Summer Intern

Volet de programme :: Jeunesse Canada au travail dans les établissements du patrimoine
Titre de l'emploi :: Summer Intern
Nom de l’organisme :: Owens Art Gallery
Lieu de l’emploi :: Sackville, Nouveau-Brunswick
Durée de l'emploi :: 2017-06-05 à 2017-08-25 (12 semaines)
Salaire horaire :: 16,50 $

The Owens Art Gallery at Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, is seeking a Summer Intern. The Intern will work closely with the Director and Curator of Education and Community Outreach in the development and delivery of summer programming for the Owens Art Gallery and Colville House on the Mount Allison University campus. The Intern will deliver tours and workshops to local schoolchildren, develop community projects, assist in onsite and offsite outreach programs, maintain the Owens and Colville House Facebook pages, contribute to web content, distribute information to media and tourism agencies of the Owens summer events and assist in ongoing work relating to the documentation of the collection.

Candidates must be University students or recent graduates, with an interest in fine arts, art history and/or Canadian studies who will bring an interest in and awareness of Canada's cultural heritage. Basic computer skills are required; a working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite applications, particularly Photoshop would be an asset, although we can provide training and experience working with these programs. Priority will be given to Mount Allison University students.

The position is funded by the Young Canada Works in Heritage Institutions program. Applicants must be University students or recent graduates between the ages of 16 and 30, and Canadian citizens to permanent residents entitled to work in Canada. Non-Canadian students holding a temporary work visa or awaiting permanent resident status are not eligible under the terms of the YCW program.

Term: 13 weeks, from 5 June to 1 September 2017
Salary is $16.50 per hour

Sackville is a small community of approximately 5,000 people, situated in South eastern New Brunswick, a largely rural community with an agricultural based economy. The Owens takes on an important civic role, serving as the only public, collecting art institution in the community. We direct a great deal of our energy and resources towards providing programs for local schoolchildren. The Town of Sackville is also home to an active arts community, due in large part to the presence of the Fine Arts Department at Mount Allison University; Struts Gallery, an artist-run centre; and the Galerie d’art, Universite de Moncton and Galerie Sans Nom which are twenty minutes away in Moncton.

The Owens Art Gallery is the oldest University art gallery in Canada, founded in 1895 on the campus of Mount Allison University. The Permanent Collection consist of approximately 3,000 works, including 18th, 19th and 20th century Canadian, American and European paintings and works on paper. There is also a large collection of contemporary Canadian art, including a good representation of work by artists of Atlantic Canada. The Gallery is open year round, seven days a week. Each summer, the Owens Art Gallery receives visitors from the United States, Canada and beyond who make Atlantic Canada their travel destination. During the summer the Gallery also serves as an important cultural venue for our local community, including children and young people.

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