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National Museum of the American Indian Internship Program
posted by MIAN on May 27, 2010
The National Museum of the American Indian, in Washington DC, seeks students interested in gaining museum practice and program development experience to work as interns during four sessions lasting 10 weeks throughout the year. The positions are open to current or prospective graduate students in all fields of study, regardless of citizenship. Applicants must be enrolled in a university program or have completed the program no more than six months before the application deadline. A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or its equivalent is generally expected. Some stipends are awarded on the bases of need and merit; they are insufficient to cover all costs, and are targeted primarily at American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native students. Housing may be provided in the summer session.
Deadline: 7/12/2010 (for fall 2010).
Information: Internship Program, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Cultural Resources Center, Community and Constituent Services Department; 4220 Silver Hill Road; Suitland, MD 20746-2863; (301) 238-1540; NMAIinterns@si.edu
William O’Farrell Fellowship Awarded
posted by MIAN on May 26, 2010
Northeast Historic Film has awarded its inaugural William O’Farrell Fellowship to Caitlin McGrath, a doctoral candidate in cinema and media studies at the University of Chicago.
The Fellowship provides a stipend of $1,500 to support research at NHF, a regional moving image archives established in 1986 and located in Bucksport, Maine. NHF awards the O’Farrell Fellowship, which is named for Canadian film archivist William S. O’Farrell, an advocate for amateur and nontheatrical film collections and major supporter of NHF, to an individual engaged in research toward a publication, production, or presentation based on moving image history and culture, particularly amateur and nontheatrical film.
At the NHF archives, McGrath, who expects to receive her Ph.D. this summer, will pursue research relating to amateur film taken at the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair. She will focus on amateur films to compare, for example, coverage from 1939 and 1940. In a press release announcing her award, McGrath said: “In my previous research into the fair, I examined how the fair changed between its two seasons. The first season, when the theme was The World of Tomorrow, was followed by an extensive transformation of the fairgrounds in the wake of the eruption of World War II. After this transformation, the fair’s theme became For Peace and Freedom.”
The NHF will announce the 2011 William O’Farrell Fellowship competition in the fall, and will accept applications through mid-January 2011. Applications will appear in the fall, and will be accepted through mid-January 2011. Information: Barbara Manning, NHF Business Manager, barb@oldfilm.org.
“The Feature” at Anthology Film Archives
posted by MIAN on May 25, 2010
The Feature is video artist Michael Auder’s 2008 semi-autobiographical filmed diary, “with the archive of footage Auder has amassed over the decades providing much of the source material, alongside new scenes shot by co-director Andrew Neel (the grandson of painter Alice Neel).” Screens nightly at 7pm, with additional shows Saturday and Sunday at 3pm.