The Berkshires are an excellent place to gain experience at a variety of creative economy businesses and organizations. Check out some of these opportunities available now!
Deadline: May 24, 2013
Are you looking for a summer internship in arts administration? Working at MASS MoCA (the lead partner behind Assets for Artists) as a key member of a small team, the Assets for Artists intern will be involved in all aspects of program administration and development, including artist outreach, data management, grantwriting and stewardship, content development for social media, and researching and promoting artist opportunities to our network. The intern will receive a stipend of $100/week, plus access to MASS MoCA’s fabulous summer programming.
Deadline: Rolling
Award-winning Barrington Stage Company seeks interns for its 2013 season from May 24 – August 25, 2013 in carpentry, lights, sound, scenic painting, costumes, wardrobe, development, marketing, arts administration, education, stage management, house management, company management, and box office.
Deadline: ASAP
Berkshire Actors Theatre is seeking a motivated Assistant Producer Intern to work closely with the Artistic Director. The Assistant Producer Intern would assist the Artistic Director in determining production feasibility, cost, requirements, creative elements needed, and then seeing that all decisions are fully carried out in a timely manner. This position is ideal for candidates looking to expand into theatre production, and would run through September 2013. Resumes/cover letters may be submitted to vleikvoll@berkshireactorstheatre.org.
Deadline: Rolling
Berkshire Creative is seeking a full-time, full-of-energy intern and/or volunteer. (Multiple positions available, part-time candidates considered.)
Deadline: Rolling
Berkshire Publishing Group in Great Barrington has a part-time training internship available for a high-energy, globally minded student or recent graduate who wants to get experience that will jumpstart a career in media or public relations. This job can be done remotely and part-time, but preference will be given to candidates in the Northeast who can meet with Berkshire staff occasionally. This is an unpaid internship. Berkshire is an education company, and a story-based company that believes in the importance of ideas and human relationships.
Deadline: Rolling
Berkshire Theatre Group is seeking Production and Administrative interns. Applicants for this program need to be students with some theatre experience who are looking to expand their knowledge with hands-on work and mentorship from professional department heads. This is the opportunity to gain familiarity and work experience in the theatre career you are headed towards. College credit is available by request. All internships include housing and meals.
Deadline: ASAP
Part-time marketing internships available with Dominion Dealer Solutions (DDS), a division of Dominion Enterprises, for summer 2013. College juniors or seniors must qualify to receive academic credit for the internship in order to participate. DDS is Virginia-base company with a Berkshire office located at 1 Fenn Street, Pittsfield. Through the power of a combined Customer, Marketing and Inventory platform, Dominion Dealer Solutions delivers a full-circle solution that simplifies processes and makes it easier for auto dealerships to do business.
Downtown Pittsfield, Inc. Internship Program
Deadline: Varying
The Downtown Pittsfield, Inc.’s (DPI) intern program provides an excellent opportunity for emerging
business leaders to acquire professional skills and connections. Interns are vital in the successful
coordination and implementation of important programs and initiatives, and each is given at least one
major project to manage for the term of his or her internship.
Deadline: Rolling
Hancock Shaker Village offers supervised, structured internships for anyone interested in the museum profession. Would you like to transcribe an original manuscript? How about learning how to care for and catalogue artifacts? Or perhaps you would like to work with children in our hands-on Discovery Room? These are just some of the project possibilities for interns at Hancock Shaker Village.
Deadline: Rolling
Deadline: ASAP
JF Griffin Publishing is currently looking for a Print Design Intern to assist with the design and production of the large volume of publications produced during the spring and summer months. This is a valuable opportunity to develop skills in design software, font usage/management, file management, preparing files for printing, intra-office communication, interpreting client requests and stock imagery acquisition. The position will involve both production and creative work, focusing on the design of small ‘classified’ advertisements (print- and web-based) that accompany each publication.
Deadline: July 1, 2013
MASS MoCA seeks full-time interns for many departments for the upcoming Fall 2013 season. Spend a season in the culturally rich, naturally beautiful Berkshires, while gaining invaluable professional experience in the arts. Stipend ($100/week) and housing are available for all interns.
Deadline: Varying
Norman Rockwell Museum, located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, offers internship opportunities for undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate students. Internships provide students with the opportunity to acquire work experience in an art museum that houses the original artwork of Norman Rockwell, one of the nation’s greatest artists. His iconic images, appreciated by audiences from around the world, capture the scope of 20th-century American life. While at the Museum, interns will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge and understanding of museum work in general, while focusing their internship on one area of their choice: visitor services, education, development, curatorial work, or the archives.
Sohn Fine Art Gallery & Giclee Printing
Deadline: Varying
Sohn Fine Art Gallery and Giclee Printing is located in the heart of the Berkshires in Stockbridge, Mass. The Gallery specializes in showing primarily contemporary photography. A division of Cassandra Sohn Photography, LLC, Sohn Fine Art Gallery exhibits Sohn’s work and represents emerging and mid-career artists. Intern will be very hands-on, participating in all of the workings of a gallery and will gain knowledge in fine art, archival printing processes. Occasionally, you may be able to assist on shoots or help with editing for Cassandra Sohn Photography, LLC.
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