The Museum of Art & History at the McPherson Center

• Evergreen Cemetery Programming intern - 10 hours/week. Like historic cemeteries? This intern will assist the Evergreen Committee with public programming planning and implementation. You’ll work directly with the committee and docents to oversee the programming. They’ve already developed the topics: Family Day at Evergreen and Spooky Tales. You get to help make them happen! Reliable transportation is required. To apply, send an email with a cover letter and resume to Ashley Adams at ashley@santacruzmah.org
• Experience Metal Intern (Community Programs) - 30 hours per week. Experience Metal will feature a weekend of metal workshops, demonstrations and lectures about the art and history of metal. This two day intensive program focuses on collaboration with local Santa Cruz metalworking organizations, artists and groups. The Experience Metal Intern will support the creative development, detailed coordination, extensive planning and collaborative production of this event, August 18^th and 19^th.  The internship will provide experience in museum program planning, education and community engagement. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.
• Family Art Intern (Community Programs) - 20-30 hours per week. The Family Programs Intern will assist in developing, designing, planning, collaborating and producing creative and participatory Family Art Day programs on Saturdays. This internship will provide experience in museum program planning, education and community engagement. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.
• 3rd Friday Intern (Community Programs) - 30 hours per week. 3^rd Fridays offer visitors an evening of hands on experiences with art, history, culture and ideas through workshops, demonstrations and performances for all ages and skill levels. These theme based community programs are focused on collaboration with local community groups, organizations and artists. 3^rd Friday interns will assist in developing, designing, planning and producing creative and participatory 3^rd Friday programs.  Interns will actively engage with the community, pursuing and securing new collaborations. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.
  
• Creativity Lab/Art Market Intern (Community Programs) – 25 hours per week. Creativity Lab will be a new Friday Community Program at the MAH. We will have new extended evening hours at the MAH every Friday evening until 9pm.  The 2^nd, 4^th and 5^th Fridays of the month we will have Creativity Lab, an open studio space in our classrooms open from 5-9pm.  Artists can come, use the space to work, bounce ideas off of one another and get inspired by other working artists in the community. Artists bring their own materials; we provide the space and creative atmosphere. Some of these Fridays the Creativity Lab Intern will lead simple art activities with visitors. The Art Market will occur every Saturday during the month of July.  The Art Market will feature 4 Open Studios Artists every Saturday who will come to Abbott Square and sell their work.  The intern will help coordinate artists, plan the layout and run art Market Saturdays. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.
• Community Research Intern – 25-30 hours/week. If you’re interested in visitor studies and why people engage (and don’t engage) in cultual experiences, this internship is for you. The Community Research Intern will examine Santa Cruz residents’ motivations and choices when it comes to art and history-focused experiences. This internship will require you to develop and execute a research methodology for assessing attitudinal perspectives on cultural engagement. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.
• Special Projects Intern – 30-40 hours/week. This intern will work directly with the Executive Director on a range of self-directed special projects around active audience participation. This internship is geared toward someone who is highly self-motivated and wants to propose an experimental project (or projects) to execute throughout the summer. The budget is miniscule, the possibilities are endless. If you have an idea for a radical project in social practice, active audience engagement (online, onsite, off-site), or activation of public space, please apply. Your project must be in-line with our overall goals to make the museum a thriving, central gathering place for active engagement with art and history. Please see full description for more details and how to apply.

Please note that internships at the MAH are a full-contact sport. We don’t have a comprehensive program to provide extensive training or structure, and things move quickly here. That can be exciting or chaotic depending on how you look at it. Successful MAH interns are self-directed, energized about the opportunity to take on significant projects, and undaunted by the unknown. Feel free to talk with us more about what the experience is like (or talk to current interns!) to make sure it’s right for you.