About BAI

The Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) is an arts-focused summer internship in Baltimore, Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia that provides high school interns with paid work experience at cultural institutions and organizations along with work readiness and college preparation support. Through this program, Bloomberg Philanthropies connects students with summer internships at local arts organizations and helps them to acquire the tools they need to succeed in high school, college, and as future adults and community leaders.

In 2019, EdVestors was selected to be the Boston partner responsible for implementing the BAI program. EdVestors is an education nonprofit whose mission and vision is to advance equitable, meaningful education that prepares every Boston student to activate their power and shape their future. The BAI program in Boston builds on the success EdVestors has seen through the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Arts Expansion. Since its launch in 2009, the driving goal of BPS Arts Expansion has been to increase equitable access to quality arts education experiences for students throughout the Boston Public Schools. BPS Arts Expansion coordinates the resources of the nonprofit arts community and the city’s cultural institutions to enhance arts offerings for Boston students. Building on the example of success in the Arts, EdVestors launched a separate initiative in Career Pathways to support college, career and life readiness of students in BPS. The program elements of BAI sit at the intersection of best practice in arts and career education.​

About EdVestors

EdVestors’ mission is to advance equitable, meaningful education that prepares every Boston student to activate their power and shape their future. We drive toward our vision by 1) activating people and resources, 2) learning and iterating in context, and 3) influencing system change. We believe that continuously attending to all three drivers ensures our programs and initiatives will create impact. Since starting in 2002, EdVestors has raised and directed over $35 million for urban school improvement efforts through EdVestors' Racial Equity Seed Fund, BPS Arts Expansion, the School on the Move Prize, Zeroing in on Math, and Career Pathways. Learn more at www.edvestors.org.

Bloomberg Arts Internship Program Staff

Jeremy Gooden, Internship and Program Coordinator
Ruth C. Mercado-Zizzo, Vice President, Programs and Equity
LaVonia Montouté, Director, Career Pathways
Cathy Choi, Career Pathways Coordinator
Charlene Browne, BAI Program Assistant
Lordorina Hercules, BAI Program Assistant
Zoe Kamil, BAI Program Assistant
Kate Keller, Research, Data, and Evaluation Manager
Julia Gittleman, Program Evaluator
Anna Cayco, Strategic Communications Manager
Marinell Rousmaniere, President & CEO

APPLY TO BE A BAI INTERN

If you are a Boston Public School student (preferably a rising senior) interested in applying for the Bloomberg Arts Internship program this summer, contact your PIC Career Specialist HERE. Please see below for additional information about the Summer 2021 BAI program. Contact EdVestors Internship and Program Coordinator, Jeremy Gooden, at gooden@edvestors.org if you have any questions. We hope you consider applying!

Designed by David Estes, BAI '20