Curatorial Painting and Sculpture Intern
Curatorial Painting and Sculpture Intern
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15-03-2025
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Monthly Salary
$ 7200 - 7200
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1 Vacancy
Posted on :
15-03-2025
Job Description
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area. We cannot imagine life without art; it inspires and connects us every day. Now more than ever these connections matter and are aligned with our values.
Inclusive: We strive to be a museum of many voices in dialogue.
Passionate: We believe working with art is more than a job or trusteeship its a way of life.
Brave: We are committed to approaching our work with courage and a sense of adventure always ready to explore new perspectives.
Empathic: We aim to act like a person not an institution.
SFMOMA is a place for the infinitely curious to explore support and experience the art of our time. We believe that modern and contemporary art can influence the way we think view the world and embrace the many voices and perspectives around us. We aspire to foster an environment that elicits joy nurtures a sense of belonging and purposewhere difference is seen as a strength and every one is appreciated for their whole self.
SCHEDULE: Full Time 35 hours/week June 16 August 15 2025 approximately 3 days working onsite
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
A cornerstone of SFMOMAs identity since we first opened in 1935 the department of Painting and Sculpture consistently engages with the art and artists of our time. Whether by supporting artists at early stages of their careers as founding director Grace McCann Morley did when she presented the first solo museum exhibitions for Jackson Pollock Mark Rothko and Arshile Gorky or by organizing major retrospectives and thematic exhibitions we are committed to fostering new ideas and approaches to modern and contemporary art. Our collection features art created between 1900 and the present and highlights the work of numerous individual artists in depth. Purposefully wideranging in scope areas of concentration include Fauvism Cubism and Surrealism in France; Modernism in the United States and Latin America; American Abstract Expressionism Minimalism and Pop art; postwar German art; and contemporary art from around the globe. As the first museum on the West Coast dedicated to modern and contemporary art a large part of our collection focuses on artists from California and particularly the Bay Area. Numbering more than eight thousand works our holdings include paintings sculptures and works on paper yet often expand beyond these categories to follow artists and their interests.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
In close collaboration with curators in the Painting and Sculpture department the intern will concentrate on objectcentered research into the Fisher Collection and the museums permanent collection in preparation for gallery presentations. Among other projects the intern will assist in preparations for a major reinstallation of the Fisher Collection galleries to celebrate the 10year anniversary of the Fisher Collection at SFMOMA in 2026.
PROJECT PLAN
Concentrated research on individual objects and artists in the Fisher Collection and Painting and Sculpture permanent collection that will be featured in upcoming gallery presentations and/or on SFMOMAs website
Compilation of research folders bibliographic materials existing texts and frame research
Assist in writing ingallery and online interpretive materials as appropriate
Participate in occasional gallery installations and exhibition planning meetings
Correspondence with artists estates galleries and archivists as needed
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
Exposure to various aspects of organizing permanent collection exhibitions such as conducting research compiling checklists writing interpretive materials and collaborating with departments across the museum
ADDITIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAMMING
The Summer 2025 Internship will offer 9 weeks of handson experience and mentorship along with weekly presentations and discussions with various departments in the museum offsite educational visits within the Bay Area community and access to various tours and events within the museum.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS
College student majoring in art history or M.A. or Ph.D student in an art history program
Ability to carry out independent and rigorous library and archival research
Familiarity with histories of 20th century art
Excellent writing abilities
**Current SFMOMA employees are not eligible to apply for the Summer 2025 internship.**
$7200 $7200 onetime
$7200 pretax stipend paid out in a onelump sum after start date
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Completed application via SFMOMAs job site
Resume
Cover letter stating the specific internship of interest. Describe the experience you bring why you are interested in museum or nonprofit work reasons for applying to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and your goals for the internship.
Two letters of recommendation from either a college professor or current/former employer.
College transcript: Transcripts can be unofficial but need to be legible.
Application Deadline: March 14 2025
You do not need separate letters of recommendation for each intern application please just let each of the recommenders know which internships (up to 3 youre applying to and well review those two letters across all of your internship applications.
Location: San Francisco 151 3rd Street.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
SFMOMA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity equity inclusion and accessibility. No person shall be discriminated against based on race color religion gender gender identity age genetic informationancestry/national origin marital status disability medical condition HIV status sexual orientation veteran/military status and any other category protected by federal of state law.
You may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable to or are limited in your ability to access job postings or provide additional information asked in the job posting.
You can request reasonable accommodation by contacting the People Team at
Required Experience:
Intern
Employment Type
Intern
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