Anne Ray Internships at the Indian Arts Research Center

The School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, New Mexico invites recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals to apply to its Anne Ray Internship program. 

All submissions must be received by March 1, 2014.

Anne Ray Internships

The School for Advanced Research, Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) offers two nine-month internships (September 1–May 31) to individuals who are recent college graduates, current graduate students, or junior museum professionals interested in furthering their professional museum experience and enhancing their intellectual capacity for contributing to the expanding field and discourse of museum studies. The internships include a stipend, housing, book allowance, travel to one professional conference, and reimbursable travel to and from SAR. 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.

Established in 1978, the IARC houses a collection of more than 12,000 items of Native art of the Southwest. The collection includes pottery, jewelry, textiles, works on paper and canvas, basketry, wood carvings, and drums. IARC supports research and scholarship in Native studies, art history, and creative expression. IARC accomplishes this by providing opportunities for artists to engage in uninterrupted creativity through artist fellowships; fostering dialogue among artists, researchers, scholars, and community members through special seminars and programs; nurturing future arts and museums professionals through experiential training; and promoting study and exploration of the IARC collection of Native arts.

The interns will devote their time to working on IARC educational programming, research and writing activities, and collections management and registration. Other requirements include presenting a research paper at the SAR colloquium series; assisting with IARC seminars, symposia, and collection tours; and working on outreach initiatives to local Native communities. During the internships, the Anne Ray Resident Scholar provides mentorship and academic support to the interns.

For more information or to download the application, visit internships.sarweb.org .

Photograph Credits (top to bottom): 2012 Dobkin Artist Fellow Maile Andrade (Hawaiian). Detail of Observation Without Judgment, 2012. Screen printed glass. SAR.2012-3-2; 2012–2013 Anne Ray Intern, Melvin Sarracino; 2011–2012 Anne Ray Interns Jennifer McCarty and Kelsy Potdevin with mentor Anne Ray scholar Nancy Marie Mithlo. Photographs by Jason S. Ordaz.