Marylyn Mayo Internship
Marylyn Mayo had lifelong interests in education, law and the visual arts. She collected the work of Australian and New Zealand artists and enjoyed visiting art galleries, particularly the Auckland Art Gallery. After her death in 2002, the Marylyn Mayo Foundation was established by her husband for the benefit of a number of causes. These are cancer research; the Auckland University Law School for legal research, the Marylyn Mayo Rare Book Room, named in her memory at the Davis Law Library; for the Auckland Art Gallery Marylyn Mayo Internships and for Reading Room, a scholarly arts journal, to encourage training and research for the advancement and a wider appreciation of the visual arts.

As a result of this generosity, the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamāki is pleased to offer opportunities for internships at the Gallery as a means of developing the skills of people wishing to pursue a career in art galleries and art museums.

The Marylyn Mayo Internships at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamāki offer training and work experience for a minimum of 6 weeks and a maximum of 3 months full-time, or for a longer time, to be negotiated, on a part-time basis to:

  • postgraduate or recent graduate students who intend to pursue a career in art galleries in the areas of care and management of collections, or the presentation, interpretation and communication of the visual arts;
    or to:
  • people currently employed in an art gallery or museum, or who have had some relevant experience and have an ongoing commitment to working in this area.

Specific internships are offered at the Gallery each year in particular areas such as: curatorial, education, public programmes, print and electronic publications, communications, research library, audience research and development, conservation, collection management, exhibitions management, imaging, design and exhibitions preparatory work.

In 2009/2010 an internship assisting with the development of The 4th Auckland Triennial exhibition is offered on a part-time basis:

  • research, writing, editing, image research and online coordination and communications for The 4th Auckland Triennial exhibition.
  • coordination of individual artists’ performance activities in The 4th Auckland Triennial exhibition.

The nominated project is in the Curatorial area.

The intern will be selected on the basis of the merit of the applicant and their suitability for the chosen project. The 2009/10 Marylyn Mayo internship will be interviewed in early September 2009 to take place at the Auckland Art Gallery at an agreed time between late September 2009 - March 2010.

Applications

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Please address applications and enquiries to:

Marylyn Mayo Internships
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamāki
P O Box 5449
Wellesley Street
Auckland
New Zealand

Tel: 00 64 9 307 7700
Fax: 00 64 9 302 1096

Email: gallery@aucklandartgallery.govt.nz

 


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