Internship - Parisian Laundry

Corporate Art Collection Offers Advanced Professional Internship, Unpaid:

BA / BFA required, with primary focus in one of the following areas: Art History, Museum Studies, Arts Management, Curatorial Studies.

Begins JANUARY 2012

Corporate art collection is seeking an intern prepared to commit to an intensive, hands-on, training internship. This internship offers the right candidate an opportunity to obtain and develop professional experience in cataloguing and documenting a corporate art collection.
This internship is ideal for preparing oneself for a position as a corporate collection manager, gallery assistant, registrar or archivist in a gallery, arts organization or museum; as well as aiding in individual aspirations towards a career in the arts.

Profile:
Candidates must posses a friendly and professional demeanor with strong
organizational skills; passion for contemporary art and communication skills in both French and English. Candidates must be detail oriented, personable, well presented and able to practice discretion as well as follow procedures accurately and have an exceptionally strong and rigorous work ethic and focus.

The internship entails developing and maintaining an art inventory database. The successful candidate will build a database for a corporate art collection from the ground up using Filemaker software. The candidate will compile images of works in the collection as while as research and write artists' exhibition records and bios to be included in the database.

Computer skills are essential including fluency in PC platform with MS Office, Photoshop and database programs.

Email curriculum vitae with cover letter, clearly labeled with your name to: megan.bradley@parisianlaundry.com

No phone calls or in-person inquires; email only.

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