The Bloomberg Arts Mentor program is a paid summer internship for postgraduate and undergraduate college students with a strong interest in the arts and culture of New York City. This is an excellent opportunity for students who would like to gain experience in arts and educational program management and guidance for teens as they prepare to transition to college.
The program is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the New York City cohort is administered by the Studio Institute, a nonprofit organization that is committed to apprenticeship-based learning, professional development for teachers, visual arts curricula, and sharing arts education research with communities nationwide. Studio Institute partners with a broad range of arts and cultural institutions to provide meaningful career training and expose interns to the multiple professional pathways in the arts. (See below for a sample of our partnering organizations.)
Mentors support college and career readiness classes and give oversight to rising senior high school students who will be 1) interning at arts organizations around the city and 2) participating in college support and professional development workshops and 3) attending arts and cultural field trips across the five boroughs.
Qualifications: Candidates should have a deep interest in the arts and have exceptional organizational skills. Candidates must also have strong writing and editing skills and experience working on virtual platforms, such as Zoom and Google Meets. Applicants should indicate in their cover letter or resume any design, photography, or film experience. They must be legally allowed to work in the US. In accordance with applicable law, all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mandatory Dates: The Bloomberg Arts Mentors program runs for approximately ten weeks from June 13 to August 18. Mentors will work part time (average of 25 hours/ week). Note that these dates may be subject to change according to changing COVID-19 policies and may include weekend dates and evening events.
Payment: Postgraduates are paid $24/hour for their work, including training.
Program Details: Throughout the intern orientation sessions and the eight-week program, Mentors will be a role model for high school interns: they will model interpersonal communication skills and set workplace expectations. They will also assist with administrative responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Mentor high school interns working at cultural institutions throughout New York City in the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program, being active listeners to each intern’s respective journey
- Support high school interns through the college application process, offering guidance on college selection, navigating the Common App, and financing a college education; share your own college journey, and help students understand the life choices that they are making
- Cultivate arts appreciation through chaperoning students during field trips to museums, outdoor installations, and parks; model genuine curiosity about the arts; encourage students to create authentic connections to art and culture through conversations
- Provide reminders and timely feedback to interns regarding their personal statements for college, work assignments, schedules, and responsibilities
- Collect and process weekly timesheets for high school interns and track interns’ assignments
- Visit interns’ work sites to liaise with partnering organizations, and document interns’ internship work experiences
- Manage photo-documentation of the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program, capturing quotes and taking photos of weekly Studio enrichment sessions
- Oversee and assist with interns’ PowerPoint presentations for a culminating event.
Program Eligibility: Postgrad candidates must be current seniors (expected graduation date of spring term 2023) or have graduated in 2022 or 2021 from a college or university within the five boroughs of New York City or must be a current permanent resident of the City.
Financial Aid Requirement: Applicants must demonstrate financial need by submitting a copy of their FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) and provide the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution) document.
This application will ask you to attach:
1) Your resume, listing your education background and relevant work experience
2) Your cover letter, stating your interest in why you want to work as a Bloomberg Arts Mentor at Studio Institute, and how your work experience might qualify you
3) A copy of your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) that provides the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution)
4) Your college transcript.
Cultural organizations that have participated in the program in the past include: Art21, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bartow Pell Mansion Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Children’s Museum of Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, Dixon Place, Museum of the City of New York, New York Hall Of Science, New York Live Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, Nuyorican Poets Café, Park Avenue Armory, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Socrates Sculpture Park, Transit Museum, and Studio Museum in Harlem.
For more information about the Bloomberg Arts Mentors program, email bai@studioinst.org.
The Bloomberg Arts Mentor program is a paid summer internship for postgraduate and undergraduate college students with a strong interest in the arts and culture of New York City. This is an excellent opportunity for students who would like to gain experience in arts and educational program management and guidance for teens as they prepare to transition to college.
The program is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the New York City cohort is administered by the Studio Institute, a nonprofit organization that is committed to apprenticeship-based learning, professional development for teachers, visual arts curricula, and sharing arts education research with communities nationwide. Studio Institute partners with a broad range of arts and cultural institutions to provide meaningful career training and expose interns to the multiple professional pathways in the arts. (See below for a sample of our partnering organizations.)
Mentors support college and career readiness classes and give oversight to rising senior high school students who will be 1) interning at arts organizations around the city and 2) participating in college support and professional development workshops and 3) attending arts and cultural field trips across the five boroughs.
QualificationsCandidates should have a deep interest in the arts and have exceptional organizational skills. Candidates must also have strong writing and editing skills and experience working on virtual platforms, such as Zoom and Google Meets. Applicants should indicate in their cover letter or resume any design, photography, or film experience. They must be legally allowed to work in the US. In accordance with applicable law, all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Mandatory Dates: The Bloomberg Arts Mentors program runs for approximately ten weeks from June 13 to August 18. Mentors will work part time (average of 25 hours/ week). Note that these dates may be subject to change according to changing COVID-19 policies and may include weekend dates and evening events.
Payment: Undergraduates are paid $22/hour for their work, including training.
Program Details: Throughout the intern orientation sessions and the eight-week program, Mentors will be a role model for high school interns: they will model interpersonal communication skills and set workplace expectations. They will also assist with administrative responsibilities, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Mentor high school interns working at cultural institutions throughout New York City in the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program, being active listeners to each intern’s respective journey
- Support high school interns through the college application process, offering guidance on college selection, navigating the Common App, and financing a college education; share your own college journey, and help students understand the life choices that they are making
- Cultivate arts appreciation through chaperoning students during field trips to museums, outdoor installations, and parks; model genuine curiosity about the arts; encourage students to create authentic connections to art and culture through conversations
- Provide reminders and timely feedback to interns regarding their personal statements for college, work assignments, schedules, and responsibilities
- Collect and process weekly timesheets for high school interns and track interns’ assignments
- Visit interns’ work sites to liaise with partnering organizations, and document interns’ internship work experiences
- Manage photo-documentation of the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program, capturing quotes and taking photos of weekly Studio enrichment sessions
- Oversee and assist with interns’ PowerPoint presentations for a culminating event.
Program Eligibility: Undergrad candidates must be current rising juniors or seniors in a college or university within the five boroughs of New York City, or must be permanent residents of the City. Undergrad applicants must be enrolled full time during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 academic years.
Financial Aid Requirement: Applicants must demonstrate financial need by submitting a copy of their FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) and provide the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution) document.
This application will ask you to attach:
1) Your resume, listing your education background and relevant work experience
2) Your cover letter, stating your interest in why you want to work as a Bloomberg Arts Mentor at Studio Institute, and how your work experience might qualify you
3) A copy of your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR) that provides the EFC (Estimated Family Contribution)
4) Your college transcript.
Cultural organizations that have participated in the program in the past include: Art21, BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Bartow Pell Mansion Museum, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Children’s Museum of Arts, Dance Theatre of Harlem, El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, Dixon Place, Museum of the City of New York, New York Hall Of Science, New York Live Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, Nuyorican Poets Café, Park Avenue Armory, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Socrates Sculpture Park, Transit Museum, and Studio Museum in Harlem.
For more information about the Bloomberg Arts Mentors program, email bai@studioinst.org.
The TAP Studio Arts Mentor program is a paid internship for undergraduate Studio Art majors, which provides an excellent opportunity to gain experience teaching and working with high school students for the Teen Apprenticeship Program (TAP). There is a strict Financial Aid Qualification for this program: students should have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the most recent academic year. Their Student Aid Report (SAR) must indicate an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $5,000 or less.
In the spring, TAP Studio Arts Mentors start supporting an experienced teaching artist and teaching assistant to implement TAP for high school students (ages 16-18) who are learning to teach visual art to children in New York City camps. Mentors shadow the teaching artist for several classes to learn about effective art instruction and lesson plan writing. Mentors will document apprenticeship training classes through taking photos, videos, and writing a detailed synopsis of the class, activities, and learning process.
In the summer, Arts Mentors help support and guide the teen apprentices as well as co-teach art classes in the summer camps. Arts Mentors help administer the program by identifying problems as they arise, submit daily updates, and document the program’s success. They also help supervise high school students on field trips to museums and galleries and learn to facilitate discussions about arts learning and engagement. By providing guidance and support to the high school students, they serve as role models; therefore, they must be professional at all times and maintain high standards of personal conduct.
The ideal candidate for this program is:
- Creative and flexible
- Interested in learning about how to teach art
- Comfortable presenting and speaking in front of groups
- Committed to serving as a mentor to high school students
- Well organized, timely, and a self-starter.
Program Details
- Mentors earn $20/hour.
- The 2023 Studio Arts Mentors assist the apprenticeship program training on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school and/ or Saturdays from May to early June. TAP sessions may occur at a NYC DOE school, or at Studio Institute’s classroom space at 75 West End Ave, New York, NY 10019. During this time, Studio Arts Mentors will work up to 3 hours per week.
- The 2023 Studio Arts Mentors summer program runs from June 13 to August 18. In the summer, Arts Mentors work approximately 25 hours per week.
- Week of June 13 – Mentors begin a 4-day intensive training to prepare them for their supervisory and teaching assignments.
- Week of July 10 – Mentors begin their oversight responsibilities of the high school students at camps located in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. (Start dates vary by camp.) Mentors will also support weekly TAP sessions on Wednesdays at 75 West End Ave.
- Overall, the program includes intensive studio art instruction, possible field trips to local art schools and/or museums, and practice teaching sessions.
Responsibilities include:
- Mentoring high school art instructors
- Teaching art classes at summer camps
- Visiting camps in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan and giving verbal feedback to high school art instructors
- Completing written evaluation forms for high school art instructors
- Meeting weekly to prepare for TAP summer sessions
- Assisting the artist instructors by preparing materials and modeling clean up procedures for students
- Managing administrative reports and record keeping (e.g., student observations and evaluations, weekly timesheet approvals)
- Documenting the program by drafting social media online posts and photographing students teaching in summer camps creating art
- Attending field trips to art museums and other institutions, and modelling genuine curiosity and authentic arts engagement
- Creating a PowerPoint presentation that shares your college experience
- Overseeing and assisting with interns’ PowerPoint presentations for a culminating event
- Completing a written final report.
Program Eligibility
Applicants must be:
- A declared Studio Art major or BFA student
- A full-time undergraduate student
- Eligible to work in the United States without a visa
- Residents of New York City or currently attending a school in New York City.
Financial Aid Qualification: Students should have filed a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the most recent academic year. Their Student Aid Report (SAR) must indicate an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of $5,000 or less. Candidates will submit their SAR as a PDF document along with their cover letter, resume, and transcript. Students who do not meet this qualification will not be considered for an interview.
For more information about the Summer 2023 TAP Studio Arts Mentors program contact: tap@studioinst.org
View Baltimore Job Position: Baltimore — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of and/or attend college in Baltimore or Baltimore County.
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program.
We'll let you know when internships are posted in your city. When you see positions to which you'd like to apply, you will forward your confirmation email, along with your cover letter and resume to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested. Use the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
Job Position: Boston</p> — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident and/or attend college in Boston (or the surrounding area inside Route 128).
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program.
We'll let you know when internships are posted in your city. When you see positions to which you'd like to apply, you will forward your confirmation email, along with your cover letter and resume to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested. Use the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."Baltimore — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)Baltimore — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
Job Position: Chicago — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of Chicago, and/or attend college in Chicago.
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program.
We'll let you know when internships are posted in your city. When you see positions to which you'd like to apply, you will forward your confirmation email, along with your cover letter and resume to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested. Use the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
View Cleveland Job Position: Cleveland</p> — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of and/or attend college in Cleveland or Cleveland's Inner Ring Suburbs.
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program.
We'll let you know when internships are posted in your city. When you see positions to which you'd like to apply, you will forward your confirmation email, along with your cover letter and resume to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested. Use the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
Job Position: Memphis</p> — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of New York City, and/or attend college in Memphis, TN.
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program. You will forward this confirmation email, along with your cover letter, resume, and transcript to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested, with the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application.
Job Position: New York</p> — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of New York, and/or attend college in New York State including (New York City is defined as within the five boroughs: the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island).
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program. You will forward this confirmation email, along with your cover letter, resume, and transcript to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested, with the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of New Jersey, and/or attend college in New Jersey!
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program. You will forward this confirmation email, along with your cover letter, resume, and transcript to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested, with the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
Job Position: Philadelphia</p> — Studio Institute (artsintern.org)
To be eligible for Arts Intern, you must:
1) Have an Expected Family Contribution (EFC) of less than $5000 on your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR). A sample copy of this page can be found here.
2) Be currently enrolled as a full-time Junior or Senior, pursuing a Bachelor's degree.
3) Be a resident of Philadelphia, and/or attend college in Philadelphia.
Materials required for submission:
1) Cover Letter
2) Resume
3) Copy of Transcript
4) EFC page of your SAR
Once your eligibility application is reviewed and approved, Studio Institute will send you an email confirming your eligibility for the program.
We'll let you know when internships are posted in your city. When you see positions to which you'd like to apply, you will forward your confirmation email, along with your cover letter and resume to the email at the bottom of each position in which you are interested. Use the subject "Arts Intern Summer 2023 Approved Application."
This summer, high school juniors in New York City can can earn $20 per hour working 32–33 hours per week at one of Studio Institute’s non-profit arts and cultural partners through the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI). BAI provides a paid opportunity to try out arts careers; hone your workplace, career, 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.
To be selected, you must be:
- A high school junior during the 2022–23 school year
- 16 years of age or older by the end of the 2022–23 school year
- Available between 6/24/23 –8/18/23 for the entire internship program; first day of mandatory orientation will begin on Saturday, June 24 and continue on June 28, after the last day of school
- Able to provide proof of vaccination (first series of shots, no booster)
- 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.
The application deadline is March 31, 2022. Email bai@studioinst.org for more information.