Duke Student Internships

ARTHIST 310 and ARTHIST 311 are internship practicums held at the Nasher Museum, designed to provide Duke students professional museum experience and the opportunity to explore the museum and its operations from a variety of viewpoints.

For ARTHIST 310, Duke students must be available for a total commitment of 6 hours per week: a weekly one-hour seminar and 5 hours in their assigned department (individual intern schedule to be arranged between the student and supervising staff). Students are evaluated on their completion of tasks as assigned by their internship department, participation in the weekly seminar, contribution to the group project and fulfillment of individual final research project. Grades are assigned by the supervising staff in consultation with the seminar instructor.

For ARTHIST 311, Duke students must be available for a total commitment of 8 hours per week. In contrast to ARTHIST 310, there is no weekly class meeting; students work all eight hours within their assigned department (individual intern schedule to be arranged between the student and supervising staff). Students are evaluated solely on their completion of tasks as assigned by their internship department. Therefore, grades are assigned solely by the supervising staff.

Please decide from the listings below which department, at the museum, would best suit your interests and fill out the application below. Also, be sure to upload your most recent CV as a PDF or Word file.

Questions? Please send inquiries to ellen.raimond@duke.edu.

Thank you for your interest in the Nasher! Please note that the departments hosting interns varies from semester to semester and placements are made on a rolling basis.

As a Nasher Museum intern working with
<INSERT DEPARTMENT OF INTEREST HERE FROM LIST BELOW>
expect to…

COMMUNITY INITIATIVES

• Be part of a department that serves as a liaison between the museum and the Durham community.
• Assist in outreach to local organizations and schools.
• Work with the museum’s program for local high school students, the Nasher Teen Council; the intern must be available on Thursday evenings, 5:30 – 7:30 PM.

EDUCATION

• Be part of a department that aims to make learning about enjoyable for all audiences
• Facilitate activities for adult audiences at the museum, such as the Reflections program for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease.

GRAPHIC DESIGN

• Assist in the design of marketing and advertising of exhibitions, the new museum store, signage, and social media.
• Explore ideas to develop museum’s visual identity.
• Learn first-hand how a visual identity is developed and applied in an art museum for print, web, and social media distribution.
• Have a basic knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator) and some web skills, such as HTML.

PUBLIC PROGRAMMING

• Be part of a department that ideates, organizes, and executes public programs that engage visitors with the art museum.
• Communicate with artists/vendors and coordinate with museum staff to plan, develop, and execute your own public program.
• Assist in public programming research and see how other institutions engage their communities.