Applications are now open for our 2024 Liz Stringer Curatorial Internship, at New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata

New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata
Shed 11, Wellington Waterfront
60 Lady Elizabeth Lane
Pōneke Wellington

Hours:
Daily, 10am-4pm
Closed Christmas Day

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Applications close: Monday 22 April 2024.

Liz Stringer Curatorial internship was established in 2016 as an opportunity for aspiring curators to:

- gain valuable experience that can help boost them into a career in the arts
- develop hands-on curatorial, collection and project management skills
- curate one exhibition featuring works from the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Collection
- develop skills and experience across the wide range of activities that take place in a busy public art gallery, including exhibition production, research, artwork selection, interpretation and public programme development
- contribute new perspectives, connections and appreciation of portraiture to the Gallery

The Internship is part-time (approx. 8 hours a week) for approximately for 6-7 months over the course of a year and is supported by a stipend generously donated by Liz Stringer.

Applicants must have a tertiary qualification in art history, museum studies, fine arts or a related subject, or have relevant equal experience.

How to apply

Applicants must submit a proposal for an exhibition in the NZPG Front Gallery space with a 200 word concept. The concept should recontextualise items from the portrait gallery’s collection with a fresh perspective. Proposals should include a list of 10-20 proposed artworks featuring works selected from the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Collection and other local public and private collections (ie. Victoria University, Wellington City Council Collection, The Dowse, regional gallery collections, institutional collections, The Fletcher Trust Collection, The Arts House Trust Collection, as well as Artists and Private Dealers’ collections).

To request a job description or a plan of the Gallery please email admin@nzportraitgallery.org.nz

To apply send your exhibition proposal, cover letter and CV with the subject line “Curatorial Internship application” to: admin@nzportraitgallery.org.nz by 5pm Monday 22 April 2024.

Full role description and application details here