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ICA Tour Guides
ORGANIZATION: Institute of Contemporary Art
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3 people are interested
ICA Tour Guides program includes a dynamic community of volunteer members within the Education Department with a shared interest in the art of our time. Through discussion-based tours, the Tour Guides encourage visitors of all ages to make meaningful connections with contemporary art and culture. ICA Tour Guides come from a variety of professional and personal backgrounds. There is no formal art or art history training is required.
The ICA is currently accepting applications for the fall 2019 Tour Guide training program.
Requirements:
- Enthusiasm for art, museums, and conversing with people of all ages and backgrounds
- Commitment to multicultural and inclusive teaching practices
- Comfortable speaking to and interacting with the public
- Attendance at weekly training classes during the initial training program. Trainings take place on Thursday afternoons September - November.
- Minimum 2-year commitment after the initial training program
- Attendance at exhibition and supplementary trainings after the initial training program, offered weekday afternoons and weekend mornings.
- Availability to lead an average of 4 tours per month after the initial training program. Tours are scheduled Tuesdays-Sundays, including some evenings.
- Availability on one or more weekday mornings Tuesdays-Fridays is highly desirable, as these are busy days for tours.
- Tour Guides must have the ability to conduct outside research in preparation for tours.
Benefits:
- Exclusive trainings, field trips, exhibition openings, and other social events with museum staff
- Unlimited free admission to the museum for you and up to two guests
- Discounts in the ICA Store
- Discounts on ICA-produced programs
- Free and/or discounted admission at select museums
ICA Tour Guides are unpaid volunteers, a small stipend is available for qualifying Tour Guides to offset transportation costs associated with volunteering.
To Apply:
Interested applications should complete an application form: https://www.icaboston.org/ica-volunteer-tour-guide-application
Applications accepted for the Tour Guide training class beginning September 12, 2019. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis throughout the summer. Applicants will be notified upon acceptance to the program. All accepted applicants will participate in a 10-week training class every Thursdays from 1-3 pm. The training classes cover an introduction to the ICA, our iconic building, and collection; an overview of themes in contemporary art; touring strategies and basic learning theory; and audience considerations.
Note: The ICA Tour Guide program does not accept applications from current high school or college students. For more information, please email tours@icaboston.org or call the Tour Programs Manager at (617) 478-3178.
More opportunities with Institute of Contemporary Art
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Institute of Contemporary Art
Location:
955 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02115, US
Mission Statement
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is the primary presenter of contemporary art in Boston. Founded in 1936, its mission is to share the pleasures of reflection, inspiration, provocation, and imagination that contemporary art offers through public access to art, artists, and the creative process.
Description
The ICA has continually presented to Boston audiences exhibitions of groundbreaking artists such as Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Gauguin, Andy Warhol, Bill Viola, and Ellen Gallagher. A similar philosophy brings artists outside the museum's walls through the ICA/Vita Brevis program that commissions temporary public projects in Boston neighborhoods. Educational offerings include in- and out-of-school programs for middle and high school students, free evening programming oriented to college and university students and adults, courses, family programs and scholarly symposia. In 2006, due the space limitations at its current facility, we will open a new museum on Boston Harbor that will triple the ICA's current exhibition space, provide an education center and performing arts theatre.
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25 Harbor Shore DriveBoston, MA 02210
DATE POSTED
February 18, 2020
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REQUIREMENTS
- Weekly training on Thursday afternoons September to November; Minimum of two (2) years commitment after training is completed
- Availability to lead an average of 4 tours per month after the initial training program. Tours are schedule Tuesdays to Sundays, evenings