2024 Internship Job Description
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) seeks a creative and motivated intern who is interested in learning skills and gaining experience in gallery management, arts administration, communications, and education for contemporary art organizations. The intern will work closely with Tephra ICA staff to assist with daily gallery operations, administration, public programs, and special events. The Internship presents a unique opportunity to gain experience in arts administration, arts education, arts writing, arts marketing, gallery management; and direct experience in leading a gallery tour and/or facilitating a gallery talk.
About Tephra ICA
Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art (Tephra ICA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit institution dedicated to promoting innovative contemporary art and thinking. As a recognized regional arts leader, Tephra ICA serves more than 50,000 people annually, providing the Washington, DC metropolitan region with wideranging opportunities to experience and explore contemporary art through exhibitions, education offerings, interdisciplinary public programs, the Tephra ICA Arts Festival (formerly the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival), and The Alloy Project | Tephra ICA’s Annual Benefit. Tephra ICA exhibitions present the full scope of visuals arts with the main gallery increasingly highlighting nationally and internationally acclaimed artists and the satellite gallery, Tephra ICA at Signature, showcasing innovative local and regional artists.
Tephra ICA has partnered with the Kreeger Museum, the Phillips Collection, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the National Gallery of Art, George Mason University, American University, Howard University, and more through exhibitions and programming such as Creative Response, which invites creative professionals to respond to artwork on view and engage visitors in conversation. Tephra ICA’s Emerging Visions program and Summer Art Camp deliver art enrichment experiences to over 20,000 students; and the Tephra ICA Arts Festival, Tephra ICA’s largest fundraising effort, is among the top of such events in the country. Admission to the Tephra ICA gallery is always FREE, as are most programs. Recently, Tephra ICA was honored by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the state arts agency, to receive one of its prestigious “50 for 50 Arts Inspiration Awards” in the category of Bedrock Institutions – one of only four visual arts institutions in the Commonwealth to receive such recognition. In 2022, Tephra ICA was recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of “10 Cool Galleries Around the DC Area”.