The Venice Internship program offers hands-on experience, where interns spend one month in Venice staffing the UAE’s art and architecture exhibitions at La Biennale di Venezia and overseeing the daily operations of the exhibition. The program is open to Emiratis and long-term residents of the UAE aged 21 and above, with an interest or background in arts, architecture, diplomacy, international relations or representing the UAE on a significant global platform.
The internship is supported by an educational training program that kicks off with in-depth training in the UAE in partnership with its top cultural institutions, aimed at enabling the interns to engage fluently with the content of the exhibition in Venice. The education program continues in Venice in partnership with Ca’ Foscari University and other cultural institutions.
To foster cultural exchange and enhance the interns’ local experience in Venice, Italian interns selected from the prestigious Ca’Foscari University in Venice work side-by-side with their UAE counterparts at the pavilion. This allows further engagement with Italian customs, language and knowledge.
To date, the National Pavilion UAE has engaged with over 190 interns, with many pursuing careers in the arts industries post their participation at La Biennale di Venezia.
Exhibition Management
Maintain the integrity of the exhibition by ensuring the pavilion space is always neat and tidy and that the Exhibition equipment is in perfect working order
Visitor Services
Run guided tours when necessary and greet visitors with utmost professionalism befitting of the Pavilion and the UAE.
Marketing and PR
Manage contribution from public and work with fellow interns to manage and maintain filing system to document public and visitor feedback as well as Exhibition inventory and collaterals.
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