I saw this earlier this evening, posted by Susan Jones on twitter:
http://www.skillset.org/uploads/pdf/asset_14315.pd…
A guide to Internships. Lots of really good rules about pay/minimum wage – worker issues and time limits.
So I applied this to the two internships advertised in ArtJobs today.
Grizedale: very good, no, excellent opportunity for 6 week internship with pretty decent pay and a totally immersive experience. Plus they are up for splitting the residency into two or three week blocks.
http://www.grizedale.org/about/internships
Florence Trust: Not quite as good, probably still an amazing experience at a very interesting place, but it’s not paid at all, and doesn’t mention any costs covered either. On the plus side – a really broad range of stuff to work on and it’s only for one day a week working as an assistant to the Director/Studio manager i.e. a lot of contact with interesting people.
http://tinyurl.com/ybczsnl
The Grizedale one could be for anyone too, whereas you’d pretty much need to live in London to do the Florence Trust Internship…
Ok, exercise for the day over, will do a bit more comparing of how different internships measure up and report my findings.. now to sweep the studio floor and go home!
