Museum Manager & Fellowship Position Available
June 2024, the Cultural Society has received a grant of $150K from the Mellon Foundation to plan and design our brick-and-mortar AAPI History Museum to be opened in October or some time in the fall of 2024. We have two positions open: 1) Museum Manager and 2) Internship/Fellowship Position. Please read about the job descriptions in the links provided in teal. Email a cover letter and your resume to the Director of CSEBRI at [email protected] if you are interested in applying for any of the positions. We are accepting application until the position is filled.
Looking for Artists for our AAPI History Museum
If you are passionate about Asian American issues, a fan of history, has studied Asian American history, or has lived experience as an Asian American and/or Pacific Islander, and has artistic talents, we want to talk to you. We are looking for artists to re-create the art to implement our historical research to bring history live in this mobile museum of AAPI in Rhode Island. You will bring history alive with creative art!
Looking for craftsman to make exhibit panels
Our mobile museum requires the use of many exhibit panels. We are looking for a craftsman to make these exhibit panels. If you are handy with wood and can assemble exhibit panels and are interested in this position, please contact us.
** There is no deadline to apply for these positions. The positions are open until filled. Please send us your inquiry with a letter of introduction and your resume and email them to [email protected].
The AAPI Mobile History Museum was unveiled on May 4, 2024.
The mobile museum trailer features historical pictures of twelve Asian American activists. They are Mabel Ping Hua Lee, Bhagat Singh Thind, Grace Lee Boggs, Yuri Kochiyama, Phillip Vera Cruz, Ibrahim Chowdry, Dith Pran, Fred Korematsu, Seilchi Higashide, Larry Itliong, Wong Kim Ark, and Patsy Mink. This art installation features the portraits of twelve activists who represent some of the diversity of Asian Americans who have brought political and social change in the US history.
Studying history opens up our minds, helps develop critical thinking skills, and pushes us to have deeper self-reflections of who we are. Starting September 2023, the new school year, every public elementary and secondary school is required to teach one unit of AAPI history. Cultural Society is standing ready to help supplement this teaching with our mobile museum with activities and animated curations.
Looking for volunteers
We are also looking for volunteers to serve with our curator on the mobile museum. Are you passionate about opening young people’s minds? Do you have experience in teaching? Do you like to inspire curiosity in children? If you answer “yes” to any of the questions above, you need to contact us. Don’t bury your passion; get in touch with it. Use your talent in our cause to develop young people’s minds, and equip them with the critical thinking skills to be leaders of our future.