Paid Internship - Rosenthal Education Center (REC) Intern at Cincinnati Art Museum – Cincinnati, Ohio

INTERNSHIP POSITION SUMMARY

The Cincinnati Art Museum has an opening for a part-time Rosenthal Education Center (REC) Intern in the Learning & Interpretation department. The internship will be in the summer of 2025 for 12 weeks from June to August, scheduled 20 hours per week Tuesday-Saturday.

The intern will assist the REC Manager and REC Coordinator during the busiest time of the year in the REC to work with families and young visitors to enhance the museum experience through hands-on creative engagement. The REC Intern will gain experience in an educational museum setting working directly with visitors, helping develop art projects, helping facilitate artmaking and interaction with the REC Artist-in-Residence art installation, as well as with the daily operation of the REC.

ESSENTIAL INTERNSHIP FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Working under the overall direction of the Rosenthal Education Center Manager, duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Work with families and children in the REC with artmaking activities.
• Develop and prepare artmaking opportunities for visitors.
• Help develop art projects for REC Reads.
• Work with the 2025 Artist-in-Residence on programming and installation management and maintain and make repairs necessary to the interactive components.
• Assist and support the daily operations of the REC.
• Other duties as assigned.

INTERNSHIP REQUIREMENTS

• The intern should be an upper-level undergraduate student or new graduate with a degree in general education, art education, museum studies, community education, or a related field.
• Intern must have strong communication and interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with various and diverse groups of people; an interest in working with kids and families on creative projects and hands-on learning is highly desirable.
• Experience in customer service, youth education and/or community engagement preferred.