Interns in the fields of Design / Communication

Hello!

We are looking for new members to join our curatorial/artistic collective “mais uno +1” in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. The members will be part or our collective and will be communicating our activities. We are looking to build an international team with a diverse set of skills. Currently we are looking for skilled members in the fields of Graphic Design/Communication, but we are open for your additional propositions. If you are aiming to imagine and create collectively, this space is waiting for you.

'Mais uno +1' is an artist-run mais uno +1 is a curatorial, project, and research collective that acts in search of the transformative power of art through the creation of incremental relationships/ecosystems between artists, communities, and territories. Until now, in our projects we have collaborated with several local partners such as: LARGO Residências, Parish Council of Camarate, Unhos and Apelação, AMRT Transcultural, Fábrica Braço de Prata, Galeria Monumental, and Espaço Quadrasoltas.
 

This collective emerges from a common will to…

1. Complement and create new alternatives for the institutional contemporary art circuits; 

2. Expand art practice to territories and groups that are usually not included in the cultural scene;

3. Research, create and try new, more free and sustainable, models for the art market;

4. Reflect on the active role of art practice as a continuous project that creates new imaginaries and communal dynamics, and answers to the current and future environmental and urban challenges;

5. Develop more accessible structures for researching, documenting, and sharing knowledge (creative commons);

6. Diversify and enrich the socio-cultural tissue of a territory and its mutual support;

7. Create more horizontal and democratic art systems based on collaborative and transdisciplinary relationships;

8. Foster aggregating, experimental, emancipated, and critical art practices.

Focus areas:

      Curatorship 

1. exhibition organization; 

2. alternative communal forms of exhibitions, residencies, and creations: the exhibition as a space for encounter, a public space, a neighborhood space, an online space; 

3. support and follow-up for exhibitions (materials, production, texts, documentation, publication);

4. selling art: fair, exhibition, alternative ways, and spaces.

      Project 

1. ongoing projects: art as a project;

2. support for projects;

3. artistic consulting (development of residency and project networks: art residency spaces in national entities + collaboration with international networks).

      Research

1. education;

2. documentation, metrics, indicators, and publication;

3. development and sharing methodologies: commercial/non-commercial)

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General information

Working language: English

Duration: 5 months to a year. Flexible starting time, preferred as of July 2023. 

Deadline for applications: June 15th 2023

Commitment:  Flexible commitment with possibility of working remotely (discussed upon interview): IN-PERSON: aprox. 24h/week physical presence. Remaining time available online. 

REMOTE: aprox. 24h/week of active work. Remaining time available for quick communication.

Duties/ Responsibilities

By joining the collective, you can choose to be responsible for some of the following tasks. Please state in your application which ones you would prefer.

• Collaborate in the design and communication of exhibitions and cultural activities (which can happen in a white cube space, a site-specific space or a public space).

• Document, write and manage content for the website and social media.

• Support the creation of the publications of mais uno +1 (online/physical): such as Catalogs, Artist Books, Editions, etc.

• Collaborate in the development of merchandizing and multiples for Maisunomaisum (such as printed editions and other products)

• Help organizing and cataloging the photo and video documentation of our projects;

• Consult and collaborate with the team to understand the project assignment, audience, and intended message.

• Revise projects as needed, based on a collaborative feedback process.

• Perform other related duties upon assignment, with the possibility to help with other mais uno +1 activities or assist the resident artists.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent communication skills in English: written and in-person.

• Excellent skills in graphic / editorial design skills and can work with website platforms such as Cargo Collective

• Proactivity, autonomy and responsibility

• Ability to deal directly with people/friendliness

• Ability to work with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and Indesign

• Ability to work with social media platforms (instagram)

• Ability to work independently on an assignment.

• Ability to work collaboratively as a member of a team.

• Organized, and with attention to detail.

• Own your own computer

• BONUS if you also have UX/UI and webdesign experience

• BONUS if you speak Portuguese, although it’s not necessary

• BONUS if you are interested in socially engaged art

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required; major or significant coursework in Art, Illustration, Graphic/Editorial Design, Product Design, Interior Design or related disciplines highly preferred.

• Previous work experience with cultural projects preferred.

What do we offer?

This opportunity is unpaid, but we can sign the Erasmus+ agreements to finance your internship or any other equivalent financing programs.

We can offer you access to the cultural ecosystem of mais uno +1 and a chance for an introduction to the Portuguese contemporary art and design scene by getting to know different organizations, artists, designers, illustrators and cultural managers. 

We have been working under an itinerant project-based format, but are working towards getting a more fixed space for our headquarters. With this in mind, during your internship you might have access to a stable working space, but this is not yet guaranteed, as it is subjected the availability of our partner spaces.

We provide a horizontal and collaborative work environment, you will have the chance to choose what you want to develop, to propose your own ideas, and you become a member of the collective during your stay.

We can also help with all onboarding-related issues, like finding a room, setting up contracts, shopping etc.

--> Students of all backgrounds, orientations & abilities are cordially welcome to apply.

Please apply by filling in the form: https://forms.gle/yaNT22dZ4dtjUvXv8