Jobs
There are no current vacancies.
Internship
Applications are sought for the eighth Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery Internship. This internship enables a recent graduate, postgraduate student or early-career art professional to work with the gallery to develop research skills and knowledge relating to collection management, curatorial practice, exhibition making, communications and public programming through their involvement in the planning and delivery of aspects of the gallery’s work.
The internship is a paid part-time, fixed-term position. The total duration of the internship is 400 hours. Although the timeframe for the internship is flexible, ideally the successful applicant will be available between February and August 2027.
The successful applicant will establish their work plan with gallery staff. They will be based in Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery’s office, working alongside the team on a range of projects, with opportunities to undertake self-directed research as well as a range of activities typical of the Gallery’s workflow.
Applicants with relevant qualifications and/or experience should apply in writing via the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington website, using the relevant cover sheet and providing a CV and a letter outlining what they would bring to the role and their areas of interest and expertise. These should align with the vision and values of the gallery. Shortlisted interview candidates will be invited to respond to a list of potential projects, identifying what interests them about the range of work the gallery undertakes and what specific skills and areas of focus they would offer.
The deadline to apply is 11:59pm, Wednesday 11 November 2026.
The Internship is made possible with the generous support of Barbara Blake.
R-L: Rosalie Koko; Esperanza Spalding; Dr Nālani Wilson-Hokowhitu
Volunteer Programme
Our Volunteer Programme offers a behind-the-scenes perspective of the operation of Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery. Volunteers work alongside art professionals while gaining practical experience, developing knowledge about art and artists, and meeting others with interest in art.
Volunteers play a vital role in what we do and we're extremely grateful for their support.
Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust Endowment
Victoria University of Wellington’s Art History Programme and Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery jointly administer the Ronald Woolf Memorial Trust Endowment – a generous gift of the Woolf family, presented to Victoria University of Wellington in 2015 in recognition of the contribution to photography by the late Ronald Woolf.
This Endowment provides funds for projects that support young photographers, students studying the history and practice of photography, and emerging curators of photography. Funds are allocated on an annual basis towards exhibitions, symposia and publications that further the Endowment’s educational and creative aims. The Endowment is managed by the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation.
Assessment of applications is undertaken by an advisory group consisting of representatives from the Art History Programme, Te Pātaka Toi Adam Art Gallery, Toi Rauwhārangi College of Creative Arts Massey University, and the Woolf family, and the group is chaired by a representative from Victoria University of Wellington Foundation.
The deadline for applications is the last Friday in February each year, with decisions made in March.
Previously funded projects:
2025
Contribution to production costs for photography exhibition, Things are, they do not happen by early-career curator Jess Clifford and photographic artist Sam Norton.
Support for Chris Corson-Scott to scan negatives and print works by documentary photographer John Miller for Whāi Wahi exhibition.
2024
Support for research assistant Matthew Whiteman, enabling preparatory work towards an anthology of key texts on New Zealand photography.
2023
Summer Research Scholarship: Margo Montes de Oca on environmental photography in Aotearoa. Supervised by Professor Susan Ballard Art History.
2021
Contribution to Lachlan Taylor to support research towards a publication based on his Master’s research undertaken at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Victoria University of Wellington.
2018
Contribution towards Still looking: Peter McLeavey and the Last Photograph, edited by Geoffrey Batchen, Adam Art Gallery exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same title, curated by Professor Batchen and his 2018 Art History Honours class.
2017
Contribution towards Apparitions: The Photograph and its Image, edited by Geoffrey Batchen, Adam Art Gallery exhibition catalogue accompanying the exhibition of the same title, curated by Professor Batchen and his 2017 Art History Honours class.
For further information about the aims and activities of the Endowment contact the Gallery Director Manutaki abby.cunnane@vuw.ac.nz
To find out more about gifts and bequests to Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington contact Senior Development Manager, Corinne Barnard corinne.barnard@vuw.ac.nz.