Ten Long Beach arts organizations have received grants to offer paid, art-focused summer internships to college students through two programs funded by the L.A. County Arts Commission and the Getty Foundation.
With jobs ranging from curatorial to marketing and development, these full-time internships offer undergrads interested in the arts a hands-on experience with the cultural institutions that help shape Long Beach’s growing art scene. Organizations apply for the grants each year and once awarded, are responsible for hiring and maintaining their own interns. Below is a description of the two programs’ Long Beach grantees and information about how to apply for each of the internships.
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The Los Angeles County Arts Internship Program has 74 internship positions throughout the county, two of which are located here in Long Beach. They require that the interns work 40 hours a week for ten consecutive weeks throughout the summer; those who have already obtained a BA, BS, or higher degree are ineligible except in the summer immediately following graduation.
The two L.A. County Arts Internship positions are:
International City Theatre
- Marketing/Development intern will work with two departments of this mid-sized professional theatre group.
- To apply, please e-mail resume and letter of interest to Caryn Desai at [email protected] or fax to 562-436-7895.
Long Beach Opera
- Marketing/Development intern will help the oldest opera company in the L.A. area in promoting its 2013 events.
- To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to Monica LaBenda at [email protected]. Questions? Please call (562) 432-5934, or email Monica.
{loadposition latestlife}The Getty Multicultural Undergraduate internships are offered to students who are a part of underrepresented groups in museums and cultural organizations: African American, Latino/Hispanic, Native American and Pacific Islander. Similar to the aforementioned internship positions, those who have already obtained a BA, BS, or higher degree are ineligible.
Internship positions are:
Arts & Services for the Disabled
- Curatorial internship will help this organization that provides arts, music, volunteer, and micro-enterprise opportunities to those with developmental disabilities.
- For more information, contact Helen Dolas, CEO, [email protected] or call 562-982-0247.
Long Beach Museum of Art
- Curatorial and collections internship will offer the chance to work with this community-based organization whose focus is caring for their permanent art collection.
- For more information, contact Sue Ann Robinson, Director of Collections, [email protected] or call 562-439-2119.
Museum of Latin American Art
- Collections intern and curatorial intern will work with the nation’s only museum dedicated to contemporary Latino American art. These are two separate intern positions.
- Interested candidates can submit resumes to [email protected].
Public Corporation for the Arts of the City of Long Beach (Arts Council of Long Beach)
- Curatorial intern ill work with the Community Project Manager on planning and implementation of the A LOT initiative, the organization’s NEA Our Town-funded public art and performance project designed to engage audiences at non-traditional sites in underserved Long Beach neighborhoods.
- For more information, contact Molly Gardner, Community Projects Manager, [email protected] or call 562-435-2787, ext. 4.
Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation
- Education and Public Programs intern will work with the organization responsible for preserving and upkeeping the historic Rancho Los Cerritos site.
- For more information, contact Meighan Maguire, [email protected] or call 562-570-1325.
University Art Museum
- The curatorial intern and education intern will work with Long Beach State’s contemporary art museum, specifically focusing on their upcoming fall exhibit, Gabe Bartalos: Abhorrence and Obsession. These are two separate intern positions.
- For more information, contact Brian Trimble, [email protected] or call 562-985-7601.