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 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. Application forms and guidelines are posted on the Commission's website by mid-December, with an application deadline in mid-January.

Student eligibility for internship positions is limited to currently enrolled 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 are posted on the Commission web site by mid-March of the program year.