Paid summer arts internships available for college students

 

Contacts:

Linda Chiavaroli, Dir. of Communications, 213 202-5935 (office), 323 810-9240 (cell), lchiavaroli@arts.lacounty.org

or

Anji Gaspar-Milanovic, Internship and Technical Assistance Coordinator, 213 202-3981, amilanovic@arts.lacounty.gov

 

For Release April 14, 2010

 

PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

AVAILABLE THROUGH

LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARTS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

 

Job descriptions will be posted April 28

 

Los Angeles County, through its Arts Commission, has given grants totaling $250,000 to arts organizations throughout Los Angeles County to support paid internships for college undergraduates in summer 2010. Descriptions of and contacts for the internship positions will be posted on the Arts Commission’s Web site on April 28, 2010. Go to www.lacountyarts.org, click on “Internships,” then “2010 Internship Positions.” Interested students should act as soon as positions are posted as there is stiff competition for a limited number of internships. Students apply directly to the organization offering the internship, not the Arts Commission.

 

Graduating seniors who complete their undergraduate degrees by September 1, 2010 are eligible, as well as undergraduates. Applicants must have completed at least one semester of college by June 2010 and be currently enrolled (full-time) in a community college or a four-year university. Applicants must be a resident of and/or attending school in Los Angeles County.

 

Interns work for 10 consecutive weeks starting between May 31 and June 11, 2010 and ending between August 6 and August 20, 2010. They are paid $350 per week, for 40 hours a week, and take part in educational and arts networking activities.

 

Through the program, interns gain a deeper understanding of the work involved in nonprofit arts administration and the role of the arts in a community and develop business skills that can be put to use in their future careers. Internship host organizations help mold and shape potential new arts leaders who may go on to hold positions on staffs, boards or as volunteers.

 

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Laura Zucker, Executive Director, provides leadership in cultural services of all disciplines for the largest county in the United States, encompassing 88 municipalities. The Arts Commission, in addition to supporting the largest arts internship program in the country in conjunction with the Getty Foundation, provides leadership and staffing to support the regional blueprint for arts education, Arts for All; administers a grants program that funds more than 300 nonprofit arts organizations annually; oversees the County’s Civic Art Program for capital projects; programs the John Anson Ford Theatres; and supports the Los Angeles County Cultural Calendar on ExperienceLA.com. The Commission also produces free community programs, including the L.A. Holiday Celebration broadcast nationally, and a year-round music program that funds more than 40 free concerts each year in public sites. The 2010-11 President of the Arts Commission is Ronald D. Rosen.

 

For more information please consult the Arts Commission online press kit: http://lacountyarts.org/page/pubnewspress

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