Superhero Sketching Internship
The Skirball Cultural Center is seeking an intern for an art and museum-focused summer internship. This internship will be held in-person for 10 weeks from mid-June to mid-August. The intern will work approximately 18 hours. The schedule is Thursdays and Fridays, 11:30 am-4:30 pm, and Saturdays, 9:30 am-4:30 pm. There will be additional hours provided for training, workshops, and networking opportunities.
Compensation: The Superhero Sketching Internship is a part-time, limited term position with a rate of $18.50/hr.
Responsibilities:
The intern will lead a drop-in program at the Skirball exhibition Inventing America: The Comic Book Revolution, hand-drawing comic style sketches and interacting with museum visitors in this unique arts education experience. This exhibition explores how immigrant and first-generation American creators used the medium of comic books to help define the United States’ perception of itself in the 20th Century. This expansive exhibition looks at the characters and stories from comics that have defined America’s perception in the public consciousness, and how the industry’s creators brought their own cultural backgrounds and personal experiences to bear in their work
The intern will create hand drawn sketches based on the works found in the exhibition, discuss comics and comic style sketching techniques, and assist visitors in creating sketches of their own. We are looking for candidates that are passionate about creating warm, welcoming arts education experiences for visitors of all ages (2 to 102!) and have interest and experience with comic sketching.
Qualifications, Experience, and Attributes:
- Current undergraduate or graduate student (students who just graduated the semester or quarter before the internship begins are also eligible)
- Interest in and experience with comic books and hand drawn comic book sketching
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work directly with families and visitors of all ages and backgrounds in a warm and welcoming manner
- Ability to work as a team player with a professional, positive attitude
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multisensory, stimulating work environment
Eligibility:
Applicants must be currently enrolled as a full –time undergraduate student in either a Bachelor's degree program or an Associate’s degree program. Students must have completed at least one semester or two quarters of college by June 2026. Students who graduated this semester or quarter immediately before the internship begins are also eligible. (Students who are enrolled in a second BA or BS program are not eligible.)
Deadline: May 15, 2026
Skills Required
- Current undergraduate or graduate student
- Interest in and experience with comic books and hand drawn comic book sketching
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to work directly with families and visitors of all ages
- Team player with a positive attitude
- Ability to work in a fast-paced work environment
What We Do
The Skirball Cultural Center is a Jewish educational institution and cultural center in Los Angeles, dedicated to exploring Jewish heritage and its connection to American vitality through exhibitions, programs, and educational initiatives.
