Internship at Denver Art Museum

Internship in Electronic Media Conservation/Preservation Electronic
    Media
Denver Art Museum

The Denver Art Museum conservation department is offering a paid
graduate-level internship in the conservation/preservation of
electronic media graphic art objects.  The intern will work with
electronic media from the American Institute of Graphic Arts Design
Archives (AIGA) in the collection of the Denver Art Museum.  The
archives contain winning entries from AIGA's annual competitions
dating from 1980 to the present.  The intern will survey
approximately 700 electronic media objects, carry out basic
cataloguing, and provide preservation recommendations for the
collection.  Electronic media in the archives includes video, a
range of digital image files, and website design.  The 8 - 10 week
internship will take place in summer 2015.

Qualifications for the internship include:

    Enrollment in a graduate program in moving image preservation,
    digital archiving, or art conservation

    Ability to identify common video, digital image file, and
    website design formats

    Knowledge of standards and best practices for preservation of
    video and born digital materials

    Familiarity with museum and/or library cataloguing systems

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, summary of relevant
coursework, and contact information for two references to Kate
Moomaw <kmoomaw<-a t->denverartmuseum< . >org> by 5 pm, January 9, 2015.

Kate Moomaw
Associate Conservator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Denver Art Museum
100 W. 14th Avenue Parkway
Denver CO 80204
720-865-5047


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