Students who have completed a Curatorial Internship are sometimes offered the chance to continue their work with the Picker or the Longyear as a Student Curatorial Assistant. The Student Curatorial Assistant performs similar tasks to their previous intern position working closely with the Curator and Curatorial assistant on tasks to prepare for future exhibitions, write exhibition texts, conduct collections-based research, develop digital content, and or promote the museum on social media.
Assistants have the opportunity to strengthen the foundational knowledge that they learned in their internship and further develop skills necessary for a future career in the museum field.
Details
- Paid position
- Flexible hours per week
- Only eligible for and offered to students who have completed a Curatorial Internship
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If this position is open it will be posted under the Student Employment tab on the Colgate portal at the beginning of each semester.
I am given plenty of hands-on opportunities to participate in exhibition development. During the process, I can contextualize museum and art historical theories learned in class through researching and offering critical interpretations of artworks in the Picker collection. As I aspire to pursue a museum career after graduation, this position provided me with essential qualifications and knowledge that benefit my professional trajectory.
Cindy Chen '24