Position Summary
Posted on: April 29, 2025
Closing on: May 13, 2025
Location: Toronto, ON
Employment Type: Internship
Remote/Onsite: Hybrid
Level: Intern
Report to: Exhibitions Manager
Employment Term: 6 month term (22 weeks)
Start date: June 2025
Compensation: $18.70 per hour
Benefits: Attractions Ontario Benefits and Toronto Attractions Council Benefits.
MOCA Toronto is seeking a Exhibition Management and Production Intern to work with the Museum’s Exhibition Team and assist with all facets of the museum’s exhibition and special projects initiatives. The Intern will have the opportunity to support the development and implementation of exhibitions in 2025, research and planning for 2026 and beyond, and support with archival activities. This position will receive direct mentorship from MOCA’s Exhibition Manager, as well as work with the Production Lead and Exhibition Designer and Artistic Director. The Intern will play an integral role in the production and care practices of exhibitions as well as research towards future projects. This role will allow the Intern to gain valuable work experience in a museum while making an important contribution to MOCA’s exhibitions team. The research, production, and administration they conduct will shape future exhibitions and projects at the museum.
The ideal candidate will be a graduate from a college or university program in museum studies, archival, or curatorial studies with a strong interest in contemporary art and the museum environment. They should have strong planning and organizational abilities as well as experience coordinating and producing artistic programs. They should also be passionate about contemporary art and possess excellent interpersonal skills and feel comfortable speaking in public. Experience working in a museum, cultural institution, or in the non-profit arts sector is a strong asset.
Please apply with a resume and cover letter (personal summary). Due to limited resources, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Eligible candidates must:
- be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident, or have refugee status in Canada;
- Note: Non-Canadian graduates holding temporary work visas or awaiting permanent resident status are not eligible.
- be legally entitled to work in Canada (have a valid social insurance number);
- be between 16 and 30 years of age inclusively at the start of employment;
- be a graduate from college, CEGEP or university; and
- be registered in the YCW online candidate inventory.
Note: Priority will be given to graduates that have not previously participated in YCW internship programs and that are unemployed or underemployed.
Skills and Qualifications
- College or University graduate from a program in Museum Studies, Curatorial, Archival Studies, Design and Production, or other related field
- Proficiency in MS Office, database management and good keyboarding skills
- Demonstrated research and writing skills and academic literacy
- A strong interest in contemporary art, production, design, administration, conservation; familiarity with the arts landscape in Toronto
- Good verbal/written communication skills and sensitivity to interact with a diversity of staff and publics in a courteous and professional manner
- Service Excellence: Meets or exceeds service standards when interacting with customers in the community and in the organization
- Accountable & Results Oriented: Demonstrates ethical behaviour and accountability
- Management & Leadership: Demonstrates self-management, professionalism and engagement; leads by example
- Familiarity with and some experience in the areas of archival preservation, arrangement, and description.
- Experience working with textual, graphic materials, and artefacts.
- Background and experience creating virtual and physical exhibitions.
Application Instructions
Apply through the MOCA careers website: https://careers.moca.ca
Equity and Diversity
MOCA Toronto advocates equal opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment and is committed to diversity in the workplace. MOCA Toronto is committed to ensuring that MOCA Toronto is an inclusive space where community members are treated with respect and dignity. MOCA Toronto encourages applications from everyone, including but not limited to women, indigenous peoples, visible minorities, people with disabilities and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities.
About The Museum of Contemporary Art
Vision
The Museum of Contemporary Art Toronto is at the heart of the art ecosystem. MOCA will be ambitiously inclusive, interdisciplinary, and internationally renowned through our work with artists. A place for everyone to explore that provokes ideas and discussion and challenges the current cultural moment.
Mission
Artists, relationships, and experimentation are at the centre of everything we do. MOCA Toronto presents rotating exhibitions and programmes that prioritize twenty-first-century artistic production, primarily through commissioning new work. We foster active dialogue, participation and celebrate complexity; in order to serve as an inclusive cultural hub in this hyper-diverse city and world.
Values
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Equity, inclusion, and access
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Artist-centered, interdisciplinary and process-oriented
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Critical conversations and transformative work at our core
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Reciprocal and relationship-based
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Locally rooted and globally connected
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Courage and Responsibility
Brief History
MOCA is a twenty-year-old institution that has experienced numerous iterations over the years. However, two main aspects have remained constant: The institution has served as an important gathering space in Toronto and Canada for artists to experiment, celebrate complexity, and offer thought-provoking responses to the current cultural moment MOCA has been and is constantly evolving and expanding with our times. In September 2018, MOCA moved into the Auto BLDG, a purpose-designed home in a former industrial space at the heart of a new neighbourhood in the Lower Junction.
