About the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship Program
The goal of the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program is to diversify the staff of museums and visual arts organizations in LA County to better reflect the communities they serve. This is an imperative in a region that has long enjoyed a majority-minority population.
The program offers paid internships in core areas of museum work such as curatorship, conservation, education, publications, and public programming. No prior work experience or educational background in the arts is required.
About the Internship
The Library Foundation of Los Angeles seeks a curatorial intern to assist with the planning and implementation of the upcoming exhibition and program series, No Prior Art. The project, produced in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library as part of the Getty Foundation’s Pacific Standard Time initiative, will open at Central Library in Fall 2024.
No Prior Art explores the nature of creativity by taking the concept of invention as the meeting place of art and science. This project will uncover fascinating and underrepresented stories from the history of invention, survey artist inventors, explore Los Angeles as a place of cross-disciplinary innovation, and celebrate our public libraries as places for active creation and collaboration, not simply the absorption and dissemination of information and ideas.
The Curatorial intern’s tasks will include independent research, communication with exhibition lenders and project partners, project management, writing and original content creation for web and exhibition materials, and pre-production of public programs to take place at libraries citywide. The selected intern will work with LFLA and LAPL staff and other project collaborators to get an in-depth overview of the process and work that goes into producing a large-scale exhibition and program series.
Internship Timeline
10 weeks, June 20 – August 25, 2023, work hours 9:30 am – 5:30 pm, Monday - Friday (with flexibility). The internship is in person at Central Library with the option of occasional remote work.
Compensation
Total stipend of $6,800 for 10 weeks of full-time work.
To apply
Submit your résumé, cover letter, and a brief writing sample (1-3 pages on any subject can be something completed for school showing independent research capacity and writing style).
If you have any questions, contact Todd Lerew, Exhibition Curator and Intern Supervisor, toddlerew@lfla.org, 213-292-6266.
Requirements:
The Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internships are intended for students from backgrounds underrepresented in museums and visual arts professions. Candidates are sought from all areas of undergraduate study at any higher education institution—community college, trade school, and public and private university—and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to the visual arts.
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Be of a group underrepresented in museums and visual arts organizations, including, but not limited to, individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander descent.
- Be currently enrolled as a full-time undergraduate in either a bachelor’s degree program or an associate’s degree program. Students must have completed at least one semester or two quarters of college by June. Students who graduated the semester or quarter immediately before the internship begins are also eligible. (Students who are enrolled in a second BA or BS program are not eligible.)
- Reside or attend college in LA County; and
- Be a United States citizen or permanent resident (non-citizen authorized to live and work in the United States on a permanent basis; also known as a "green card" holder). Students with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival) status valid through the internship period are also eligible.
- Note: Students can participate in the program multiple times but must intern at a different organization each summer.