Student Resources

The Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) Student Programming Committee (SPC) incorporates student voices into TUAG affairs to make TUAG resources more available and relevant to the student body.

Members of the SPC learn about the Galleries mission, vision, and programming, develop relationships with TUAG staff, engage in professional growth opportunities, and insert student voices into general gallery affairs. The SPC develops and plans student-focused programming connected with current exhibitions that are aimed at increasing student participation and engagement and partners with other Tufts’ student organizations and other university museum student organizations to further deepen and connect their work to the larger student body. Applications for the Fall 2026 cycle will open in May, please contact Liz Canter with any questions.

TUAG trains and employs approximately 15 students who constitute the “face” of the Galleries; they welcome visitors, staff the front desk, conduct visitor surveys, help facilitate events and receptions, do administrative tasks, and learn about museum administration. Gallery Attendants are hired before each semester around August and November. Open positions will be posted on Handshake. For more information, please contact Sarah Prickett, Exhibition Manager. 

TUAG offers up to three one-year Fellowship opportunity to current graduate students in the History of Art, Museum Studies or Master of Fine Arts or related programs. Fellows develop research and writing for upcoming exhibitions, catalogue and update the Permanent Collection database, and work with visiting artists. Fellowships begin each September and conclude in August of the following year. Please send inquiries and applications to Staff Assistant Madeline Ditzler.

We strive to be a resource to students on campus and to provide practical hands-on experience whenever possible. Opportunities for students to engage in paper or thesis research, capstone projects, teaching, curation, and other academic endeavors are available and evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Contact Manager of Academic Programs Liz Canter to discuss your idea.

The Galleries periodically host a Tufts Museum Studies Program Intern during the summer months to assist the Collection Registrar with ongoing activities as well as special projects, grant-funded projects, inventorying the Tufts Permanent Collection, and installing works of art on campus through the Circulating Loan Program. To inquire about opportunities, please contact Manager of Collections Laura McDonald.