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J. Paul Getty Trust and Foundation
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Contact Angie Kim, Program Officer
310.440.7320
summerinterns@getty.edu
http://www.getty.edu/foundation
 J. Paul Getty viewed art as a civilizing influence in society and strongly believed in making art available to the public for its education and enjoyment. He opened the J. Paul Getty Museum to the public in 1954. This small museum, established in his ranch house in Malibu, housed collections of Greek and Roman antiquities, 18th-century French furniture, and European paintings. Fascinated with the ancient world of the Mediterranean, he later built a Roman-style villa, modeled after the Villa dei Papiri of the first century A.D.

The Getty Foundation provides support to institutions and individuals in Los Angeles and throughout the world, funding a diverse range of projects that promote the understanding and conservation of the visual arts. Through its grant-making, the Foundation complements and extends the work of all the Getty programs. The Foundation also encompasses the Getty Leadership Institute, the leading source of continuing professional development for current and future museum leaders.

We are a not-for-profit organization. We have had previous internship experience referred from both national and international graduate applicants including Korea, the United Kingdom, Nepal, Germany, and France.

Description:1.)Graduate Internships.
Graduate Internships at the Getty support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts. Programs and departments throughout the Getty provide training and work experience in areas such as Curatorial, Education, Conservation, Research, Information Management, Public Programs, and Grant-making.

Internships are full-time beginning September 15, 2008. Most internships are for eight months, ending May 22, 2009. Conservation internships are full-time for twelve months, ending September 11, 2009. Grant amounts are $17,400 for eight months and $26,000 for twelve months. The grant includes health benefits, but housing is not provided.

2.)Multicultural Undergraduate Internships.
In order to increase diversity in the professions related to museums and the visual arts, the Getty is offering summer internships at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa to undergraduates of culturally diverse backgrounds. Internships provide training and work experience in areas such as Conservation, Library Collections, Publications, Museum Education, Curatorship, Grants Administration, Public Programs, Site Operations, and Information Technology. Orientation activities and field trips provide students with broad exposure to career possibilities in museums and visual arts organizations.

Internships provide stipends of $3,500 for ten-week summer internships at the Getty Center in Los Angeles or at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California. The internships are full time beginning June 2008, and ending August 2008. Housing and transportation are not provided.

***For ALL internships: A car is not required but is desirable. Mileage is not reimbursed and housing is not available, although some host organizations may be able to offer some assistance.

Eligibility:1.)Graduate Internships.
Graduate internships at the Getty are open to applicants of all nationalities. Students must either be currently enrolled in a graduate program leading to an advanced degree in a field relevant to the internship(s) for which they are applying or have completed a relevant graduate degree in 2005 or later with post-graduate activities in their field (paid or unpaid). (Students whose degrees were conferred prior to January 1, 2005 are not eligible.)

2.)Undergraduate Internships.
The Multicultural Undergraduate Internships at the Getty are intended specifically for outstanding students who are members of groups currently underrepresented in museum professions and fields related to the visual arts and humanities: individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent. Eligible applicants must be currently enrolled undergraduates who either reside or attend college in Los Angeles County, will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2008, and will not graduate before December 2008. Candidates are sought from all areas of undergraduate study, including the sciences and technology, and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to the visual arts.

Application:Please check our website for complete application instructions.

1.)Graduate Interns.
Internships begin in September and end in May(8 month) or September (12 month). Completed application materials are due in the Getty Foundation office by December 15, 2007. We regret that incomplete or late applications (those received after December 15, 2007, regardless of their postmark date or place of origin) cannot be accepted for consideration. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications hand-delivered to the Getty Center or those sent by e-mail or fax. Application materials cannot be returned. All applicants will be notified of the Getty's decision in April 2008. The application form for Graduate Internships at the Getty is available for viewing and printing in Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/grad_interns.html.

2.)Undergraduate Interns.
Applications are due March 15, 2008 and will be available at http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/multicultural_getty.html in February. The Getty Foundation also provides grants to Los Angeles-area museums and visual arts organizations to host Multicultural Undergraduate Interns for a ten-week period. A complete list of available positions and application instructions will be posted at http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/multicultural_la.html in April 2008.