Graduate student or college junior or senior majoring or minoring in an appropriate field or have a demonstrable record of interest in a field connected to the mission of the Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity. Rufus Porter, an American artist, inventor, and journalist, was born on (first image).After his family moved from Massachusetts to Bridgton, Maine, he was sent to nearby Fryeburg Academy, a preparatory school for young men planning to attend Dartmouth College. The intern will present his or her finished project both orally and in written form.
At the completion of the internship, an exit interview will be conducted to discuss initial goals, the results of his or her project and overall experience, and recommendations for future projects and/or goals for the Museum. This position offers a hands-on opportunity for an intern to experience working on all aspects of a small museum. In addition to work on a special project, the intern will give tours of the Museum, man the Museum Store, assist with public events and programs, and participate in the general operations of the Museum. The intern will work under the supervision of the Executive Director. The intern will create a project of his or her design, with Museum approval, that is aimed at an educational goal.
The focus of each internship will take into consideration the intern’s interests and educational requirements in conjunction with the needs of the Museum. The museum offers changing exhibits, lectures, classes, and special events that embrace Porter’s use of both art and science, oftentimes interchangeably. Open seasonally from mid-June to mid-October, t he Museum’s campus consists of two historic buildings – the Webb House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Nathan Church House, which contains murals in situ in the style of the Rufus Porter School. He was the founding publisher and editor of the magazine Scientific American as well as inventor, writer, teacher and more. Porter is well-known in the folk art community for his landscape murals and miniature portraits, however, Porter was more than just a painter. Dotti also had a keen interest in local and regional history.įounded in 2005, the Rufus Porter Museum features the history of a remarkable 19th century New Englander, Rufus Porter (1792-1884). Her life was a continual mingling of her many arts talents (quilting, painting, drawing) and her background in natural history (she wrote weekly columns in several papers). Dotti Sanborn was an accomplished writer and teacher in Bridgton, and was a mentor to her students into their adulthood.
Please visit for uptodate information on hours, exhibits, and events.The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity is accepting applications for the Dorothy W. About twenty different colors, most of them in small quantities, the same number of small tin cups and a dozen common paint brushes of different sizes, constitute the principal (sic) requisite preparation. On exhibit in the Nathan Church house are landscape murals in situ in Porter's School of Landscape mural style, extricated wall sections painted by Jonathan Poor, Porter's nephew, and artist John Avery, a contemporary of Porter's, as well as special exhibit space. These are Rufus Porter’s own directions which were serialized for articles in The Scientific American. Open seasonally and by appointment, the museum's main exhibit located in the Webb House features the story of Rufus Porter and includes a collection of miniature portraits, models of some of his inventions, books and pamphlets written by Porter, early editions of Scientific American, as well as special exhibit space. He was the founding publisher and editor of the magazine Scientific American as well as inventor, writer, teacher and more. The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity celebrates the life, times, and legacy of a remarkable 19th century New Englander through preservation and promotion of creativity and invention.įounded in 2005, the Rufus Porter Museum located in Bridgton, Maine features the history of a remarkable 19th century New Englander, Rufus Porter (1792-1884).