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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 Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamāki is offering a paid internship at the
Gallery for a minimum of 5 weeks and a maximum of 3 months between November 2007
– June 2008, 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 2008/09 an internship is offered for one of the following
projects (for more information on each internship click on the underlined
text below to download a full description):
The nominated project is in the Curatorial / Research Archive /
Registration area. Alternatively, there is the option for an applicant
working within the art museum sector to submit a mutually beneficial
project, in which case, the Art Gallery will assess whether it can
give priority to resourcing and supervising an independent project.
The final project and intern will be selected on the basis of the
merit of the applicant and their suitability for the chosen project.
The 2008/09 Marylyn Mayo internship will be interviewed in
September/October 2008 to take place at the Auckland Art Gallery at an
agreed time between November 2008 – June 2009.
For more information on the
Marylyn Mayo internships click here
Inquiries
The closing date for applications is 29 August 2008
Application form
Please address inquiries and completed application forms 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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