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YUAG - Albert Sack Graduate Curatorial Intern (American Decorative Arts)
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Job ID	15649
Employer	Art Gallery, Yale
Employer Type	On Campus
Category	Research
Job Type	On-Campus Jobs
Job Description	The Department of American Decorative Arts seeks a graduate student to serve as the Spring 2026 Albert Sack Student Curatorial Intern. This position will entail up to 10 hours per week working with the Albert Sack Legacy Archives. This unique resource of comparative material for the study of early American furniture and other decorative arts consists of 10,000+ photographs and transparencies, business records, publications on American furniture and silver, and hundreds of binders categorizing images by region and form. As the premier firm for the buying and selling of early American furniture for much of the 20th century, Israel Sack, Inc., was an influential corporation, operating from 1905 to 2002 first in Boston and then New York City. Working with the firm’s archive, the fellow will continue the work of identifying and cataloguing images to be added to the Israel Sack Furniture Archive, an online resource hosted by the Yale University Library.
Job Requirements	This internship is open to graduate students. This position begins in the Spring 2026 semester. A completed application must include: A cover letter describing the relevance of the internship to your larger goals A resume or CV An unofficial transcript of your undergraduate record Two letters of recommendation. Letters of recommendation should be submitted directly by the recommenders to yuag.interns@yale.edu by the application deadline. **All candidates applying for jobs at the Art Gallery will be subject to pre-employment screening. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Compensation	21.05
Job Level	Exception Rate
Hours	10.0 hours per week
Primary Contact	Eric Litke
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Work Location	Yale University Art Gallery - West Campus
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