Interpretive Media: Interpretation Evaluation Intern

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Jan 11

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Starts on Jun 09
Off-cycle Internship
Media & Journalism
San Francisco

Requirements

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES:
Understand gallery interpretation within a museum’s content ecosystem, and its role in arriving at visitor outcomes and audience experience goals.
Develop hands on experience with quantitative and qualitative evaluation tools such as observation rubrics, surveys and data analysis.
This internship would be great for a diverse range of students including those studying museum studies, sociology, or statistics.
QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS:
Applicants must be currently enrolled in school or a recent graduate. The SFMOMA recognizes a graduation date within 6 months of the internship start date as a recent graduate.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Completed application via SFMOMA's job site
Resume
Cover letter stating the specific internship of interest. Describe the experience you bring, why you are interested in museum or nonprofit work, reasons for applying to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and your goals for the internship.
Two letters of recommendation from either a college professor or former employer.
College transcript: Transcripts can be unofficial but need to be legible.

Responsibilities

Under the mentorship of the Director of Interpretive Media and the Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer, the Interpretation Evaluation Intern will conduct qualitative and quantitative research to determine audience response and impact of the museum’s Gallery Interpretation program.
PROJECT PLAN:
Over the 10-week program the Interpretation Evaluation Intern will evaluate and report on SFMOMA’s Gallery Interpretation program, including Interpretive Galleries, audio guides, in-gallery didactics, artist videos and ephemera displays. Work will include:
Develop tools for evaluation of visitor outcomes and Interpretive Impacts
Interview internal stakeholders regarding Interpretive Planning
Conduct visitor studies through observation
Conduct and transcribe visitor interviews
Tally and code visitor response cards
Quantify data of onsite engagement
Prepare reports on the above data

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Art transforms lives. It provokes us to think, to express, to explore our own creativity, to envision new possibilities. SFMOMA expanded the museum to provide a better experience for our visitors and a better home for our expanding collections, including the SFMOMA collection and the Fisher Collection, one of the finest collections of contemporary art in the world. The new SFMOMA, designed in collaboration with the architecture firm Snøhetta, opened May 2016. With this project, we are transforming not just the museum's physical presence, but also our contributions to the community, enhancing SFMOMA's role as a place for learning, inspiration, and interaction for visitors from the Bay Area and beyond. We are making SFMOMA a magnet for contemporary art and for the audiences who will engage with it.