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The Amistad Center
for Art & Culture
At The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103-2990
(860) 838-4133
Photo detail credit Revolt by Jacob Lawrence
Volunteer
The Amistad Center understands that volunteers are the backbone of our organization. We are always looking for individuals that are willing to donate their time and share their talents with us.
If you would like to volunteer for The Amistad Center, please click here for a volunteer application.
Employment
There are no employment opportunities at this time.
Internship
The Amistad Center is always looking for interns to provide the museum with creative and administrative support as well as, assistance with educational programs, special events and other projects.
We are currently looking for interns for the following departments.
Education
Membership/Special Events
Curatorial
Administrative
If you are interested in joining out team, click here for an application.
Applicants should have to the following qualifications
- Major in one of the following (preferred) fields: African American Studies, American Studies, Art, Art History, Education, Museum Studies, or History. Majors not within these fields should have a sincere interest in African American culture.
- Graduate students or recent grads, though undergraduate seniors will be considered.
- Self-motivated with strong writing and organization skills.
- Able to take direction well and work independently or with a team.
- Responsible and willing to devote most of the academic year to the internship (school breaks, midterms, finals, etc. are exempt).
- Flexibility and ability to adapt quickly to changes.
High School Students
TAG
The Amistad Center created TAG (Teen Advisory Group) in order to provide culture-based educational opportunities for youth and to enrich the cultural lives of teenagers in our community. An innovative and exciting look at youth culture in Hartford, "I Am Whatever You Say I Am," a video documentary about hip hop culture and skateboarding, was the first project created by TAG about 4 years ago. TAG is composed of high school students from the Greater Hartford area who assist the Center in engaging their peers while expanding their own knowledge and relationship with the museum, and building their fundamental and creative skills.
Click here for more information about TAG.
Click here for an application.
Neighborhood Studios
The Amistad Center for Art & Culture hosts a six-week Neighborhood Studio Summer Youth apprenticeship program for the Greater Hartford Arts Council. The Amistad Center chooses ten teen apprentices to create a photography exhibition thematically linked to the Amistad exhibition on view. STAY! Perspectives of Hartford, and No Boundaries are past Neighborhood Studio exhibition themes. Apprentices have created a websites, Myspace pages, artist statements, poetry and view-books, all highlighting ideas and images from their exhibition. Throughout the process the teen apprentices: meet with different museum professionals to learn how the museum functions and about museum careers, tour neighborhoods in Hartford taking pictures of all they find interesting, manipulate their images using Adobe Photoshop, frame and hang their own images, write statements and text for the exhibition, and speak about their work with visitors.
Visit Letsgoarts.org for more information about the Neighborhood Studios program.
Neighborhood Studios is sponsored by the Greater Hartford Arts Council.