Job Posting: Summer Internships – National Gallery of Art (Washington, DC)

Conservation: Frames
The intern will learn about the history, techniques, and craftsmanship of museum-quality fine art framing, as well as the complexities of how frames are chosen by curators, designers, and conservators. He or she will assist frame conservators in making molding and constructing and finishing frames for canvas and panel paintings. Duties may also involve other frame-related work, including computer imaging, sample making, creating wooden sculpture bases, database maintenance, and photographic documentation, as well as organizing workshop and antique frame storage. Basic creative design, woodworking, painting, and color-mixing skills are required.
Conservation: Objects
The intern will assist with the yearly summer maintenance and treatment of the outdoor sculpture collection in the Sculpture Garden and surrounding the East and West Buildings. He or she will work with a team of conservators to clean and protect these large-scale sculptures. The intern will also help maintain the department’s object condition database, including uploading information from the paper files and completing condition examinations on sculpture and medals. As possible, the intern may assist conservators with their research or with other projects including x-radiography and technical study. Current graduate students and 2015 graduates in conservation are invited to apply. Graduate students in museum studies and collection management programs may be considered as well.
Conservation: Paper
The intern will assist paper conservators in organizing and cataloging items in the Paper Sample Collection of historic and contemporary artists’ drawing and printing papers. Other responsibilities will include recording watermarks photographically and researching papermaking companies. Current graduate students and 2015 graduates in conservation, studio art, or archival studies are encouraged to apply. Knowledge of paper and papermaking is essential.
For more information about our summer internship program, including application guidelines and forms, please direct faculty and students to our Web site, http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/opportunities/interns-and-fellows/graduate/summer.html.html. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.