looking for an intern... April 21, 2009

Hello friends,

My niece (above) is a very skilled little helper around my studio. She is most definitely the inspiration behind my new quest to find an intern to help me with my little arty business.

More and more I'm happily devoting my time to the upcoming children's books that I'm illustrating, and could use a helping hand with a few administrative and arty production things.

I'm looking for a wonderful dream intern that would ideally like to spend around 6+ hours a week helping me around the studio. My schedule is very flexible, so I would be happy to work with you to find what kind of routine would be best.

My studio is located in the Ford Building on the corner of SE 11th and Division in Portland, Oregon. This is a really cool building with lots of other artists and the Gallery Homeland on the first floor.

My studio is rather small, but I do have it all to myself. You would have your own workspace for administrative stuff, and there is plenty of room to spread out and get messy with paints. The Ford Building is near lots of good coffee shops, yummy food places, and is an all around fun place to hang out and make stuff!

Duties for wonderful dream intern:

SHIPPING: Packing and shipping etsy orders, twice a week. Packing and shipping art for shows, once a month.

IMAGES: Uploading images to etsy and my website. Scanning images for the books, organizing new prints and putting them in plastic sleeves.

ORDERING: Tracking print supply and ordering prints, ordering shipping supplies, ordering books, tracking and ordering art supplies as needed.

EVENTS: Responding to emails for requests to attend art fairs or book events, applying for events that need applications. Organization, prep, packing assistance for events. Possible paid travel opportunities to help with art events, book events, conferences, workshops, classes, and art shows.

PAINTING: Measuring and prepping canvases for book layout, painting mini painting backgrounds, painting mini painting edges, transferring images onto canvas.

PROMOTION: Putting together press pack, compiling list of press contacts, follow-up, updating mailing list.

Sadly, this won't be a paid internship, aside from the occasional event travel. I would love to feed you lunch, help you to get school credit, and teach you all that I can (and that you would care to know) about the children's book industry, illustration, my painting process, and how to run a very small arty business.

If this sort of thing might interest you, please drop me a line at.... MAIL at JOHANNAWRIGHT.COM, or you can go to the contact page on this site and fill out a contact form.

Please feel free to pass this along to anyone in the Portland area that you think might be interested.

Thank you so much, I look forward to hearing from you. Yes, you!