Library Art History Research Assistant
Grinnell College
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- Location
- Grinnell, IA
- Work style
- On-site
- Job type
- Part time
- Posted
- Oct 8
- 12 days ago
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Grinnell College
Higher education · 501 to 1,000 employees
What you'll do
- Research and write artist profile descriptions for artists featured in #VodouReboot.
- Create profiles for the exhibition catalog and HADC digital platform using the “Going Beyond Provenance” methodology.
What you need
- Must be a current Grinnell College student with strong research, writing, and editing skills, attention to detail, cultural sensitivity, reliability, and organization.
Key skills
ResearchWritingEditingAttention to detailCultural sensitivityOrganizationWork independentlyFrenchMetadataDigital archives
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*All student employment positions on campus are covered by a negotiated contract with the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW).
Help research and write artist profile descriptions for the 22+ artists featured in #VodouReboot,an experiential exhibition celebrating Haitian Vodou spirituality and contemporary art at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, December 8, 2026–March 21, 2027. You will apply HADC's “Going Beyond Provenance”™ methodology—an ethical, community-centered cataloging framework that documents artists, communities, language, and cultural context alongside traditional art-historical data. Your profiles will support both the exhibition catalog and the HADC digital platform.
We are looking for a current Grinnell College student with strong research, writing, and editing skills, with close attention to detail and consistency. We need a student with cultural sensitivity toward Haitian, Vodou, and diasporic subject matter. Reliability, organization, and the ability to work independently with weekly accountability.
Preferred: Coursework or interest in art history, museum studies, digital humanities,Caribbean/Africana studies, anthropology, or history; reading knowledge of French and/orHaitian Kreyòl; familiarity with metadata or digital archives.