Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (www.grahamfoundation.org) makes project-based grants to individuals and organizations and produces public programs to foster the development and exchange of diverse and challenging ideas about architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society.

The Graham Foundation seeks students and recent graduates in the fields of art, architecture, art education, and history. Selected applicants will learn through active participation in the administration of the foundation’s grants and public programming.

Responsibilities will include:

• Greeting visitors and providing information about the Graham Foundation’s programming and history
• Staffing public and evening events
• Assistance with exhibition research, installation and maintenance
• Recording and tracking visitor attendance
• Assistance with ongoing archival projects
• Working in the bookshop
• Maintaining mailing lists
• Other duties and projects as assigned

The Public Programs intern will be organized, responsible and detail oriented. She or he will ideally possess:

• An engaging personality
• Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Interest in learning about and promoting the Graham Foundation’s programs and history
• Initiative and the ability to work independently
• Knowledge of 20^th century art and architecture history
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office suite
• Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, especially Photoshop and InDesign, is a plus
• Familiarity with Salesforce or other contact management software is a plus

Start date: May 16, 2012

End date: December 2012

Work schedule: Flexible, 2 days per week minimum when gallery is open to visitors: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, or Saturdays, 10:30am – 5:30pm, and for regular evening events.

Please send a resume and cover letter to Eleni Chappen at echappen@grahamfoundation.org. Candidates for interviews will be contacted by email.

The Graham Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer interested in continuing the growth and diversity of its staff.

Image: Toro, Ferrer, and Torregrosa, Caribe Hilton, 1949, San Juan, P.R. Courtesy: Hospitality Industry Archives, Conrad Hilton College, University of Houston. From "Architecture, Urbanism, and American Tourism in Puerto Rico and Cuba" by Erica Morawski. 

The Graham Foundation announces the 2012 Carter Manny Award to support doctoral dissertation research and writing.

Applications due March 15, 2012

Since the Carter Manny Award’s establishment in 1996, over $500,000 has been awarded in recognition of outstanding doctoral students whose work represents some of the most innovative and advanced scholarship on architecture and its role in the arts, culture, and society. The Carter Manny Award supports dissertation research and writing by promising scholars whose projects focus on fields of inquiry supported by the Graham Foundation: architecture; architectural history, theory, and criticism; design; engineering; landscape architecture; urban planning; urban studies; visual arts; and other related fields. The award is intended to assist students enrolled in graduate programs in architecture, art history, and other programs in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences.

The Graham Foundation offers two Carter Manny Awards: a research award for a student at the research stage of the doctoral dissertation and a writing award for a student at the writing stage of the doctoral dissertation. The research award is acknowledged with $15,000 and the writing award is acknowledged with $20,000.

Ph.D. students who are presently candidates for a doctoral degree are eligible to apply.

• Students must be nominated by their department to apply for the Carter Manny Award.
• A department may nominate up to two candidates: one for the research award and one for the writing award.
• At the time of application, students must have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. except the dissertation and have had their dissertation proposals formally approved by their academic departments.
• The award is open to students officially enrolled in schools in the U.S. and Canada, regardless of citizenship.

For more information about our grantmaking, to learn if you are eligible for funding, and to access the application, click here to see our grant guidelines.

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