10-Week Funded Internship Summer 2024 in Phillips Maine

Description

Conservation internship with non-profit Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research focused on the surface cleaning, rehousing, and moving of a robust material culture collection, including but not limited to basketry, textiles, bead-, wood-, and metal-work collected in collaboration with local communities in Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo from 1959 through 2002
Supervision by Conservators Nicole Passerotti & Ellen Pearlstein -in person for two weeks and remote for the remainder-and in person by Firebird’s Archivist and Collections Manager Anne Olivares for the duration of the internship

Compensation

$8,000 stipend for 10 weeks of full-time work, plus housing, airfare, and vehicle for daily use provided
Note: Housing shared with other intern(s) and visiting supervisor(s)

Who should apply

Currently enrolled graduate students in conservation, objects specialty preferred
Individuals comfortable working and living in a relatively remote, rural environment and fieldwork setting
Those willing to live and work collaboratively with other interns and visiting supervisors
Please submit letter of interest, resume/CV, and names of two references to firebird@firebirdfoundation.org, anne@firebirdfoundation.org, passerotti@ucla.edu, & epearl@ucla.edu. Email Anne with any questions!

Deadline to apply is February 9th, 2024

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