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The Art Institute of Chicago, founded in 1879, is a world-renowned art museum housing one of the largest permanent collections in the United States. An encyclopedic museum, the Art Institute collects, preserves, and interprets works in every medium from all cultures and historical periods The Emerging Art Leaders Internship is a museum-wide effort to provide students from diverse backgrounds, including those underrepresented in the museum field, the opportunity to gain experience, career awareness, networks, skills that will together position them to succeed as future art museum leaders. Those selected join an intern cohort and have access to a range of programs to support their development in addition to their specific departmental placement. Mentorship is provided throughout the intern experience. Interns are also encouraged to remain connected to the museum and to other interns as part of an alumni network. *DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES* - Investigate and research special collection material - Write brief reports on research and objects - Create metadata for different types of material including archives images and catalog links to images - Research past museum exhibitions and write brief descriptions for museum website - Digitize Art Institute of Chicago exhibition catalogs and create machine-readable text data with OCR; also work on digitizing exhibition images for online exhibition archive *QUALIFICATIONS* - Undergraduate or graduate student in the Chicago metropolitan area; recent graduates (within one year of graduation) with relevant experience will also be considered - Committed to the goal of promoting inclusive, pluralistic museums - Demonstrated interest in libraries or information science and/or an interest in art history - Ability to execute tasks with attention to detail - Experience with researching in a library and writing in a clear succinct style - Skill in multi-tasking and working on many different projects To apply, please visit: https://www.artic.edu/internship-opportunities and search for Job ID 10567. -- Douglas Litts Executive Director of Libraries Ryerson and Burnham Libraries The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603-6110 (312) 443-3671 [log in to unmask] http://www.artic.edu/research -- <https://www.artic.edu> <http://www.artic.edu>* * *Dawoud Bey: Night Coming Tenderly, Black* <https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9038/dawoud-bey-night-coming-tenderly-black> Through April 14 The Art Institute of Chicago Top Ranked in the World by TripAdvisor—Six Years in a Row ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~