Posner Center Exhibits
Opportunity for hands-on experience!
Option for academic credit!
$3000 stipend!

Apply for Spring 2009 Internship

DEADLINE: December 1

The Posner Fine Arts Foundation funds internships for Carnegie Mellon students to do individual research in the Posner Memorial Collection and prepare exhibits.

The student completes a one-semester internship of 15 hours per week spent researching and creating an exhibit in collaboration with faculty and/or librarians. The internship, open to undergraduates and graduate students, is available as a non-credit/credit program. Students who wish to earn academic credit must gain permission from their academic department and/or school before the internship begins. The intern should have a faculty advisor.

The goals of the internship program are to enable students to:

• Fulfill the Posner Fine Arts Foundation's mission for education, visibility, and use of the Posner Memorial Collection.
• Participate in an active, collaborative learning experience
• Integrate knowledge from a variety of sources and fields
• Learn to communicate in a professional environment

Examples of possible projects using the Posner Memorial Collection include:

• Prepare an exhibit on Huygens and the pendulum
• Prepare a multimedia or artistic interpretation based on the collection
• Research practical management styles seen in the works of Machiavelli or Captain Bligh
• Design an exhibit to explain in cultural milieu of Sir Walter Scott's novels

How to apply:

1. Visit the Posner Center and familiarize yourself with the Posner Memorial Collection.
2. Prepare and submit an application essay [Online Application].