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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors established the Arts Internship
Program (which provides internships for nonprofit performing, presenting,
literary, and municipal arts organizations) as a companion program to
the Getty
Multicultural Internship Program (which provides internships to museums
and visual arts organizations). The purpose of the County's program is
to provide undergraduate students with meaningful on-the-job training
and experience in working in nonprofit arts organizations, while assisting
arts organizations to develop future arts leaders. Through this program,
students can develop a deeper understanding of the work involved in nonprofit
arts administration, better understand the role of the arts in a community,
and develop "real life" business skills that can be put to use
in their future careers. During the ten-week course of the summer internships,
participating organizations gain the assistance of extra staff to help
with special or seasonal projects. Participating organizations also play
an important role in molding and shaping potential new workers in the
arts field who may go on to arts leadership positions on staffs or boards.
ORGANIZATIONS
Organizations that are eligible to apply to the
Los Angeles County Arts Internship Program include:
- Performing, presenting (including film and
media organizations with a presenting program), and literary arts organizations
currently funded in the Commission's Organizational Grant Programs.
- Local Arts Agencies (municipal or 501(c)3) in
Los Angeles County that provide arts programs and services to their
municipal constituency.
- Municipal performing arts organizations.
- Other nonprofit performing, presenting (including
film and media organizations with a presenting program), or literary
arts organizations in Los Angeles County that are not currently funded
through the Commission's grant programs and are not part of a college
or university program.
Organizations apply to the Commission to receive grants to host interns. The 2008 Arts Internship Program online application deadline (eGrant) opens December 3, 2007. The application deadline is January 9, 2008.
STUDENTS
Student eligibility for internship positions is
limited to currently enrolled full-time undergraduates who either reside
in and/or attend college in Los Angeles County, will have completed at
least one semester of college by June of the program year, and will not
graduate before December of the program year. Candidates are welcome from
all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated
a previous commitment to the arts.
Students interested in internships apply directly to the host organization. Available internships will be posted on the Commission web site by mid-March of the program year (including specific application instructions for each internship). Early application is suggested. Applications may not be accepted after May 15, 2008.
SLIDESHOW: 2006
Arts Internship Program Highlights
Please click here
to download Quicktime
2007 Arts Internship
Program Evaluation
Please note:
Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internships to Los Angeles Museums
and Visual Arts Organizations
Through a related program, the Getty Foundation offers grants to museums
and visual arts organizations in Los Angeles County for undergraduate
summer internships. Application forms and information about these grants
is available online at http://www.getty.edu/grants/education/
or by calling 310.440.7320.
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