Designing Virtual Internships in the Creative Sector: Connecting Artistry to the Workplace2/28/2024 Using arts as a theme encouraged and promoted interns to “share their best selves”, find commonalities with one another and with their worksite supervisors, and provided a platform for self-expression and youth voice.
The Boston BAI program builds on the best practice principles and characteristics of Creative Youth Development (CYD), which see young people as active agents of their own change, with strengths and skills to be developed and supported.
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At Boston University, the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program hosted its Arts & Culture Panel featuring talented artists Feda Eid, Tim Hall, micah rose, and Veronica Robles. They showed us interns how they express themselves through their different forms of art.
The success of the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program is dependent on a strong team that collaborates in planning and implementing the program from start to finish. The Program Assistant role is integral to the team and its work. They are responsible for direct service to the intern cohort planning and facilitating with care and strategy: community building, work-place readiness, and mentorship.
This year, EdVestors hired 4 outstanding Program Assistants to support 48 BAI interns. Each of them offered a set of unique abilities and skill sets that enabled them to demonstrate leadership and to shine in their roles. This summer’s BAI Program Assistants: Lordorina Hercules, Joye Prince, Aya Sugiura, & Shanelle Villegas share their experiences about how they learned so much from the interns and about themselves, and their futures in the creative sector. The 2022 Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) summer program culminated in a Final Celebration at the Central Boston Public Library in Copley Square on August 26. Interns gave presentations on their experiences in the various BAI program components, including college essay writing sessions, 7-week arts management internships at local arts non-profit organizations and cultural institutions, college and career readiness activities, communication & executive coaching seminars, and arts and culture tours & workshops.
On August 12, 2022, the Bloomberg Arts Internship Program hosted its annual Arts & Culture Career Panel at the Pao Arts Center. It was an inspiring afternoon where interns were able to connect with five different artists and professionals to learn about navigating through professional spaces and various life paths in the art world, such as careers in graphic design, social work, dance, and hip-hop.
In 2020, Boston’s Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program facilitated by EdVestors created an Alumni Advisory Council (AAC) with former BAI interns to provide near-peer support for the current intern cohort through weekly group gatherings and via individual outreach. The AAC provided a positive opportunity for all of the council members to increase their confidence and leadership skills while engaging with arts education.
Three AAC members, Sophia Thomas (BAI ‘20), Sebastien Mentor (BAI ‘19), and Cendy Charles (BAI, ‘21), shared their experiences and insights on coaching and supporting the current cohort of BAI interns. Keep on reading to learn more about their journey of being a BAI intern to being an AAC member. Living during a pandemic took a toll on everyone connected to the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) program this summer and the toll felt by the interns was especially challenging. For three students the circumstances of the pandemic were too much to balance with the requirements of the internship and they made the decision to leave the program. In assessing these cases, several observations came to the surface.
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