Internship Program

Overview

Internships at Blumenthal Arts (BA) are designed to offer hands-on learning experiences to college and graduate students considering careers within arts management. Our desire is to equip students with a robust skillset and provide them with professional experience to carry into their careers. Internships with BA are considered full-time and require a minimum commitment of ten weeks by intern candidates. For internship purposes, full-time is considered 20-30 hours a week. Pending the needs of individual departments, flexibility in daily or weekly work schedule may be required. Interns may be required to work evenings and weekends, depending on the department's needs. To assist full-time interns with living expenses, BA offers paid internships. Housing is not provided.

In addition to work experiences overseen by a BA department leader, interns may be required to attend semi-regular meetings with other interns and BPA’s Education Special Programs Manager to participate in career preparation and other learning activities.

Interns may be eligible for college credit upon completion of BA’s internship program. Interns who intend to receive credit for their internship experience are responsible for meeting registration requirements of their respective colleges and for informing BA’s Special Education Programs Manager of necessary evaluation and/or other forms to be completed by appropriate BA personnel.

Requirements

• Applicants must be a currently enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, or a recent graduate within one year of their graduation date to be considered.
• Reliable transportation to Uptown Charlotte as this is considered an onsite program.
• Applicants are required to submit an application, resume, cover letter and letter of recommendation. Applicants who fail to submit all required documents will not be considered.

Potential Internship Responsibilities by Department:

Interns can tailor their experience to meet their educational needs. For this reason, interns can concentrate their experience on one area of focus, two - three areas of focus, or receive a more comprehensive experience that would allow them to learn from multiple departments across their 10 weeks providing a more wholistic view of art administration.

Human Resources Interns will be involved with aspects of various human resource activities for Blumenthal Arts, acquiring a limited working knowledge of various HR areas including talent acquisition, compliance, benefits, and employee engagement. All majors are welcome to apply.
Education Interns learn how BA’s education department seeks to meet its enrichment goals for area school, student, and communities while interfacing with other BA departments, area school, and community organizations. Interns undertake projects related to program scheduling, planning, implementation, and follow-up. All majors are welcome to apply.

Technical Theater

Interns will learn about basic lighting, sound, rigging, and carpentry instruction. During busier months of BA’s production calendar, interns shadow members of the Technical Department during show load-ins, performances, and load-outs, and occasionally serve as crew members for BA-produced events. All majors are welcome to apply; some experience in technical theater is preferred, and passion for technical theater is required.
Programming Interns will become more familiar with one or more of the following areas: contract negotiation, artist relationship management, long-term and short-term season planning, and event management. Responsibilities may include budgeting, managing special events, creating action plans and more. All majors welcome to apply.
Development Interns will be involved with aspects of various fundraising activities for the performing arts, acquiring a limited working knowledge of diverse funding needs, and potential funding sources. Interns may assist with projects related to annual giving and planned giving programs, capital campaigns, major gift development, sponsorships and grants, and prospect research. All majors welcome to apply.
Ticketing Interns learn the sales and service aspects of ticketing This includes the guest service, logistics and operations for the various BA and CarolinaTix box offices, reconciliation of revenue, budget implications, scheduling, and reporting. All majors are welcome to apply; some experience in customer service is preferred.
Accounting Interns will be involved with various aspects of accounting activities for BA, acquiring limited working knowledge of various accounting function such as budgeting, reconciliations, month-end reporting and data management. Preference for students who have completed coursework in Accounting/Finance.
Marketing Interns will be involved with various aspects of marketing activities for BA, acquiring limited working knowledge of development and execution of marketing plans including communications strategies, graphic design, branding, and grassroots efforts. All majors welcome to apply; coursework in marketing preferred.