Student Guide to the Georgia Museum of Art

Students have a range of options to get involved at the Georgia Museum of Art

Next week, thousands of students will be returning to campus with even more joining for their first year. The Georgia Museum of Art is a great place for students to get involved, and they have many different opportunities to do so. Take a look below for all of the resources the museum offers to University of Georgia students.

Internships

The museum offers internships in a number of areas: curatorial, development, design and preparation, education, publications and public relations. Interns are expected to work approximately 12-15 hours per week as well as one special event per semester. These positions are best suited for rising juniors and above. For more information, read about the different types of interns here.

Student Association

The Student Association at the museum shares the mission of the Georgia Museum of Art and the University of Georgia to support and promote teaching, research and service. The GMOA Student Association is committed to promoting the museum to students and encouraging them to be involved in the arts here at UGA and in Athens. They do this by “hosting student nights at the museum and organizing community art events, enabling students and community members to come together all in the name of art.” You can learn more about the student association here.

Student Docents

The museum’s student docent corps is a specially trained group of student volunteers who lead conversation-based tours of the museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions. This program requires a commitment for fall and spring semesters, 12 tours and continuing-education attendance on select Thursday evenings. Student docents learn about the museum and help museum visitors feel welcome and comfortable. No experience in education or art is necessary, and all training is provided. You can find the application here.

Events

The museum holds special events weekly, with a wide range of activities. These include movie nights, yoga in the galleries, meditation sessions, study nights and late night parties, among others. For a full list of upcoming events, pick up a copy of Facet at the museum or view our online calendar.

Georgia Museum of Art Seeks New Volunteer Docents

Docents at the Georgia Museum of Art help lead tour groups of all ages

In addition to the programs, exhibitions and special events that visitors enjoy at the Georgia Museum of Art each week, there is currently another unique opportunity to get involved at the museum. We are accepting applications for volunteer docents, who help lead museum tours. Through these tours, docents help museum visitors feel welcome and comfortable, enhance their educational experience and facilitate relevant connections with works of art.

The ideal candidate for our docent program has a passion for art and is looking to share that passion with groups of all ages. There are no age or education requirements for this position, as we have had docents ranging from students to retirees. All of our volunteer docents are key in contributing to the success of the museum.

Applicants do not have to worry if they do not have a strong background in art or education, as all training is provided. This program requires a 2-year commitment, 12 tours per each year and continuing education attendance on select Monday mornings. The training program allows docents to learn tour techniques, shadow experienced docents and eventually practice their own tours.

If you are currently a student, you can apply for our student docent corps, which requires a fall and spring semester commitment, 12 tours and continuing-education attendance on select Thursday evenings.

If you are interested in becoming a volunteer docent, you can contact Sage Kincaid at sagekincaid@uga.edu or 706.542.0448 for more information. You may also click here to fill out our online docent application or here to fill out our student docent application.

GMOA in the News/Video Redo

The Red and Black ran an article yesterday on our student docent program that we hope will encourage even more students to apply for it, especially as today is the deadline to apply for the year. Student docents, like community docents, must commit to one year of involvement with the program and 20 hours of service during the course of one semester. Click here to apply online.

We also had some small edits to make on the Family Day video that was up on the blog briefly before disappearing. Here it is again, courtesy of Larry Forte.