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.
Overview
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.
Internships are selected on the basis of the merit of the
applicant and their suitability for the chosen project.
2011/2012 Internship
The 2011/2012 internship position has now been filled.