Arts Intern
Explore careers in the arts and expand your possibilities for a better future with a paid summer internship in an arts and cultural organization in your city.
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Background
Founded by Agnes Gund in 1999, Arts Intern provides opportunities for skilled college undergraduates with financial need to experience arts professions through paid internships.
Explore careers in the arts and expand your possibilities for a better future—no matter what path you take—with a paid summer internship in visual and performing arts and cultural organizations in your city. Full-time summer internships are available in a range of departments, including archives, community engagement, curatorial, collections, design, education, marketing, education and others.
AUTHENTIC WORK EXPERIENCE
Earn a competitive hourly rate while completing meaningful work as member of a professional team.
COMMUNITY OF PEERS
Share ideas and experiences through regular meetings with cohorts based in your city and around the country.
MENTORSHIP AND APPRENTICE-BASED LEARNING
Work side-by-side with experts who will help you hone existing skills, learn new ones, and develop a professional network.
PROGRAMMING & SPECIAL EVENTS
Participate in programming that includes unique access to arts professionals through seminars, career panels, and in-depth conversations.
Past Arts Intern Partners Have Included:
Baltimore: Evergreen Museum & Library
Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of Science
Chicago: Bronzeville Historical Society, Chicago Latino Theater Alliance, Field Museum, Media Burn Archive, Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture, Polish Museum of America, Swedish American Museum
Cleveland: Art House, Inc., Artists Archives of the Western Reserve, Assembly for the Arts, Cleveland Clinic Art Program, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Foluké Cultural Arts Center, Rainey Institute, Waterloo Arts
Memphis: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, ArtsMemphis, Memphis Botanic Garden, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Metal Museum
New Jersey: AACA Creates, Gallery Aferro, GlassRoots
New York: Al Held Foundation,* Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Children’s Museum, El Museo del Barrio, Harpo Foundation,* Helen Frankenthaler Foundation,* The Kitchen, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation,* Reversible Destiny Foundation,* Rubin Museum of Art, Staten Island Museum, The Noguchi Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Woodman Family Foundationd*
Philadelphia: Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Fabric Workshop and Museum, Founder’s Hall Museum at Girard College, Free Library of Philadelphia, The Rosenbach, Taller Puertorriqueño, Woodmere Art Museum
Providence: RISD Museum
* This organization is a member of the Artist-Endowed Foundations Consortium Advancing Next-Gen Leaders in the Visual Arts, a project of the Aspen Institute Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative | AEFI. Learn more.
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Future Arts Intern Partners
Are you a non-profit arts and cultural organization interested in hosting an Arts Intern in summer 2024? Click HERE to learn more.
Are you an Artist-Endowed Foundation interested in hosting an Arts Intern in summer 2024? Click HERE to learn more.
Questions? Contact Program Manager Sophia Domeville at: artsintern@studioinstitute.org
Details
Offered in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Memphis, New York City, Newark, Philadelphia, and Providence. Internship program dates vary by city.
Eligibility
Program Requirements
Arts Intern Summer 2024 Internships
You must be pursuing a bachelor’s degree and be:
Currently enrolled as a full-time rising junior (a current sophomore) – or –
Currently enrolled as a full-time junior – or –
Currently enrolled as a full-time senior graduating by fall 2024.
You must either reside or attend college in the same city as the organization that hosts you. (These boundaries vary in each of Arts Intern's participating cities.)
We collect information about your Expected Family Contribution (EFC). This number is on the Student Aid Report on the FAFSA form. To see what it looks like: CLICK HERE.
The Eligibility Application Process is now closed in the following cities: Baltimore, Boston, Memphis, and Providence.
The ELIGIBILITY APPLICATION DEADLINE for summer internships
in Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Newark, and Philadelphia
is MAY 1, 2024.
Application Eligibility Process
You must complete a brief eligibility application form and upload the required documents.
Once your application is reviewed and approved by Studio Institute, we will send you an email confirming your eligibility and next steps to apply for Arts Intern internship opportunities.
The organization hosting the position will make decisions regarding interviewing and hiring.
To confirm your eligibility and apply today: CLICK HERE.
If you are an alum of the Bloomberg Arts Internship program, CLICK HERE.
Current Openings...
Click the Opportunities button below to view program dates and available summer internships in Arts Intern cities.
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