Education Department Fall Intern

The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is the national repository for self-taught artistry and intuitive thinking. AVAM is dedicated to our Education Goals and inspiring visitors to seek their own creativity and recognize wonder in the world around them.

The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)’s Education Department is a fast-paced environment that manages all visiting groups, on-site educational programming, docents and outreach programming. The Education Department at AVAM is seeking an undergraduate student to assist with the daily operations of the Department and special projects and events. This intern reports directly to the Director of Education and works on a small team of dedicated educators and volunteers.

Tasks will include following:

• Daily K-12 programming: prep, cleanup, and facilitation of K-12 student workshops

• Other educational programming: prep, cleanup, for additional larger community events such as Free Fall

• Lesson & program planning: research upcoming exhibition & write one lesson plan and program plan

Details

The internship position will require approximately 15 hours a week which can be adjusted to best meet the student’s and the Department’s schedule. Start and end dates are flexible but will likely be October through mid December. The pay is $17 per hour. Candidates will be contacted via email for a Zoom interview.