Announcing the 2023-2024 VRA Internship Award Recipient
The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 VRA Internship Award in visual resources and image management.
The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 VRA Internship Award in visual resources and image management. This award was generously funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Marco Lanier, a graduate student at Simmons University in Boston, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 11th Internship Award. He will receive $3,000 to work a minimum of 200 hours at The History Project, which is a volunteer-driven organization that maintains one of the largest independent LGBTQ+ archives in the nation.
Through his internship, Marco will digitize a selection of visual resources from The History Project's collection of Gay Community News (GCN), which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and make the selection accessible through the archives' digital collections platform. GCN is an influential Boston-based newspaper that reported on LGBTQ+ life and issues across the US. As part of the newspaper's 50th anniversary, The History Project is organizing a series of panel discussions about GCN in collaboration with the Massachusetts Historical Society. Digitizing and ensuring access to these materials will be of considerable value to the public and enhance the impact of The History Project’s public programming, education, and outreach efforts.
The VRA is pleased to support the education and practical training of emerging professionals through this internship award. The Internship Award Committee (Linda Callahan, Liz Gadelha, and Sagan Thacker, our previous awardee) appreciates the careful thought that went into every proposal. We are grateful to the Kress Foundation for its assistance and for recognizing the potential of this award to foster the next generation of visual resource professionals.
Apply now! VRA 2023-2024 Internship Award
The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is pleased to invite applications for the 11th VRA Internship Award in visual resources and image management. This internship is generously funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Applications are accepted May 15 - July 31, 2023.
The VRA Internship Award provides financial support for graduate students and recent graduates preparing for a career in visual resources and image management. The award grants $3,000 to support a period of internship in archives, libraries, museums, visual resources collections in academic institutions, or other appropriate contexts. It also provides $1,000 for professional development along with a one-year complimentary student membership in the Visual Resources Association.
Candidates should apply after developing a project with a specific collection and prospective supervisor. Priority is given to applicants who submit projects that support art historical or related visual cultural heritage research and scholarship. The VRA Internship Award Committee favors opportunities in which the intern may integrate skills acquired during the course of the intern’s academic training to manage a project from beginning to end, with the host institution receiving needed help in making valuable cultural collections visible. Projects that would not occur without funding for an intern may be given special consideration.
A complete description of the internship and application instructions are available at the bottom of our Internship Award page.
Announcing the 2022-2023 VRA Internship Award Recipient
The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 VRA Internship Award in visual resources and image management. This award was generously funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.Sagan Thacker of Asheville, North Carolina, is the recipient of the 10th Internship Award. They will receive $3,000 to work a minimum of 200 hours at the Black Mountain College Museum. Through their internship, Sagan will help launch the museum’s first online portal, which will make its holdings viewable to the general public. In the course of their work, Sagan will describe artworks and other objects held by the museum, digitize objects, and update public-facing records.The Association is pleased to support the education and practical training of emerging professionals through this internship award. The Internship Award Committee (Linda Callahan, Bonnie Rosenberg, Robb Detlefs, and Andrew Weymouth, our previous awardee) appreciates the careful thought that went into every proposal. We are grateful to the Kress Foundation for its assistance and for recognizing the potential of this award to foster the next generation of visual resource professionals.
Apply now! VRA Internship Award