Role Description
Institution Lab is looking for Art Therapy research interns and PhD students who are interested in helping us work with ALAN, our emotionally aware curatorial assistant.
Institution is a cultural association headquartered in Tuscany and New York that promotes a new artistic institution model, aimed at combining research and experimentation with popularity and participation. The association aims, through mixing the arts and research on important social issues, to implement a kind of revolution in which the arts are seen as tools for understanding the world.
In order to increase participation, we have created an AI companion that helps visitors to museums understand and appreciate the often opaque context of contemporary art.
Now we are testing the emotional capabilities and nuance of our AI model and need art therapy students to help us create sets of questions related to contemporary art.
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Qualifications
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with diverse audiences
• Background or education in art therapy, psychology, or a related field is a must. Preference for Masters and PhD students who can work independently.
• Ability to work collaboratively in an innovative and technology-driven environment
• We will submit a research paper and you will receive full credit at the end of this internship.
Institution Lab is looking for curatorial and research interns with passion and commitment to launch our new digital cultural platform and museum!
Institution is a cultural association headquartered in Tuscany that promotes a new artistic institution model, aimed at combining research and experimentation with popularity and participation. The association aims, through mixing the arts and research on important social issues, to implement a kind of revolution in which the arts are seen as tools for understanding the world.
Read our opening statement/manifesto here:
https://beta.institution.art/en/base/articles/11
Some of the most important protagonists in the world of culture are involved, such as Nicolas Bourriaud, Maurizio Cattelan, Marina Abramovic, Cai Guo-Qiang, Bart de Baere, David Elliott, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Mami Kataoka, and Hans Ulrich Obrist. Meetings continue in the coming months on our new platform Institution.Art: a VR and AI powered digital platform to innovate the virtual experience of art launching in March 2026.
Institution Lab is led by our internationally recognized curator and director, Fabio Cavallucci
.Institution Lab is now looking for a team of interns to help in many different activities (research, production of texts and videos, promotion, fundraising) and buildout of our physical museum space in NYC. .What will you do? Research on different topics related to the projects of Institution
• Prepare releases, posts, and documents using our custom CMS.
• Research works and contact artists to add onto our platform.
• Write grant applications, engage in fundraising and crowdfunding campaigns
• Liaise and meet with artists, curators, and international art world personalities.
• Learn curatorial skills from one of the most recognized curators in the world.
• Begin working on our physical museum space in NYC.
The volunteer period must last at least 4 months. Internship is remote but you are invited to our offices in Italy, New York and China. An official certificate describing your commitment to the activity carried out which may give you credit. Our interns will be given a chance to transition to contract and full time work when the physical institution opens and will be able to provide letters to any credit granting schools
.Acceptance to the volunteering period is subject to an entrance test. We accept interns who speak English or Italian or Chinese. If you are interested, please apply on handshake.