VAM4023

Visual culture internship

(ART)

Leigh Astbury and Anne Marsh

12 points + 2.5 hours per week for 4 weeks, and 2 days per week during the 9 week period of internship + Second semester + Clayton

Synopsis: Internships in cultural institutions providing first-hand experience of working in the culture industry while introducing the types of research customarily undertaken in such institutions. After several preliminary seminars held at Monash University, students will be assigned to an institution in which they will work for two days per week over a period of nine weeks, under the direction of the relevant director. Students will undertake a research project of specific relevance to the cultural institution.

Assessment: Catalogue exercise (1500 words) + Research project (5500 words) + Internship practical work (equivalent 2000 words)