Arts Intern: Prints Initiative Intern
Background
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation is dedicated to promoting greater public interest in and understanding of the visual arts and the work of Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011).
It supports the artist’s legacy through a variety of initiatives, including exhibitions, loans of artwork, research, publications, conservation, grants, educational programs for the public and the scholarly community, and through the Helen Frankenthaler Catalogue Raisonné, LLC, the publishing of a catalogue raisonné.
Persistently experimental and courageous over some sixty years, Frankenthaler produced an impressive oeuvre comprised of paintings on canvas and paper, ceramics, sculpture, tapestries, and prints. The Foundation’s holdings include an extensive collection of works by Frankenthaler and other artists, as well as original papers and materials pertaining to her life and work.
Prints Initiative Intern Overview
The Frankenthaler Prints Initiative (FPI) was launched in 2018 with a mission to enrich academic institutions’ collections and resources and promote scholarly research on Frankenthaler’s innovative contributions to the field of printmaking. Our twenty FPI grantees were selected based on a demonstrated commitment to prints as a significant collecting area and teaching tool.
Each institution was gifted a selection of Frankenthaler’s prints that represent the range of media Frankenthaler used in her printmaking, including etching, lithography, monotype, monoprint, pochoir, screenprint, woodcut, and other techniques, as well as combinations of these methods. In addition to these gifts, institutions were provided with funding to generate new scholarly investigation, exhibitions, and programming surrounding Frankenthaler’s printmaking practice.
FPI continues to generate new scholarship and public access to this rich body of work and amplifies the impact of Helen Frankenthaler’s legacy both as one of the most important American abstract painters of the 20th century and as an outspoken champion of arts education.
The Prints Initiative Intern will support our ongoing partnership and communications with our Frankenthaler Prints Initiative grantees. The educational materials developed during this internship will enhance our internal research resources on Frankenthaler’s prints and assist the Foundation’s efforts to increase awareness of FPI and Frankenthaler’s contributions in the field of printmaking to the broader public.
The Prints Initiative Intern will also gain an understanding of the role and activities of the Foundation and the career paths available in this sector.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research on Frankenthaler’s printmaking practice
- Develop educational materials for our website and social media platforms
- Contribute to a bibliography and chronology
- Communicate with our FPI partners regarding project updates and collate information into a spreadsheet
- Learn to handle archival materials and conduct archival research
- Process and organize image files and metadata
Requirements, Skills, and Qualifications
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with accuracy and consistency
- Highly detail-oriented
- Excellent communication skills
- Enthusiasm and interest in art and research
- Excellent organizational skills and the capacity to prioritize workload and multiple tasks
- High degree of discretion and willingness to sign a confidentiality agreement, employee handbook, and equipment agreement
Compensation
$22.50 per hour
INTERNS WILL WORK 28 HOURS PER WEEK AND ATTEND A MANDATORY OFFSITE PROGRAM DAY ONE DAY PER WEEK WITH THEIR COHORT.
Internship Period: June 2 – August 4
Total Weeks: 9 weeks
Work Hours per Week: 28
Total Hours: 252
Workdays: Hybrid position; the intern will work from home on Mondays and be in the office Tuesdays – Thursdays. On Mondays we will have a check-in zoom meeting to discuss the week ahead and answer any questions. We will also be available to connect at any point that the Intern needs assistance or feedback.
PROGRAM DAY:
On Fridays, intern will attend an offsite program day with their cohort.
These hours are separate from the internship hours.
How to Apply:
This internship is through the Studio Institute Arts Intern program.
You must first apply to Arts Intern to be eligible for this internship. Once your application has been approved, we will provide you with the next steps to apply for the Prints Initiative Internship at the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation.
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