The Department of Art and Art Education offers you an opportunity
to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree with a concentration in Studio
Art, Visual Studies, or Digital Media or a Bachelor of Science
degree with a major in Art Education.
More than half of the enrollment in studio art courses each semester
are students majoring in areas other than art. The Department
responds to this opportunity to contribute to a wide range of
educational goals by basing course content and pedagogical approach
on a view of studio experience as part of education in a broad
sense rather than primarily as training for the profession. Those
students who want additional emphasis on professional aspects
of study in the arts will find enthusiastic instruction and encouragement.
The Art and Art Education Department is
pleased to announce that Antawan Byrd, has
been selected to participate in the highly
competitive Museum Studies Internship
Program at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
this summer. Additionally he was awarded one
of only two Diversity Fellowships to attend.
Antawan Byrd preparing for a gallery talk
on Brancusi
at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Museum Studies Internship Program
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is a leader
in the training and mentoring of young
museum professionals and future museum
colleagues. The Museum Studies Internship
Program provides interns with exposure to
the inner workings of a major metropolitan
museum, promoting an awareness of museum
careers through experiences not available in
most academic settings.
The Museum selects a diverse group of
talented undergraduate and graduate students
from a highly competitive regional, national
and international pool of candidates.
The Museum Studies Internship Program offers
internships each summer to qualified
students who have completed at least their
sophomore year of college by the spring of
2008 and have maintained a 3.0 grade point
average. The program runs Monday through
Friday for nine weeks. Interns work in their
departmental placements for three and
one-half days per week. The rest of the
week, they participate in a Museum Studies
course which includes collection tours with
curators, departmental orientations, field
trips, and seminars.
Interns are placed according to departmental
needs that vary from year to year. In past
summers, placements have included the
following departments: Development, External
Affairs, Library, Marketing and Public
Relations, Registrar, American Art, East
Asian Art, Costume and Textiles, European
Painting, Indian and Himalayan Art, Modern
and Contemporary Art, and Prints, Drawings
and Photographs. Education placements are
made in two divisions: public programs for
adults and college students or programs for
youth and family. Recent project
descriptions are listed on this web site.
Diversity Internship Program
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission in partnership with the
Pennsylvania Federation of Museums and
Historical Organizations has created The
Diversity Internship Program to introduce
students to professional opportunities in
museums with the goal of increasing the
diversity of professional employees
throughout the state of Pennsylvania. Two
student internships will be funded at the
Philadelphia Museum through this program.
