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The Scottsdale Public Art Program, one of the nation’s foremost public art programs, offers an opportunity to those wishing to pursue a career in public art or to gain more knowledge about the field. Have an invaluable experience and gain practical knowledge working for a cutting-edge public art program. The program, managed by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, is a registered non-profit organization.
Our interns:
- Are flexible, since no two days are alike
- Are passionate and eager to be involved in all aspects of public art
- Are savvy self-starters
- Have excellent research and writing skills
- Are detail-oriented and organized
- Are proficient in all Microsoft Office applications and social media
- Have own transportation
- Not afraid to do the not-so glamorous jobs that are part of every internship
– Interns will observe all aspects of the public art program and work on on-going administrative tasks. Please rank your top preferences.
- – well briefed in social media outlets such as blogging, facebook, twitter; quick to respond with public comments that are well-written and always up on new software and tools to integrate into our program. Looking for tech-savvy person to help our program with our outreach efforts via social media; a self starter; with HTML coding and Java script for our website.
- – work with events & outreach on time-based and special events. Includes community outreach and graphic design; materials to advertise and promote events.
- – work with Associate Director on grants and research for long-term fund raising for public art program and events.
- – work on projects that include capital improvement projects, city and partnership initiated projects. Work includes client meetings, research, developing project scopes of work, on-site construction, design team meetings, media releases and web site up-dates, artist visits, documenting installations, project records.
- – this is a new program for SPA. Assist senior project manager with calls for residencies; partnerships for creative residencies; logistics of locations; research & planning for community participation with participants in the creative residencies.
Sophomore, junior, senior undergraduate or graduate students are encouraged to apply (a) whether or not you have a background in public art OR art, art history, marketing, business, communication (b) have a strong interest in learning about the field. Self-starters and those who are self-motivated are important qualities of our interns. Interest in professional growth is essential.
Send materials to:
Scottsdale Cultural Council
Human Resources Department
7380 E. Second Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480)874-4610
resumes@sccarts.org
that explains why you are interested in an internship with Scottsdale Public Art. Give your top 2 preferences for the areas of your internship and include the reason(s) for your interest and what you hope to achieve from the experience.
must include your academic and professional experiences and skills.
(one academic and one professional). Include their name, title, phone number, email and the nature of your relationship. Please do NOT request letters to be written by references and sent to Scottsdale Public Art.
All internship applications are reviewed by staff. All applicants will be notified after the initial reviews. Interviews will be scheduled with short-listed candidates.
Spring, summer, winter semesters
Must be available during typical semester length of 12 to 15 weeks. A minimum of 16 hours is expected up to 20 hours per week, depending on schedule. Must be available during the regular work week as well as for evening and weekend events.
If you are interested in receiving academic credit, you must speak with your academic advisor prior to commencing the internship. Interns requesting academic credit through a university or college will be responsible for communicating with their academic advisor. Interns receiving academic credit will need to complete a total number of hours depending on credit requirement.
– BUT we have great appreciation for our interns while you gain experience with a nationally recognized program.
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