Internships & Civic Engagement

Recent Internships

• Fall 2023

  Kidzibits, St. Paul, MN, Macie McIlvain, ’26. Studio assistant.

• Spring 2023

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Mpls. MN, Charlie Kelley-Pegg ’23, Education intern

• Fall 2021

  Office of Cultural Work + Seitu Jones Studio, St. Paul, MN| Alex Thomas ’22, Studio assistant

• Fall 2020

  Twin Cities Community Agricultural Land Trust, MN| Malini Basu, ’21, Communications intern

  Imagining America, Davis, CA | Long Nguyen, ’21, JGS Fellowship

  UpTurnships, Edina, MN | Long Nguyen, ’21,Ramsey County Cohort

  Galerie Eric Dupont, Paris, France | Nora Stewart, ’21, Gallery Assistant

  Collage Architects, Minneapolis, MN | Alex Thomas, ’22, Architectural Intern

  Office of Cultural Work + Seitu Jones Studio, St. Paul, MN | Alex Thomas, ’22, Studio Assistant

• Summer 2020

  Indigenous Roots, St. Paul, MN | Long Nguyen, ’21, Summer Art Intern

  Office of Cultural Work + Seitu Jones Studio, St. Paul, MN | Alex Thomas, ’22, Studio Assistant

• Fall 2019

  TSIoT, Ulsan, South Korea | Hwapyeong (Peace) Im, ’19, Graphic Designer

  Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | Bade Turgut, ’19, Gallery Intern

  Somali Museum of MN| Zarra TM ’21, Collections Intern

  Minnesota Historical Society Press|Ema Erickson, ’20, Design Intern

• Summer 2019

  TSIoT, Ulsan, South Korea | Hwapyeong (Peace) Im, ’19, Graphic Designer

  EXPLO, Norwood, MA | Alex Thomas, ’22, Instructor

  Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Minneapolis, MN | Bade Turgut, ’19, Gallery Assistant

• Spring 2019

  Alec Soth Studio, St. Paul, MN | Michael Wood, ’19, Studio Intern

  Articulture, Mpls MN| MaiXor Vang ’21, Communications Intern

  Somali Museum of MN| Zarra TM ’21, Collections Intern

• Summer 2018

  Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN | Sebastian Eising, ’19, Visual Arts Intern

  Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. | Nora Stewart, ’21, Undergraduate Registration Intern

  One distinct advantage of Macalester’s urban location is the excellent internship opportunities in the Arts. Macalester students have interned at every major museum, gallery and art nonprofit in the area. Our students are in demand as self-directed, intelligent, adaptive, broadly educated, culturally sensitive workers with excellent educational preparation for arts internship service. Many Art History and Studio students use their excellent Macalester background to secure internships at major museums across the country and internationally.

• Other Past Internship Sites

  Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN
  

  Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, MN

  Bedlam Theatre, Minneapolis, MN

  Cheil Worldwide, Beijing, China

  Groveland Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

  Metro Transit of The Metropolitan Council, Minneapolis, MN

  Midwest Art Conservation Center, Minneapolis, MN

  Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN

  Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

  Northern Clay Center, Minneapolis, MN
  

  The American Swedish Institute, Minneapolis, MN
  

  Potekglass Studio, Minneapolis, MN

  The Works Museum, Bloomington, MN

  Zydeco Design, Minneapolis, MN

  San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art, SF CA
  

  Peggy Guggenheim Museum, Venice, Italy