Spring 2025 Internship Awards, Conference Proposal Deadline Extended, BOD Election Open Until April 30, 2025 ARCS Update Vol 10 Issue 9
April 28, 2025 | ARCS News2025 Spring Internship Stipend Recipient Announcement
We are pleased to announce the Spring 2025 Internship Stipend recipients. These students show a remarkable interest in their respective fields and ARCS is proud to offer this support as they pursue internships in collections management and registration.
Rachel Chen is an undergraduate Art History student at the University of Texas at Arlington, minoring in Museum Studies and Chemistry. Currently interning at UTA’s Fine Art Collections, she is responsible for registering the print collection and assisting with the installation and research for ongoing Asian and Asian-American art exhibitions. With a growing interest in conservation, she is also creating condition reports and developing a proposal for the preservation of a damaged wood sculpture within the University’s collection. As a practicing artist with experience in painting, sculpture, textile art, and even glassblowing, she is deeply inspired by the works she interacts with and feels passionate about the preservation and sharing of art, as an object of cultural significance and as a source of inspiration for future generations.
Currently, a student at the University of South Florida, Yasmin Diogo, is originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She moved to Florida in 2019 and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Art History with a minor in Queer and Sexuality Studies from the University of South Florida, where she is now pursuing a Master’s in Art History. This spring, she is interning at the Tampa Museum of Art, working with the C. Paul Jennewein Collection, where she is categorizing, researching, and updating object records in the TMS database. Yasmin is passionate about the ways art preserves and tells stories across time, and she is particularly interested in making museum collections more inclusive and accessible. This stipend will support her continued growth as she gains hands-on experience in collections management and collections care.
Drew Lynch is currently a second-year graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts, where her primary research is rooted in African American modern and contemporary art, memory, and archives. She will be graduating in May of 2025 with a Master’s Degree in Art History, concentrating in Historical Studies. Drew is a graduate Teaching Assistant leading class sessions and discussions in areas such as German Expressionism, Art from the Margins, and Illuminated Manuscripts. She also volunteers in the Collections department at the Valentine Museum and is a museum educator. Drew has been studying art since childhood by attending art classes at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts at the age of 7 and is delighted to intern at the same museum 18 years later in collections management for works on paper and photography, helping to prepare for the museum’s upcoming expansion.
Congratulations to Rachel, Yasmin, and Drew! We wish them great success and look forward to hearing about their experiences at the conclusion of their internships.
If you are interested in future stipend opportunities, please follow ARCS updates for the upcoming announcement of the 2025 ARCS Summer Internship Stipend application period. Interested applicants should already be accepted into an unpaid or low-paid internship program. The stipend program is also open to international applicants.
2025 Conference
Session Proposals Deadline Extended to May 4, 2025
Session proposals are now being accepted through May 4, 2025 for our 2025 Conference PRESENT tense. The Association of Registrars and Collection Specialists invites you to join us at our 2025 conference to share bold, ambitious, and unique actions through ideas of interconnectedness, listening, and caretaking in service of the care of our collections in the PRESENT tense.
Important Dates
- March 2025 - Request for Proposals Opens
- April 25, 2025 - Registration Rates Announced
- May 4, 2025 - Proposals Closed
- June 24, 2025 - Registration Opens
- August 2025 - Hotel Block Opens
- November 18-21, 2025 - Conference
Conference and Proposal Information
Member Updates
Mentorship Program
ARC Mentoring Program is now accepting applications for its next mentoring/mentee period, which runs July-December 2025. Applicants are asked to complete either a Mentor or Mentee application by Friday, June 13, 2025.
Board Elections 2025-2027
Voting is now open for all active ARCS members to select the new Board of Directors and Executive Committee for 2025-2027.
If you haven’t received your voting ballot, please contact info@arcsinfo.org.
Voting closes April 30, 2025.
Member Meeting May 19, 2025
All active ARCS Members should mark their calendars for May 19 to attend the annual members meeting.
Attendees will be given a chance to ask questions of the board members and find out about programming for the upcoming year
Get Involved with ARCS! Committee Membership
ARCS is seeking interested and motivated collections professionals to serve as volunteers on ARCS committees and task forces as we continue to provide new opportunities to benefit our members.
The following committee positions are open:
- Advocacy Committee Members
- Webinars & Workshops Committee Chair
