.org/documents/InternshipsAnnouncement_greenbuilding.pdf
- Sotheby's Institute of Art - www.sothebysinstitute.com/newyork/index.html
In New York Sotheby's offers three Master's Degree programs, in Art Business, Contemporary Art and American Fine and Decorative Art. A two-semester Graduate Certificate is also available to students who complete the required coursework for the MA but who do not wish to write a Master's Degree Thesis. A range of Summer Study Courses and Professional Studies and Public Programs are also offered.
- Tompkins County Planning Department - Sustainability Internship Program www.tompkins-co.org/planning/energyclimate/SustainabilityInternshipProgram2011.htm
- Visual Resources Association (VRA) - www.vraweb.org/jobopps.html
- Whitney Museum of American Art - http://whitney.org/About/Internships (Deadline for summer 2013 intenrships: February 15, 2013)
