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>>> Exciting Internship Opportunity
>>>
>>>
>>> to work on exhibition, photo book, and tour about Ganesh,
>>>
>>> the Hindu elephant-headed God, Remover of Obstacles,
>>>
>>> Lord of Beginnings, Patron of the Arts
>>>
>>> Perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to take
>>>
>>> an idea and make it happen in the world!
>>>
>>> Photographer and multimedia producer, Shana Dressler, is looking
>>> for committed interns to work on the multi-faced project
>>> Discovering Ganesh (a multimedia exhibition, photo book, tour to
>>> India in September and fundraiser).
>>>
>>> Ganesh is the Hindu, elephant-headed god known as the Lord of
>>> Beginnings, Patron of the Arts and Remover of Obstacles.
>>>
>>> Please visit: www.discoveringganesh.com for more information
>>> about each of the projects.
>>>
>>> For more information please email Shana at
>>> shana@swimmingelephant.com or 718-858-0364.
>>>
>>> Interns will be working on the following:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 1 – Fundraiser at ABC Carpet & Home June 26th to benefit
>>> the Scojo Foundation, which provides eye care and glasses to
>>> rural Indians
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 2 – Ganesh Festival & Sacred India Tour 2008; September
>>> 1-15, 2008
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 3 – Ongoing development of putting together a national
>>> tour of the multimedia exhibition to start in 2009; 3 venues are
>>> in considering mounting the exhibition right now
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 4 – Submitting book proposal to publishers
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 5 – Organization of Shana’s final trip to collect
>>> remaining images for the book project; Shana will be departing in
>>> early July for Southeast Asia for 4-5 weeks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Project 6 – Setting up a site on Facebook, MySpace for
>>> Discovering Ganesh; sending out email to connect to people in
>>> Shana’s database to join
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Number of positions: 3
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Start/Finish: mid-May to late August with a one month gap in July/
>>> August (see Project 5)
>>>
>>> Time commitment: 2 days or 16 hours a week minimum
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Requirements: proficiency of MS Word, internet research,
>>> excellent writing skills, detail-oriented, highly organized and
>>> web programming knowledge is a plus as are internet social
>>> networking tools!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Compensation: this is a non-paid internship; one position,
>>> however, will be paid if someone can work fulltime from mid-May
>>> to the end of June for a project fee of $500
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Application instructions: Please send an email or a short cover
>>> letter explaining why you’re interested in this project and what
>>> skills you have to bring. Include your resume as a PDF (preferred
>>> method) or MS Word document and send to shana@swimmingelephant.com.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Background and bio info: www.swimmingelephant.com;
>>> www.discoveringganesh.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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