Library Art History Research Assistant

*All student employment positions on campus are covered by a negotiated contract with the Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW).

Help research and write artist profile descriptions for the 22+ artists featured in #VodouReboot,an experiential exhibition celebrating Haitian Vodou spirituality and contemporary art at the Waterloo Center for the Arts, December 8, 2026–March 21, 2027. You will apply HADC's “Going Beyond Provenance”™ methodology—an ethical, community-centered cataloging framework that documents artists, communities, language, and cultural context alongside traditional art-historical data. Your profiles will support both the exhibition catalog and the HADC digital platform.

We are looking for a current Grinnell College student with strong research, writing, and editing skills, with close attention to detail and consistency. We need a student with cultural sensitivity toward Haitian, Vodou, and diasporic subject matter. Reliability, organization, and the ability to work independently with weekly accountability. 

Preferred: Coursework or interest in art history, museum studies, digital humanities,Caribbean/Africana studies, anthropology, or history; reading knowledge of French and/orHaitian Kreyòl; familiarity with metadata or digital archives.