Internship Profile: Quinn at MOSAIC
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Student: Quinn Daugherty
Internship Title: MOSAIC Summer Residency
Arts and Culture Organization: MOSAIC
Term: Summer 2025
Internship Summary:
The MOSAIC Summer Arts Immersion Residency is a fellowship that consists of interning with MOSAIC, attending summer arts programming across the Berkshires, and completing an individual arts-based project. The MOSAIC internship surveys various aspects of MOSAIC programming; tasks include working with the artist-in-residence on an upcoming exhibition through art fabrication, preparing the gallery for exhibitions, assisting with exhibition-related events such as openings, engaging in the planning and marketing of MOSAIC programs, and serving as a gallery attendant during open hours.
Quinn's Reflection:
I am immensely grateful to the MOSAIC Summer Arts Immersion Residency for providing me with the opportunity to participate in the collaborative infrastructure that supports arts programming while working on my hybrid essay, [ ]: A Case Study, an examination of the political and ethical dimensions of eating disorders. From assisting LaRissa Rogers with the installation of the exhibition I am too, a piece of clay to spending full days writing and collaging in the Bowman Hall Studios, the internship has brought to life concepts from my visual culture studies and creative writing coursework, like art fabrication and living the “writerly life.” The resources the internship has provided me with, including ample time and a flexible schedule, has been incredibly generative for my writing practice: I have drafted three “Exhibits” of my case study, each containing multiple visual figures. Other highlights of the experience include drafting the press release for the MOSAIC Community Arts & Culture Day and improving my public speaking skills by interfacing with guests as a gallery attendant. Attending arts event with the cohort, ranging from a literary celebration at The Clark to a performative adaptation of a Tennessee Williams novel “The Gig: After Moise and the World of Reason,” has strengthened my belief that art can foster connection and build community.
More about MOSAIC: https://mcla.edu/mcla-in-the-community/bcrc/
More about internships at MCLA: https://mcla.edu/student-services/career-services/internships/
