• Application Deadline: March 1, 2022
• Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Start Date: September 1, 2022
• End Date: May 31, 2023
• Stipend: $21,600 + free housing and utilities
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Additional Compensation: Reimbursable travel to and from Santa Fe, New Mexico; Book allowance; The cost of one professional conference

 

 

The Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico is offering two nine-month paid internships to individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in working with Native American collections and furthering their professional museum experience. Internships include a monthly salary, housing, book allowance, the cost of one professional conference, and reimbursable travel to and from SAR.  The IARC works with interns to realize professional goals relating to indigenous cultural preservation and provides invaluable experience and broad-based training in the field of museology. One internship is open to an indigenous individual from the U.S. or Canada, and one internship is open to any U.S. or Canadian citizen meeting the application requirements.

 

 

Interns are required to work in three areas of focus during their internship: collections management, registration, and programming and education. In addition, each intern is required to give one public presentation during their internship period. This may be a conference presentation, SAR colloquium presentation, or class talk. Interns are strongly encouraged to participate in campus events and are required to attend the Wednesday colloquium series with SAR staff and resident scholars. Interns may also be asked to meet with donors, board members, or other people related to SAR.

 

 

Interns divide their time evenly between three areas at the IARC in order to receive training in a broad range of topics: collections management, registration, and programming and education.

 

• Collections management includes learning about the care and preservation of the collection

• Registration consists of learning about the maintenance of and documentation for the collections database (TMS)

• Programming and education covers the interpretive aspects of the collection and includes curating one online and one physical exhibition

 

 

All applications must be completed and RECEIVED by March 1 of each year. If March 1 falls on a weekend, your application must be received by the following Monday. Applications can be downloaded from our website and mailed to SAR for consideration or submitted through our online application portal.

 

A completed application includes:

 

• Completed application form
• Cover letter expressing how the internship will help achieve your professional goals in a museum or academia
• Official transcript indicating bachelor's degree earned and graduate school transcripts if applicable
• Current resume (also include relevant training, public presentations, community service, published writing)
• Current academic writing sample and bibliography, not to exceed 15 pages (sample may be a section from a larger work)
• One letter of recommendation from a faculty member or former museum supervisor mailed by the applicant.

 

 

The IARC hosts two Anne Ray internships per year. One is open to Native individuals, while the other is open to individuals of all backgrounds.

 

Applicants must:

 

• have graduated college and hold a bachelor's degree by September 1 on the year you are applying
• have previous museum experience via an internship, volunteer work, or employment