BLOOMBERG Arts InternSHIP
Get paid to explore careers in the arts, learn new skills, improve your college readiness,
and experience the arts and culture of NYC!
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Background
Since 2012, with the generous support of Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program has placed New York City teens from participating public high schools in paid internships.
BAI provides a paid opportunity to try out careers in arts and cultural organizations in New York City, hone your workplace and communication skills, and sharpen your writing, through a program led by Columbia University’s Teachers College that includes guidance for completing your college essay.
Summer 2024 Partners
Bronx: B.A.A.D! (Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance), New York Botanical Garden, Wave Hill—and participating high schools: Bronx High School of Science, Fordham High School of the Arts ,and High School of Computers and Technology
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Cool Culture, STREB Laboratory for Action Mechanics, Theatre for a New Audience, UrbanGlass, viBe Theater Experience, Wyckoff House Museum—and participating NYC high schools: Brooklyn High School of the Arts, Digital Arts and Cinema Technology High School, Edward R Murrow High School, and Midwood High School
Manhattan: Art21, Ballet Hispánico, Children’s Museum of the Arts, HERE Arts Center, Kaufman Music Center, Madison Square Park Conservancy, Museum of Chinese in America, National Black Theatre, National Dance Institute, New York Live Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, Nuyorican Poets Cafe; Open House New York; Park Avenue Armory, Studio Institute, The Juilliard School, Theatre for a New Audience, Urbanworld Foundation, Inc.—and participating NYC high schools: High School of Art & Design, High School for Fashion Industries, Special Music School, and Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology
Queens: King Manor Museum, Materials for the Arts, New York Hall of Science, Queens Botanical Garden, Queens County Farm Museum—and participating NYC high schools: Academy for Careers in Television & Film, Queens Technical High School, and Thomas A. Edison High School
Staten Island: Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Staten Island Museum—and participating NYC high school: Curtis High School
Future Partners
If you are a New York City arts and cultural organization interested in joining our Studio Institute partner community, we’d love to connect with you! Contact us at bai@studioinst.org
Details
This full-time internship in NYC arts and cultural organizations includes:
Work experience three days per week at one of over 35 non-profit partners of Studio Institute. These organizations contribute greatly to the vibrancy of New York City’s arts and cultural communities.
Weekly classroom workshops focused on improving workplace and college readiness skills and starting the college application process
Weekly visits with cultural institutions and partner organizations, which include special tours and career panels with working arts professionals.
Hear what teen participants in the 2023 Bloomberg Arts Internship program
have to say about their experience.
Eligibility
To participate you must be:
A high school junior from a participating New York City high school during the 2023–24 school year
At least 16 years of age by the end of the 2023–24 school year
Available for the entire internship program by its official ending date
Able to provide proof of vaccination
Able to provide your employment certificate (green working papers)
Ready to develop college applications and learn about financing your college education
Committed to intern at an arts organization to develop workplace skills
Eager to be immersed in New York City’s exciting arts and cultural scene.
Participating high schools: Manhattan: High School of Art & Design, High School for Fashion Industries, Special Music School, and Urban Assembly Gateway School for Technology; Brooklyn: Brooklyn High School of the Arts, Edward R Murrow High School, and Midwood High School; Queens: Academy for Careers in Television & Film, Queens Technical High School, and Thomas A. Edison High School; Bronx: Bronx High School of Science, Fordham High School of the Arts and High School of Computers and Technology; and Staten Island: Curtis High School.
Have questions?
Reach out to bai@studioinst.org
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