ART INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
Adrienne Outlaw
has run an active internship program since 1997, “graduating” as many as thirty-six
artists and arts advocates from her studio.
Applicants need: some art or art education experience, but more importantly, they must be dependable and responsible. The internship requires ten hours a week of work for a period of at least three months, and other options are available.
To
apply: View Outlaw’s
website so that you are familiar with her work. Have a track
record of dependability and responsibility supported by two letters of recommendation.
Email resume, letters of reference and interest to:
Interns do the following:
- Work in studio
- Connect with the community
- Contact community groups
- Help teach school groups in the studio
- Prepare work for installation
- Exploration
of a variety of art materials and methods
- Hands
on knowledge about how to set up a studio practice
- Introduction
to gallery directors, art critics and curators
- Introduction
t
- Information
about promoting the visual arts and better connecting the arts community
- How
to do taxes as an artist
- How
to write and send press releases
- How
to contact and talk to the media
- How
to contact galleries
- How
to get work in art shows
- How
to find and write grants
- How
to write art proposals
- How
to get funding for exhibits/projects from a variety of sources
Visit
projects to read about Outlaw's
socially engaged work.
