Undergraduate Apprentice
Museum Educator Program
What is the Apprentice Museum Educator program?
The Apprenticeship in Museum Education (AME) program at the Rubin Museum of Art will provide essential hands-on skills to university students preparing for future careers in the arts, education, or global affairs in the low-stakes, place-based environment of a museum. The unique exhibitions at the Rubin Museum of Art provide opportunities for apprentices to learn and engage audiences through the interrelation of the art, geography, history, and culture of the Himalayas. Program participants will leave with a greater global understanding of the world and public interrelation skills that will prepare them for the future. Using inquiry-based teaching methodologies, apprentices will:
- Facilitate school tours
- Interact with visitors in the galleries
- Participate in weekly training
- Gain fifteen hours of hands-on experience a week
- Receive mentoring by RMA Guides and museum educators
What are the requirements?
- Participants must be in an undergraduate program in a New York City college or university
- Be able to provide services for two consecutive semesters
- Work a minimum of 15 hours per week (Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday)
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Photo I.D.
- Social Security Card
How do I apply?
Application materials for the 2011-2012 program will be available soon.
Is this a paid position?
Apprentice Museum Educators are paid a monthly stipend for their services. The terms of the stipend will be discussed if applicants are accepted for interviews.
Meet the 2010-2011 Apprentice Museum Educators
Evan Goodman is a Senior at Parsons, the New School for Design, and is an illustration major. He is interested in the way that art, religion and science can meet and the role that art plays in child development. “I feel the work showcased in the Rubin Museum of Art is especially important and unique as it is instantly relatable while also showing inspiring introspection and self-contemplation”.
Tarona Hafezza is a junior at Hunter College with an Art History Major. Her past experience at a children's center has inspired her to pursue a career involving education and art. She’s previously worked at the Central Queens Y facilitating educational and recreational activities.
Brigitte Moreno is a Hunter College Senior with a Studio Art Major. She comes to the AME Program after internships in School and Teen Programs at the Rubin Museum of Art. She has also volunteered at MOMA Materials Lab, the School Programs Department, and the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
Lewis West is a Junior at Columbia University with a Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies major. He has a strong interest in Himalayan art and has taken classes on Buddhism, Indian History and Vedic texts. He also edits articles for Columbia’s journal of South Asian Culture, refining articles with topics ranging from Bollywood masculinity to Nepalese politics. He’s excited to communicate his enthusiasm for Himalayan art and culture to students at the Museum.
2010-2011 Apprentice Museum Educator Cohort
2009-2010 Apprentice Museum Educator Cohort
For further questions about the AME program please call Pauline Noyes, Coordinator, Teen and College Programs, at 212.620.5000 x337 or email pnoyes@rmanyc.org.
