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  <Title>Wanted: Paid Volunteer Docents</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span>Paid volunteer opportunity. Please apply if you are interested. Thank you.</span></div><div><br></div><div><h4>Seeking paid volunteer docents for SPARK: New Light at the Peale</h4><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong>Towson University and UMBC are recruiting paid volunteers to serve as docents for our <em><a href="https://www.thepealecenter.org/events/spark-new-light-exhibition/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SPARK: New Light</a></em> exhibition at the Peale from August 18 - September 25. </strong><div><br></div><div>Docents will be on-site to answer visitor inquiries and lightly monitor the large exhibition which is located in the second and third-floor galleries of the Peale (the Peale is accessible.)<br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Volunteers will be given a stipend of $12 an hour for their time</strong>, to be paid as a single stipend payment after the close of the exhibition in late September. Volunteers will not be considered employees of Towson University, UMBC, or the Peale.</div><div><br></div><div><div><u><strong>Docent shifts available from August 18 -September 25:</strong></u></div>Thursdays: 3 - 7 pm<br>Fridays: 3 - 7 pm<br>Saturdays, two shifts: 10 am -1 pm and 1 - 4 pm<br>Sundays, two shifts: 10 am -1 pm and 1 - 4 pm<div><br></div><div><strong>To be considered,</strong> please send an email to <a href="mailto:spark.docents@gmail.com" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">spark.docents@gmail.com</a> – tell us a little about yourself and why this opportunity interests you, and include information about your availability to volunteer during the run of the exhibition. We are ideally looking for volunteers who can take on several shifts to aid in scheduling and high preference will be given to current Towson University and UMBC students and recent alumni.</div><div><br></div><div>Image: <span>Transgender Euphoria by Foster Reynolds-Santiago. Mixed media installation, 2022 reveals brightly colored jewel tones depicting a tropical ocean scene. It is projected onto a wall with colorful crochet remnants framing the edge of the projected image. A second illuminated scene glows in the background.</span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div></div>
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  <Title>Seeking SPARK Exhibition Intern</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><div><div><strong>SPARK Exhibition Intern</strong></div><div>Seeking an Exhibition Intern to work with the Curator and Assistant Curator of the upcoming SPARK V exhibition and related programming, which presents to work of UMBC and Towson University faculty and student artists, at the Peale Museum in Baltimore from mid-January to mid-April.<br><br>This role will generally support the planning and execution of programming at the Peale Museum and, with active mentorship, take a gradually increasing leadership role in producing aspects of the SPARK exhibition that highlight UMBC and Towson University student artwork.<br><br>Ideally, this will be an internship for credit for a student with a major or minor in Art History and Museum Studies but those with other majors are welcome to apply. While not a paid position, in addition to credit, there is a $700 stipend for this role.<br><br>Candidates should be organized, detail-oriented, and able to work remotely and in person (which requires proof of vaccination and masking per Peale Museum policy.)<br><br>To be considered for this role, please email a resume and letter of interest to SPARK Curator Catherine Borg at <a href="mailto:cborg@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">cborg@umbc.edu</a>.<br><br><strong>The deadline to apply is December 5.</strong></div></div></div><div><br><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><span>Catherine Borg</span><br></div><div><em>SPARK</em> Curator</div><div><a href="http://www.sparkbaltimore.org/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.sparkbaltimore.org</a><br><span>Cell: 702-374-6898</span><br></div><div>Preferred pronouns: She, her, hers</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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