INTERNSHIPS

The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts (LCVA) is a teaching museum dedicated to educating students about how their skills can be applied to the betterment of their community. Internships at the LCVA are an ideal opportunity for students to hone their skills while obtaining “real life,” on-the-job experiences. The LCVA encourages college students from any discipline to apply for an internship.

Internships are available with and without stipends in a variety of areas, including administration, marketing, public relations, development, collections management, exhibitions management, and education.

Questions?
Contact Emily Grabiec
434 395 2648

Internship (With Stipend):
Deadline for application: April 5, 2013
Each year the LCVA selects one student to receive a year-long
Wells-Bishop Internship that carries a $1,000 stipend. Applying students must have at least a 3.2 GPA and register for 3 credit hours.

Internships (no stipend):
Deadline for application: 2 weeks prior to each semester
Internships are offered for 1-3 credit hours. Four hours of work per credit hour is required each week.

To apply for an internship, please send a letter of interest, resume (including current GPA), and 3 academic references (name, title, email, phone) to:

Emily Grabiec, Curator of Education
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
129 North Main Street
Farmville, VA 23901

CURRENT
INTERNSHIPS

Wells-Bishop Intern 2012-2013

Intern Hannah Watson

Thornton Dial, Most the People Love Fish and Flowers, 1990, watercolor and graphite.

After interviewing for the position, we were excited to have Hannah Watson join our lineup and become the 2012- 2013 Wells - Bishop Intern for the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts! Hannah is a Junior English Major with a double minor in Communication Studies and Children's Literature at Longwood University with hopes to pursue a career in Public Relations after graduation. She came to the LCVA looking to gain experience in the PR and Marketing field and has worked directly under our PR and Marketing Coordinator Jenna Obermiller Cohill. Outside of the LCVA, Hannah is currently the acting president of Kappa Delta Sorority at Longwood University as well as a proud campus Peer Mentor.

Hannah works to promote all of the events that The Longwood Center for the Visual Arts puts on throughout the year. Doing everything from press releases, radio blurbs, website up keep, and flyers; Hannah has assisted in getting the word out to the local community as well as helping to link the student body of Longwood University with the LCVA.

Hannah wrote:
Being the LCVA's PR and Marketing Intern is one of the most rewarding experiences I could ask for during my time at school. I came into the LCVA with a big background in writing with the ambition to explore the field of PR. It was a huge change from what I was used to studying and I've since learned how to apply my education in English, to the skills I have developed in the marketing field. I couldn't ask for a better environment to explore a career in. Now, thanks to the LCVA and its amazing staff, I have found what a job that I love and want to pursue as a full time career after I graduate!

The Wells-Bishop Internship was established in 2004, by virtue of gifts in honor of Carolyn Wells (Professor Emeritus of Biology, Department of Natural Sciences) and in the memory of Barbara L. Bishop (class of 1960, Art Department faculty, Art Department chair) by family, friends, and Longwood University alumni. The internship program recognizes the significant role that Wells and Bishop played in the establishment of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts.

PREVIOUS INTERNS

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Brian Jones, Brochure Design
Nathan Strumfeld, Web Page Design

Art—History
Jennifer Baker, Collections Research
Michelle McMillian, Collections Research
Ophelia Redmond, Collections Research

Business and Economics
Chris Bonham, Web Page Design

Communications Studies
Kari Goldstein, Assistant to the Registrar
LaKisha Page, Public Relations
Kim Schade, Public Relations
Erica Schmeits, Special Events
Mali Tyson, Event Planning
Justin Vanderspegiel, Development
Laura Veazey, Development and Marketing
Catie Wind, Administration

History
Lorin Seipp, Oral History

Sociology
Andi Graham, ART Kids
Adrianna Knapp, ART Kids