Booklyn, a non-profit arts organization in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is looking for fall interns. Please forward to any students or recent grads who might be interested!
Booklyn’s mission is to promote artists’ books as art and research material and to assist artists and organizations in documenting, exhibiting, and distributing their artworks and archives.
Booklyn's interns get hands-on experience with a wide variety of artists' books and prints, as well as observing / assisting with the management of a small nonprofit. Specific projects include:
Inventorying artists' books
Editing object records in our online database
Creating finding aids for artist archives and collections
Developing strong artist statements and artwork descriptions
Contributing to social media
We also encourage potential interns to contact us about special projects related to their skills and interests. Past examples include: creating a finding aid for a zine collection, animating a videos of an artists' book, designing and binding a small run of promotional booklets, etc.
Find out more about Booklyn at booklyn.org. To apply, send a resume and cover letter to [log in to unmask]. Applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. All internships are currently unpaid. We ask for a commitment of ~14 hours/week for one semester.