The VASA Project is now accepting applications for Curatorial Interns for the the 2010-2011 exhibition period. One Curatorial Intern will be selected to assist each exhibition curator in the three online galleries hosted by the VASA Project: Photography, Sound, and Digital Media Arts.
Interns will have the opportunity to assist in designing and developing the new online exhibition spaces.
The Curatorial Intern will work closely with the curator in the organization of the online exhibition and the exhibition catalog. The online exhibition catalog will contain video interviews with the artist, curator, an essay contextualizing the work in a historical and contemporary frame, and biographical information. All exhibitions, including their catalogs, will be permently archived online by the VASA Project for continuous access.
The final exhibition of the internship period is curated by the intern, under the supervision of the curatorial mentor, providing them with professional experience in online exhibition conception, design, catalog and development.
The Curatorial Internship is an “unpaid” internship providing a professional development experience in online exhibitions, curatorial and historical writings, and gallery administration. Interns must be familiar with various tools and environments on the Internet, and have broadband access. Applications from canadiates with English as a second language are encouraged. Interns may work from anywhere in the world.
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Interns will work under the direction of:
A. D. Coleman -- Photography
Jeff Jacoby -- Sound
Patrick Millard -- Digtial Media Arts
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Curatorial Intern Responsibilities
* Assisting the curator in various aspects of the exhibition
* Preparing notices and releases on the exhibition for dissemination through various avenues
* Preparing a contextual essay on the work to be included in the exhibition package
* Assist in preparing any translations for the exhibition
* Assist the curator in the design and organization of the exhibition
* Assume the Curator's role (under the guidance of their curatorial mentor) in designing and developing an exhibition at the end of the internship.
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Internships run from August to July
An average of 8-10 hours per week is required,
but may vary depending on the exhibition schedule
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The VASA Project Exhibition Program hosts the work of established and emerging artists in sound, photography, and the digital media arts, presented in the form of professionally curated online showcases. Each exhibition is curated by an experienced curator working with a curatorial intern, and is permanently accessible online through VASA Virtual Exhibitions.
Unique to the VASA Exhibition Program, from the artists' standpoint, is the opportunity to cooperate in the creation of permanent curated online exhibitions presented within an ongoing series of such exhibitions, allowing for continuous access by viewers and educational programs. From the standpoint of curators and curatorial assistants, it offers the possibility of developing, refining, and presenting the results of curatorial efforts in a professional setting, available to the widest possible audience.
The VASA Exhibition Program is designed to present, in concert with the exhibition itself, interviews and other contextual material that serves to situate each exhibition in an historical and contemporary context, providing viewers with an enhanced perspective on the work, the artists, and their relation to contemporary theory and practice.
Link:
http://vasa-project.com/mailings/intern/intern.html
Patrick Millard is an artist, curator and educator from the small western Michigan town of Lamont and now lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work in photography, new media, and sound has resulted in a diversified portfolio that addresses ideas about media, digital culture, technology and the interactions that human beings have with today's social environment.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and continues to gain recognition. Recent exhibitions include Homo Virtualis [Porto Santo Biennial] in Porto Santo, Portugal; Tek'tanik at Art Guild New Jersey and Gallery Affero in Newark, New Jersey; Digital Landscapes at the TMG Gallery in Guarda, Portugal; Digital Fringe at the Melbourne Fringe Festival in Melbourne, Australia; Fauna Show at The Workshop Gallery in Bialystok, Poland; NanoArt21, Passion for Knowledge in San Sebastian, Spain; Origins at the Fox Art Gallery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Snap To Grid at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art in Los Angeles, California; The Human Canvas at The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado; Virtual Worlds at the UAVM; Virtual Humanities at the Icone Gallery in Coimbra, Portugal; SMart Festival at Open Concepts Gallery in Grand Rapids, MI; and Retro Futurism at SpaceCamp Gallery in Indianapolis, IN.
In 2008, Patrick began to show his work inside the virtual simulation world Second Life; exhibitions that advance beyond two-dimension work and expand his ideas of simulation, virtual reality, and the synthetic future where the physical object gives way to its virtual counterpart and its presence is valued entirely for its idea rather than its place in space.
This transition toward a more prominent virtual presence as an artist eventually led to the inevitable. In 2009, shortly after becoming a regular exhibitor in the virtual environment, Patrick embarked upon his first photographic series that used the environment and society of Second Life as its subject matter and conceptual theme. Virtual Lens is an artistic and anthropological investigation into the life of the avatar, landscape of the sim environment, and experience of the virtual world. Patrick continues to photograph and exhibit his portfolios as well as spend time with fellow avatars in Second Life.
2010 brought a new role for Patrick as the curator of several exhibitions. He has curated exhibitions for The VASA Project's Online Gallery and Turing Gallery in Second Life that reflect upon digital culture in the world today. Topics such as biotechnology, nanotechnology, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, renewable energies, gene therapy, cyber culture, and other posthuman and transhuman philosophies are the focus of these exhibitions.
During the month of June, 2010 Patrick was artist in residence at the Biosphere 2. During his time in residence he began work on photographic, sound, and digital media portfolios. These efforts have yielded a fully developed photographic portfolio of the Biosphere 2 structure and an album to be released on Innova Recordings in 2011. The unique condition of Biosphere 2 attracted Patrick to the residency. As a natural environment that was hermetically sealed and self-sustaining while simultaneously being powered by more than two acres of machinery, the B2 environment played on Patrick's continuing theme of organic and synthetic mergers.
Patrick received a Bachelor of Arts degree in photography from Grand Valley State University and a Master in Fine Arts degree for photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
He currently works as Assistant Professor of Photography at Point Park University in Pittsburgh and as an instructor for The Vasa Project’s online workshops.
Michael Connor