INTRODUCING ISC INTERNS

Interns are very important to keeping things running smoothly at the ISC. The ISC thanks all of our interns through the years who have brought their skills and enthusiasm to helping acheive the ISC's mission.

WINTER INTERNS

Ashley Caferro
Ashley Caferro attended SUNY New Paltz where she studied Sculpture. Her goal is to earn an MFA in Sculpture and teach, but would also consider obtaining a MA in Art Therapy too. Ashley loves reading Sculpture magazine and is currently interning in our Advertising Department where she is helping to expand our advertising outreach.

Gioia DiMicco
Gioia DiMicco attended the University of Redlands in California where she studied painting and drawing. She is interning with the events team where she is helping to plan for conferences and ISConnects events, and building her understanding of the administrative side of the arts. Gioia hopes to one day open a gallery space in which she can promote the arts to all audiences.

FALL INTERNS

Kristy Cole
Kristy attended Rutgers University where she studied Visual Art, French and Art History. As a Conference and Events Intern, she is excited to gain involvement with art publications and conferences in a non-profit organization dedicated to sculpture. Kristy has an interest in public art and landscape architecture and shares her time as a volunteer for Rutgers Gardens.

Heather Ossandon
Heather attended Montclair State University where she studied ceramics and sculpture. She is currently interning in the Arts Administration department where she is assisting the ISC team with the Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards. In addition to her intern position at the ISC, Heather is also a ceramics teacher and owns her own custom pottery business. She hopes to continue teaching art, and to one day work for an organization that promotes the arts in the community. During Heather’s undergraduate studies, she was nominated by her teacher for the ISC’s Student Achievement awards!

Nicole Lambo
Nicole attended Rutgers University where she studied Art History and Dance. Nicole hopes to one day work in an art museum or a non profit arts organization. She is helping the ISC continue it’s ongoing library project, by organizing and cataloguing the many books and historical documents in the collection.

Donovan Griffin
Donovan attended Rutgers University where he studied Comparative Literature and Russian Language. He is currently working in the Advertising department where his research and writing skills are helping the ISC reach out to new advertisers. Donovan decided to intern for the ISC because he loves being surrounded by sculpture. He hopes to one day work for a magazine, either in editorial or advertising.

SUMMER INTERNS

Gwendolyn Kurtz
Gwendolyn attended Tyler School of Art, Temple University where she studied painting and art history. She currently lives and maintains her studio in Philadelphia. Her focus is to continue and develop her painting career. In the meantime, she is taking advantage of interning for the Development Department so that she can learn the ins and outs of funder research and grant writing within an organization dedicated to the support of working artists. Gwendolyn will watch any movie starring Nicholas Cage.

Julia Cuddahy
Julia studies English at Lycoming College. She hopes to become a librarian, making her internship at ISC in library studies a great experience for her. The Grounds for Sculpture has been part of her life since she was two and is happy to be so close. She has ridden a paddleboat down the Mississippi just like Mark Twain and Huck Finn.

Jennifer Galarza
Jennifer studies 2D fine arts with a minor in art history at Moore College of Art and Design. Once finishing school she would like to work in a gallery or museum, eventually going to grad school for museum studies. She believes her internship at ISC in library studies will help her learn new things through interesting projects. In her spare time she enjoys reading and cooking.

Rob Zakes
Rob studies English at Temple University. His internship at ISC in web portfolio is interesting for him because of his love for art and sculpture. He hopes this experience will help him determine what he would like to do in the future. He loves to travel, going as far abroad as India.

Kyle Franklin
Kyle attends the Columbus College of Art and Design where he is obtaining his BFA in Fine Arts and his minor in Art History. His goal is to be a working artist, to be represented by a gallery and to attend as many residencies as possible. He is currently interning for the Advertising Department so that he gain knowledge about the business aspect of the art world. His past internships have been working as a studio assistant and he is also currently interning at Lehman Maupin Gallery in NYC. Kyle always finds himself picking up paperclips that he finds on the street and has about 300 so far.


PAST INTERNS