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INTERNSHIP
Community organizations reflect the dynamics of their community. They retain their existence through an interlocking growth-relationship with their community, preserving their history and reinventing their creative cultures. Community arts organizations, unlike major institutions, take their spark of life from the tumult, confusion and anguish of an unstable existence suppressed by a racial and cultural majority. Such organizations negotiate a relationship between the mainstream and their community's subculture. In seeking to institutionalize, they pass on their special outlook and characteristic procedures to the next generation of culture workers. Community arts organizations are a storehouse of racial and cultural knowledge unique to their context. The cultural work of diverse people provides an entry point, both for understanding this "real politic" dynamic, and for understanding the reality of difference. They are a gateway for artists, staff, members, volunteers, and audience, as well as interns, a window to see and grasp the dynamics of a subculture.
AAAC offers internship/volunteer program to give students and art lovers the opportunity to help/learn about all aspects of running a non-profit art organization. We are currently looking for students who are interested in working at a non profit visual art organization throughout the year. Volunteers are also needed in all areas. A special area is Archiving. Cataloging and keeping good records of the collections takes a detail minded spirit. Good Asian language ability is also needed. Apply! Contribute to AAAC!
Please note that all internships are is unpaid and college credit is available. It is the responsibility of applicants to retrieve information from their school concerning academic credits. The schedule for this position is flexible, but candidates who can commit to working at least two/three days per week are preferred.
Eligibility
All interested individuals sixteen years of age and older are eligible to apply for an internship. Qualifications vary for each intern, and some positions may require college or graduate training and/or professional experience. International candidates are encouraged to apply, but please note that we do not provide visas.
Application Procedure:
If interested, please fill out the internship application and send it with a cover letter, resume, and writing samples to aaacinfo@artspiral.org. E-portfolio is accepted. We are looking forward to hearing from you.
Deadlines: Applications considered year-round.
Internship Programs:
Visual Arts: exhibitions & installations, catalogues, curatorial services, Artists Slide Archive, Permanent Collection
Folk Arts: exhibitions, presentations & demonstrations, oral history documentation, Permanent Collection
Research: Asian folk artists, Post World War II visual artists, Slide Archive
Education: Childrens art classes, Tai Chi classes, tour group presentations, panel discussions, Stories of Chinatown, etc.
Development:
Development/Fundraising | Marketing/Interactive Marketing
Graphics:
Digital Archival | Web Design
Archive: This department will focus primarily on arhical management, preservation, and descriptions, cataloging and metadata, and digital archival.
The intern would be exposed to an extensive contemporary art library and Asian American materials, the work of artists of Asian and Asian-American descent as well as those who have been significantly influenced by Asia in the United States and throughout the world. See list of areas
Development Program:
Development/Fundraising Internship
Scope of Work:
Assist Executive Director/Curator with fundraising & annual benefit planning and coordination; membership tracking and development; mailing list development and upkeep; funder/patron cultivation; grant-writing.
Duties Include:
Support Director in work to identify and cultivate donors and implement targeted solicitation strategies designed to increase the donor base.
Budgeting and solicitation for special projects, and grants writing
Assist in researching prospective donors
Direct appeal support
Business sponsorship appeal support and benefit fulfillment
Solicitation of in-kind gifts from local business
Database management
Donor research
Pre-requisite:
Strong writer with an eye for detail Strong organizational skills
Strong organizational skills
A positive attitude
Must respond quickly to email communication
An interest in art and experimental culture is a plus
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Marketing/Interactive Marketing Internship
Scope of Work:
Intern will be assisting on projects in the interactive marketing, marketing, and development department.
Intern will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in non-profit management and arts administration.
Duties Include:
Researching and reaching out to arts non-profits, galleries and museums, and other arts and education organizations.
Writing articles in a weekly blog aimed at communicating a distinct message to/about our community of artists
Aid in the development of innovating brochures, flyers, and promotional materials
Facility and comfort with social networking sites (i.e., Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube)
Experience with Blogger or Wordpress (or other blogging applications)
Provide support to senior management in spreading our message and fine-tuning our brand.
Aid in the facilitation of innovative community building (and branding) initiatives
Write artist targeted blog
Content creation for email marketing
Press release writing and distribution
Aid in website building and enhancement
Pre-requisite:
Pursuing college degree (or significant completion of coursework or other relevant experience) in marketing,
development, nonprofit management, art, business or related degree.
You can write, editing, and have a knack for getting & keeping peoples attention
Interest in nonprofits, visual arts and education.
Ability work independently and as part of a team
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Must have great public speaking and phone skills.
Results driven and action orientated
Familiar or skilled with: HTML, FTP, CSS (optional)
Must have strong computer skills, including experience social media presence (Twitter, Facebook, Blog)
Must own your own laptop (optional)
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Graphics Programs:
Digital Archival Internship
Scope of Work:
Works in support of digitization initiatives to increase access to collections through digitization and website access.
This position will focus primarily on image organization, scanning and digitizing digital images of artwork and physical documents and will include general administrative assistance.
Duties include:
Scanning, editing, resizing, and archiving photo files and printed/written documents and make compatible for upload onto AAAC’s digital archive website (preparation may include compression, format transfer and editing as well as burning copies of material for artists and in-house archive).
Assignments include assisting with scanning and digital curation activities
entering data in our Digital Archive Database
researching digitization standards best practices; preparing technical and administrative documentation; testing digitization workflows
assisting with interface design, usability studies, and related web development
Pre-requisite:
Pursuing college degree (or significant completion of coursework or other relevant experience) in archive management, graphic design, design, development, art, or related degree
Strong proficiency with Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop Elements, familiar with Macintosh, and slide scanning.
knowledge of CSS, HTML, FTP protocol(optional)
High attention to detail and strong communication skills.
You MUST own your own laptop (optional)
A daily digitization journal and experience summary may be required.
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Web Design Internship
Scope of Work:
Assist with web site development and redesign. The intern will create and update web pages to complete redesign of web presence, enhance information layout on the web site. The intern will receive practical experience in web development as it pertains to historical research and archival.
Duties Included:
The primary project will be new and redesigned web pages (www.artspiral.org)
Using programs (Dreamweaver/FTP Protocol) to create and edit web pages, and upload media files to the website
Other website-related responsibilities as needed
Assisting with listing submissions to media outlets, social networking and direct mailings
Other marketing and communications-related duties as needed
Pre-requisite:
Pursuing college degree (or significant completion of coursework or other relevant experience) in graphic design, design, interactive media, development, nonprofit management, art, or related degree
Strong working knowledge of Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and Flash.
knowledge of basic video application (Youtube, QuickTime, etc.)
knowledge of CSS, HTML, Flash(optional)
High attention to detail and strong communication skills.
You MUST own your own laptop (optional)
You may work from home from time to time if working in the office conflicts with your schedule.
A daily journal and experience summary may be required.
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Archive Programs:
Archival Arrangement, Preservation, and Description: Archival processing and preservation work, such as arranging historical papers of artists or records of art galleries and arts organizations, describing archival collections in online inventories and finding aids, and performing basic preservation work of document-based collections, artwork, photographs, and audio-visual formats.
Cataloging and Metadata: Works on projects to improve and enhance catalog records in our local Digital Archive Database. Work may involve data entry clean-up; assigning subject and name access points; preparing descriptive summaries; performing biographical research on art and artists’ authority files; contacting artists, as well as filing, correspondence and resource management, and reviewing catalog records for accuracy
Digital Archival: Works in support of digitization initiatives to increase access to collections through digitization and website access. Assignments include assisting with scanning and digital curation activities; entering data in our Digital Archive Database; researching digitization standards best practices; preparing technical and administrative documentation; testing digitization workflows; and assisting with interface design, usability studies, and related web development activities. This position will focus primarily on image organization, scanning and digitizing, and will include general administrative assistance. Requirements are proficiency with Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop Elements, familiar with Macintosh, and slide scanning. See Graphics: Digital Archival.
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