Education Intern - The Noguchi Museum

Education Intern, The Noguchi Museum 

The Education Intern will work closely with the Education department at The Noguchi Museum to support summer programming for teen, family, youth, and public audiences, with an emphasis on Making Your Mark, a month-long studio art-making intensive for rising junior and senior high school students that culminates in a student exhibition and Community Days, a series of free museum admission days on second Saturdays in June, July, and August. The internship will involve research, evaluation, and outreach to local organizations, as well as collaboration with the Education department to design education programming that engages youth and local audiences on free admission days. At the conclusion of the internship, a written narrative and slide presentation of research findings will be shared with the Education Department and all Museum staff.  

Key responsibilities include: 

• Provide hands-on support for youth, teen and community programs in the galleries and studio including assisting with set up and clean up.  
• Support the Manager of Education in administrative tasks related to programming including scheduling visits, registration and check-in, and participant evaluations.  
• Create and co-edit an evaluation survey for museum visitors and program attendees on free admission days. 
• Identify audiences and community groups that the Museum could further develop relationships with, and create a plan for conducting outreach.  
• Participate in regular, recurring department meetings to keep staff informed about research progress and to reflect on learning and work experience. 
• Work with the Director of Education and Manager of Education to co-design programming for August Free First Friday and Community Day.  
• Create and deliver an in-depth, 15–20 minute Google Slides presentation on research findings, to be presented to the Education department and Museum staff. 

The Education Intern position is four days a week and located in The Noguchi Museum in Long Island City, Queens. Hours are 4 days a week, 10 am–5 pm, Monday–Thursday, with occasional hours outside of the scheduled times and Saturdays required. Currently, the Museum is operating on a hybrid work schedule at the Museum with three days per week on-site; Wednesdays and Thursdays mandatory.  
 

Work is often performed in an office environment; prolonged periods of sitting, use of computers and standard office equipment required to accomplish work objectives. Work is also performed in the art studio and outdoor events where the intern will be required to lift (up to 25 lbs.), bend, stoop, walk, speak, and stand for up to 7 hours in a day.