Paid Internship - Art in Architecture Program

I l l i n o i s C a p i t a l D e v e l o p m e n t B o a r d

Art-in-Architecture Program

Paid Internship Opportunity

 

DESCRIPTION

The intern will participate in the ongoing work of the Art-in-Architecture (AIA) Program 

by working closely with the coordinator on day-to-day administration of the Program. 

Work may include taskssuch as attending selection committee meetings, tracking budgets, 

creating documentation, andmeeting with users. The intern will also complete a small 

special project developed with the AIA Coordinator that meets the needs of the student 

and the AIA Program.

 

POTENTIAL PROJECTS

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Systematically research past AIA projects. Create catalogue worksheets for art pieces 

commissioned and purchased by the program.

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Integrate systematic catalogue research into the AIA files and database. Add catalog 

recordsand update bibliographic and artist information.

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Archive past project and art registry files.

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Other special projects can be designed around the interest and abilities of the intern.

REQUIREMENTS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

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Must be at least 18 years old.

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Be well organized, detail oriented, creative and resourceful, with strong problem solving

skills.

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Exhibit a professional attitude.

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Have the ability to work independently.

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Have basic computer skills. Knowledge of databases a plus.

 

TIME COMMITMENT & STIPEND

37.5 hours per week, June 1-July 31, 2014 with a stipend of $1364.00 per month

 

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a resume and official transcript or proof of enrollment to Heather 

Humphrey by post or e-mail to the address on the left no later than close of business

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2014.

 

CONTACT

Heather Humphrey

Personnel Administrator

Capital Development Board

Wm. G. Stratton Building, FL 3

401 South Spring Street

Springfield, IL 62706

217.782.7222

heather.humphrey@illinois.gov

 

 

WHERE CAN I FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE AIA PROGRAM?

The AIA Policy and Procedure Manual, contact information, and other details 

can be found on the Capital Development Board website.

www.illinois.gov/cdb/services/art

 

 

 

Click here for more information!

 

 

 

Chicago Children's Museum - Arts and Culture Intern

Chicago Children's Museum


Intern Opportunity

Title: Arts and Culture Intern
Department: Education
Supervisor: Manager of Arts Studio and Programs
Possible Majors: Art Education, Museum Education, Studio Arts,

Requirements:
Education experience with elementary-aged children organization
Knowledge of and experience with diverse art forms creativity
Ability to communicate with and lead groups of people flexibility
Documentation/photography experience self-direction
Availability on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons Imagination
Patience

Arts and Culture at Chicago Children's Museum:
Arts and Culture programs offered in the Kraft Artabounds Studio include: family workshops, early childhood workshops, and visiting artist workshops. Arts programs offered museum wide include dance, drama, visual arts or music workshops and performances. Displays of artworks created by children, caregivers and visiting artists can be found museum wide.

Description of Responsibilities:
The interns’ primary responsibility will be working with Arts and Culture staff researching, implementing and documenting Kraft Artabounds Studio family programs, which serve our general visitors. Interns will work closely with Arts and Culture staff to develop, prepare and lead art activities for family workshops. Interns assist in keeping the studio organized and preparing supplies for workshops. Interns record attendance and assist Arts Learning staff in record keeping. Additional responsibilities will be determined by intern’s experience and may include planning and facilitating arts based special events, off-site programming or increased responsibility in documentation of programs and cataloguing of artwork.

Hours: Minimum 200 hours, 20-25 hours per week – 3 month commitment. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons, 11:30-5:30, required.

Site: Chicago Children’s Museum, Navy Pier

Contact: LaWanda M. May, Volunteer & Intern Resources Manager
700 E. Grand Ave., Suite 127
Chicago, IL 60611-3428
Phone (312) 464-7652  Fax (312) 527-9082


Internships are unpaid

Chicago Children's Museum’s Internship Program provides interns the opportunity to develop important work skills and gain practical experience while working on significant projects to further the Museum’s mission.

Call for Art - Heroes and Villains

Heroes and Villains

HEROES AND VILLAINS
A non-juried, open-walls, digital-printout exhibition in June. There is a $15.00 fee for each submitted and printed-out image. All work that meets the criteria will be accepted.

Entry Deadline June 8, 2014
Exhibition dates June 25, 2014 – July 19, 2014

This exhibition will celebrate who/what we honor and admire and/or who/what we fear and disdain. In this era of polarization we are seeking images that deal with this issue. We seek to present a moral cast of characters, a view into our present polarized consciousness about heroes and villains. We want to feature outsized depictions, stylizations, comic book portrayals, straight portraits or however else you imagine yourself in a world of characters you admire, disdain, idolize, fear, or want to aggrandize.
All images must be emailed to the gallery in a jpg format. Images can be graphic comic book-like imagery, drawings, photos, paintings, computer generated, or any other media that can be submitted in a digital format.

Submitted images must be sent through the prospectus at https://arcgallery.wufoo.com/forms/heroes-and-villains/ or emailed to the gallery at info@arcgallery.org and paid by check to ARC Gallery at ARC Gallery, 2156 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60647.

ARC Gallery will PRINT THESE IMAGES OUT in a 9x12 inch format on 11x14 inch paper. The printed-out images will fill one of the ARC exhibition spaces. Please be sure that your image can be printed 9x12" without getting cropped. The orientation of the image can be horizontal or vertical.

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Deadline Type: 

Fixed

Deadline or Post Expiration: 

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Link: 

http://www.arcgallery.org

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Contact Name: 

Iris Goldstein

Contact Email: 

info@arcgallery.org

Contact Phone Number: 

773-252-2232

Contact Address: 

2156 North Damen Avenue

Chicago  Illinois  60647

United States

Organization: 

ARC Gallery and Educational Foundation

TOMY INTERNATIONAL - GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN

TOMY INTERNATIONAL

GRAPHIC DESIGN INTERN

APRIL 2014

JOB TITLE:                   Design Intern

REPORTS TO: Graphics Manager

DEPARTMENT:           Marcom/Packaging

EDUCATION:              currently enrolled or recent grad from a Graphic Design, Illustration or similar program

EXPERIENCE:              Minimum of 2years of school

TIMEFRAME:               May – Sept   4 days/week

SKILLS REQUIRED:

Tomy International a leading designer and producerof innovative, high quality toys, collectible,
hobby and infant care products is looking for a Graphics Intern for summer 2014.  This position
will work within the Marcom and Graphics department on production and design projects.

Development of skills in packaging and collateral material development, graphics and asset creation, photography, image processing, 3D asset development, mockup and communication skills will all be developed or enhanced.

Substantial production work. Strong knowledge Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign required. Experience in HTML, CSS, RHINO, Keyshot, Powerpoint, Keynote a plus.  If interested please forward resume and samples of work to alquealy@tomy.com

If interested, please send a resume, porfolio and cover letter with salary requirements tohr@tomy.com or fax to 563-875-5658.

TOMY INTERNATIONAL - JR GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER

TOMY INTERNATIONAL

JR GRAPHIC DESIGN MANAGER

APRIL 2014

TOMY International, Inc. a leading designer, producer and marketer of innovative, high quality toys, collectible and infant care products has a full time opening for a Jr. Graphic Design Managerlocated in Oak Brook, IL. 

JOB TITLE:JR Graphic Design Manager

REPORTS TO:SR Graphic Design Manager

DEPARTMENT: Marcom/Packaging

EDUCATION:Degree in Graphic Design with experience in print or packaging,

or equivalent job-related experience

EXPERIENCE: Minimum of 3 years of experience

SKILLS REQUIRED:

·         Illustrator, Photoshop InDesign experience

·         Rhino, Keyshot, or 3D rendering program knowledge

·         Keynote, Powerpoint and Office Suiteknowledge

·         Photography and image processing experience

·         Dieline and package production experience

·         Manufacturing experience and partnering with overseas teams a plus

·         Mock up and sample production skills

·         Strong conceptual thinking

·         Concept generation capabilities

·         Ability to articulate insight driven design solutions

·         Ability to identify and share trends and new technologies

·         Ability and knowledge to bring aconcept from sketch to production

·         Ability to autonomously interact with a cross-functional team, managing a positive relationship

·         Ability to manage multiple projects

·         Strong communication and follow through

·         Strong presentation skills

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position is for digital production designer with the ability to work on a cross functional design services team over a range of licensed products. This person will work to generate and implement graphics and designs for web, email and social media.

·         Generate and present new concepts

·         React to feedback on concepts

·         Createand implement materials for package, collateral, web and social media

·         Managing development of multi sku line of packaging

·         Image processing

·         Graphic  generation

·         Manage art, design, and electronics assets through production

·         Participate autonomously in necessary conversations with graphics team to generate or utilize existing assets

·         Maintain an updated expert knowledge base in

·         Digital file organization skills

·         Complete the development of design projects on time, with proper documentation

This position is for a strong contributor, with the potential to evolve into a leader as time passes.

We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.  If interested, please send a resume, porfolio and cover letter with salary requirements tohr@tomy.com or fax to 563-875-5658.

TOMY INTERNATIONAL - JR DIGITAL DESIGNER

TOMY INTERNATIONAL

JR DIGITAL DESIGNER

APRIL 2014

TOMY International, Inc. a leading designer, producer and marketer of innovative, high quality toys, collectible and infant care products has a full time opening for a Jr. Digital Designerlocated in Oak Brook, IL. 

JOB TITLE:                   JR Digital Designer

REPORTS TO: SR Digital Designer

DEPARTMENT:           Marcom

EDUCATION:              Degree in Web Design orGraphic Design with a concentration in web,
or equivalent job-related experience

EXPERIENCE:              Minimum of 2-3 years of experience

SKILLS REQUIRED:

·         HTML, CSS, JAVASCRIPT, Illustrator, Photoshop experience

·         Rhino, Keyshot, or 3D rendering program knowledge

·         Print experience desired

·         Encore, After Effects a plus

·         Keynote, Powerpoint and Office Suite desired

·         Strong conceptual thinking

·         Concept generation capabilities

·         Ability to articulate insight driven design solutions

·         Ability to identify and share trends and new technologies

·         Ability and knowledge to bring aconcept from sketch to production

·         Ability to autonomously interact with a cross-functional team, managing a positive relationship

·         Ability to manage multiple projects

·         Strong presentation skills

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position is for digital production designer with the ability to work on a cross functional design services team over a range of licensed products. This person will work to generate and implement graphics and designs for web, email and social media.

·         Generate and present new concepts

·         React to feedback on concepts

·         Createand implement materials for website, email blasts and social media

·         Create and implement websites

·         Image processing

·         Graphic  generation

·         Manage art, design, and electronics assets through production

·         Participate autonomously in necessary conversations with graphics team to generate or utilize existing assets

·         Maintain an updated expert knowledge base in web technologies

·         Digital file organization skills

·         Complete the development of design projects on time, with proper documentation

This position is for a strong contributor, with the potential to evolve into a leader as time passes

We offer a highly competitive salary and benefits package.  If interested, please send a resume, porfolio and cover letter with salary requirements tohr@tomy.com or fax to 563-875-5658.

Call for Volunteers - Chicago Figment Project

FIGMENT Chicago catalyzes and celebrates an abundance of creativity and passion, challenging artists and our communities to find new ways to create, share, think, and dream.

 

Founded in 2007 on New York City’s Governors Island, what began as a few thousand enthusiasts enjoying a handful of participatory art projects on a sunny July afternoon has ballooned into a multi-day, multi-city event that drew over 30,000 participants in NYC, Jackson, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washington DC and Boston in 2012.

 

FIGMENT embodies the belief that everyone can make something of artistic value and that the arts can build a community of our best selves. We’re looking for artists who embrace those ideals to help us continue FIGMENT in Chicago.

 

WANT TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN AS A VOLUNTEER?!?!?!  We are recruiting for year-round and seasonal positions in our FIGMENT Team. Visit http://chicago.figmentproject.org/volunteer for more information!