Internship Opportunities in Performing & Visual Arts

These are organizations that are engaged in work relevant to this field. They sometimes have internships posted on their websites. If they do not you can also approach them to Develop Your Own Internship.

• City of Oakland Craft and Cultural Arts Department
• Cultural Connections
• Smithsonian Institution Office of Fellowships

Sample Listings

Below is a sampling of internships that have been posted on CalJobs and various other sites, that may help you get an idea of what types of positions are typically available.

• Advanced-level Internship Program, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Artistic & Administrative Internships, American Conservatory Theater
• Graphic Designer Internship, National Organization for Renal Disease
• Theater Production Internships, American Conservatory Theater
• Administrative Internship Program, SF Opera
• Art Gallery Intern, Haines Gallery
• Arts Administration Internship, Julia Morgan Center for the Arts
• Classical Music Internship, Music@Menlo
• Environmental Art Exhibition Assistants, Natural World Museum
• Getty Multi-Cultural Summer Internship, various museums
• Operations Intern, New Langton Arts
• Scene Shop Intern, La Jolla Playhouse

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Student Film Awards
The Academy awards a first ($5,000), second ($3,000), and third ($2,000) place in four categories (alternative, animation, documentary, and narrative) for student filmmakers who are full-time students at an accredited institution. The film must be made in the context of a teacher-student relationship within the curricular structure of the institution.

Artsbridge Scholarships
Scholarships are awarded to students willing to create and teach a program in the visual or performing arts (or the use of visual or performing arts for the teaching of some academic discipline) in a Bay Area public K-12 school. Applicants must intend to major or minor in an arts program on campus, and be able to contribute 18 to 22 hours of classroom time over the course of a semester. Offered to UCB students only.

Beinecke Scholarship
The prestigious Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship provides $32,000 to juniors planning to pursue graduate study in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Recipients will receive $2,000 prior to entering graduate school and $15,000 per year for the first two years of graduate study. Students must apply as juniors.

Institute for Humane Studies Production Internships
Intern at an award-winning film production company. Offers stipend, housing, and travel reimbursement.

Robert and Collen Haas Scholars Program
The Haas Scholars Program funds undergraduate independent research, field-study or creative projects in any major or discipline. Scholars also participate in an interdisciplinary intellectual community that supports their research/creative work. Offered to UCB students only.