Internships

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Intern Insights: Summer 2023
Read reflections from a group of our summer interns, from their favorite activities and biggest takeaways to the music they most associate with the Frick.
Four interns around a screen reading "Strengths in American Art at the Frick Art Reference Library"
Summer Intern Project: American Art at the Library
Discover the joint project of the Frick Art Reference Library’s summer 2023 interns. In anticipation of the library becoming the repository for the Archives of American Art’s extensive microfilm collection, the interns examined the existing presence of materials on American art in the library’s collections. In this post, they each present a fascinating aspect of their findings.
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Intern Insights: Summer 2022
This summer, The Frick Collection hosted a talented and enthusiastic group of interns across eight museum and library departments. In this post, read the interns’ lively reflections on their experiences at the Frick.
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Intern Digitization Project: Picturesque Views of Paris
Discover a newly digitized book of engravings of views of Paris from the 1780s, the product of a collaborative project by the four summer 2022 interns at the Frick Art Reference Library.
Trustee Ayesha Bulchandani with three former interns in the East Gallery
The Ayesha Bulchandani Internship

Cultivating the Next Generation of Museum Professionals

This article is reprinted from the Fall 2017 issue of the Members’ Magazine.

Internship Blogs
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The Intern Experience: Summer 2023

This summer, a talented group of interns participated in a wide variety of projects across The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library. In this video—produced by Imogen Pranger, Digital & Media Production Intern—hear from the group about their time gaining hands-on experience in arts careers at the Frick.

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Closer Look: Veronese’s “Choice Between Virtue and Vice”

In this episode of Closer Look, Cheyenne Willis, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, examines Paolo Veronese’s Choice Between Virtue and Vice, on display on the third floor of Frick Madison. Cheyenne explores the morals implied by this allegorical scene, the myths that inspired it, and the aesthetic choices of the artist including the precious pigments he used. This is the final episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department’s 2023 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.

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Closer Look: Constable's "White Horse"

In this episode of Closer Look, Kennedy Winslow, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, explores John Constable’s “White Horse,” on display on the fourth floor of Frick Madison. Kennedy unpacks this faithful rendition of the English countryside, a love letter to the land in which the artist grew up and lived most of his life. This is the second episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department’s 2023 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.

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Closer Look: Carpet with Trees

In this episode of Closer Look, Edie Paczkowski, Ayesha Bulchandani Education Intern, discusses the rare Carpet with Trees on display on the third floor of Frick Madison. Edie traces the carpet’s journeys from Mughal India to Europe and the United States, paying homage to the skilled weavers and conservators who, separated by centuries, have allowed us to enjoy this splendid work of art. This is the first episode in a series of three, featuring the Education Department's 2023 summer interns each taking an in-depth look at one object in our collection.