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Gallery Assistant - Internship
Institution/Organization	Commercial Art Galleries, members of ADAC
Location	VVancouver, BC (2 placements) and London, ON (1 placement)
Closing Date	January 15, 2007
E-mail	sharlene@ad-ac.ca
Web Link to Institution
http://www.ad-ac.ca/employment_opportunities.asp
This program provides post-secondary graduates with career-related employment opportunities in Canada to help them acquire advanced skills and become leaders in their field. This project is funded by the Government of Canada under the Youth Employment Strategy's Career Focus Initiative. The program is a paid internship to begin in January. Placements will be available in various cities across Canada: Vancouver (1 - 30 week placement, 1 - 20 week placement), and London (1 - 15 week placement). Participants will have the opportunity to gain employability skills by being mentored by the nation’s leading art dealers and by being involved in a variety of projects including: participation in national and international art fairs, website development, catalogue design, creating and managing databases, marketing initiatives and coordinating visual arts magazines. Participants will be exposed to a wide range of art: from African and Inuit sculpture, to contemporary Canadian installation and traditional European paintings. Requirements: Who can participate? Youth must be: - between the ages of 15 and 30 (inclusive) at the time of intake/selection; - post-secondary graduates; - Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person on whom refugee protection has been conferred; - out of school; - legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/territorial legislation and regulations; and - not in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits A Visual Arts background is essential as this is a career-related program. Participants must not have prior labour market attachment (no prior experience in a commercial art gallery). Please forward your resume and cover letter with location in subject line to: sharlene@ad-ac.ca (Attention: Sharlene Rankin, Executive Director)