Senior Internship Program 2009-10

The Hood Museum of Art Senior Internship Program for the academic year 2009-10 has begun! The Hood staff is very excited about the highly diverse and accomplished group of nine individuals that will be contributing a fresh perspective to the museum’s activities this year. The internship program provides opportunities for Dartmouth seniors from all disciplines to engage with museum work in various professional capacities. Senior internships are offered in four main fields: Curatorial, Programming, Public Relations, and the Arts at Dartmouth.

The curatorial interns will each work with the curator responsible for an area in the museum’s collection, including American, European, contemporary, and Asian art. Curatorial interns research objects, write labels and brochures, and assist with all other aspects of exhibition development. The five curatorial interns, Stephanie Trejo, an Art History major and Archeology minor (Homma Family Intern); Julissa Llosa, a Studio Art and Women and Gender Studies double major and Latin American and Caribbean Studies minor (Homma Family Intern); Eleanor Stolzfus, a History and Art History double major (Class of 1954 Intern); Thisbe Gensler, an Art History major; and Kendall Frank, an Art History major (Mellon Special Project Curatorial Intern).

The Hood also welcomes two programming interns who work with staff to create engaging museum events and programs for Dartmouth students such as tours, gallery/studio activities, discussion groups, and parties. The programming interns are Anna Nearburg, an Art History modified with Studio Art major and Spanish minor (Kathryn and Caroline Conroy Intern), and Katherine Briggs, a Psychology major.

The public relations and Arts at Dartmouth interns will focus on promoting the Hood and the arts to the community. The public relations intern is Sarah Peterson, an Art History major and French minor (Levinson Intern). She will promote Hood programs and exhibitions to Dartmouth students, faculty, and the greater community through advertising strategies, student focus groups, and presentations to groups on campus. The Arts at Dartmouth internship was newly created this year to focus on promoting an awareness of the arts on campus through the Web and other means. Katherine Coster, a Government major, is the first Arts at Dartmouth intern.

In addition to working within their respective departments, most Hood interns curate their own art installation. Now in its ninth year, A Space for Dialogue: Fresh Perspectives on the Permanent Collection from Dartmouth’s Students affords Hood interns the opportunity to curate a small exhibition using objects from the permanent collection. Working with Hood staff, interns determine a theme and identify objects to display, help design the installation, write labels and a brochure, and deliver a public gallery talk. A Space for Dialogue, founded with support from the Class of 1948, is made possible with generous endowments from the Class of 1967, Bonnie and Richard Reiss Jr. '66, and Pamela J. Joyner '79.

With the 25th anniversary of their campus facility on the horizon, the Hood staff looks forward to the innovative and varied contributions of the new student team.

To learn more about the Hood's Senior Internship Program, visit http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/education/dartmouth/students/senior.html.

Image: 2009-10 Hood Museum of Art interns, left to right: Anna Nearburg, Programming, The Kathryn and Caroline Conroy Intern; Katherine Briggs, Programming; Kendall Frank, Curatorial, Mellon Special Project Intern; Eleanor Stolzfus, Curatorial, Class of 1954 Intern; Katherine Coster, Arts at Dartmouth; Sarah Peterson, Public Relations, Levinson Intern; Julissa Llosa, Curatorial, The Homma Family Intern; Stephanie Trejo, Curatorial, Homma Family Intern; Thisbe Gensler, Curatorial.