Open Positions

Position Description

If you like to work with people, want to learn more about contemporary art and are looking for an on-campus job, consider joining the MIT List Visual Art Center Student Guide Program. There you will lead tours and facilitate discussions of the List Center’s public art collection and temporary exhibitions, while at times assisting with museum programming events. Guides are able to learn about the artists, artwork, and issues surrounding public art and contemporary exhibitions first-hand, while helping others make connections, discover, and understand the visual world around them. The program is open to all undergraduate MIT students regardless of their major or experience in the arts.

Qualifications

• Open to undergraduate MIT Students.
• No art history, fine arts, or museum experience is necessary, but enthusiasm about contemporary visual arts is required
• Comfort with public speaking and interpersonal communication skills
• Professional, welcoming, and engaging demeanor
• Able to participate in inaugural and on-going learning sessions on the public art collection and current exhibitions.
• Guides are paid for training, leading and preparing for tours, and assisting museum program events. 

How to Apply

Interested MIT undergraduate students can apply by submitting a request for an application to listprograms [at] mit.edu (listprograms[at]mit[dot]edu).

Position Description

Work in the List Center galleries as a Visitors Services Gallery Attendant and get special exposure to the List Center’s art exhibitions. You should be knowledgeable about art, enjoy interacting with the public, and be able to monitor large galleries while standing for an extended period of time. Your duties will include:

• Learn about each art exhibition directly from the curator and artists
• Greet and assist visitors
• Check coats and bags
• Record visitor data
• Monitor the galleries and protect the art
• Sell catalogues
• Operate audio-visual technologies that are part of the artworks
• Represent the List Center with warmth and professionalism

As a substitute, there is no obligation to commit up-front to a set schedule or work dates. You will work occasionally during special events like receptions, or while Permanent Visitors Services staff are on vacation or unavailable. We maintain an ongoing list of Substitute Gallery Attendants who we reach out to on a case-by-case basis to fill empty shifts. Please note that this is not a permanent position and Substitutes are not MIT employees.

How to Apply

Please email your resume and a short note to krisjohn [at] mit.edu (Kristin Johnson) with “Substitute” in the subject line.

Position Description

Contemporary artists often derive inspiration from various fields of study and explore it through artistic methodologies. To expand on artist interests; MIT graduate students and post-docs are invited to share their field research in conjunction with work on view to provide audiences a deeper understanding and prompts for thoughtful conversations.

If you like to share your research and would like the opportunity to present in a Graduate Student Talk, consider submitting a letter of interest. The program is open to all graduate students regardless of their major or experience in the arts.

Qualifications

• Open to graduate MIT Students
• No art history, fine arts, or museum experience is necessary, but enthusiasm about contemporary visual arts is required
• Comfort with public speaking
• Professional, welcoming, and engaging demeanor
• Graduate students are provided speaker fees.

How to Submit

Interested students can submit a letter of interest to listprograms [at] mit.edu (listprograms[at]mit[dot]edu). And we will set up a time to discuss your research interests and how they could overlap with upcoming exhibitions during your tenure at MIT.