Directors Calls on Museums to Provide Paid Internships
After several years of discussions and deliberations, the Board of Trustees of the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD) accepted a resolution calling on art museums to pay their interns. The resolution, which discussed problems of exertions and equity in museums, became recommended by the business enterprise’s Professional Issues Committee, co-chaired through museum directors Jill Medvedow (The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston) and Mark Bessire (Portland Museum of Art).
The resolution reads:WHEREAS, internships provide crucial possibilities for college students thinking about careers in artwork museums, as well as experience important for entering the personnel; andWHEREAS, paid internships are essential to growing access and fairness for the museum career; NOW, THERE...