This program offers a 10-week paid summer internship to 74 undergraduate students. The students, chosen and funded by the LA County Arts Commission, work with nonprofit arts organizations engaged in the performing, presenting, and literary arts. To be eligible, students must live or study in Los Angeles County, must be enrolled in a full-time community college or four-year university, and must have completed at least one semester of studies.
Los Angeles County Arts Commission
1055 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 800
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-202-5858
lacountyarts.org
The School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA), Boston, offers a full scholarship--the Ann and Graham Gund Scholarship--to its students who are accepted into the Skowhegan program in Maine. Skowhegan is an intensive nine-week summer residency for gifted, emerging visual artists. At Skowhegan, students are mentored by established creative artists. SMFA students are eligible for the Gund Scholarship once invited to Skowhegan.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
800-591-1474
smfa.edu
This San Francisco art college offers at least 300 grants annually to help students complete their portfolio studies in art. Grant amounts are decided by a selection committee and range between 25 and 75 percent of the cost of up to two courses. Students who apply must be enrolled in the institution's summer and fall terms and have successfully completed the summer term. The grants are for students working toward AA, BA, BFA, 2nd degree BFA, or Certificate programs who are enrolled, on campus or online, for the first time.
Academy of Art University
Admissions Department
79 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3410
800-544-2787
academyart.edu
These fellowships encourage creative work by fully enrolled University of Chicago students during the summer months. The fellowships support original projects in any of the performing, literary, and visual arts. Generally, the projects should be destined for performance, production, publication, or exhibition during the following academic year. Students from all areas and colleges of the university can apply. In 2010, 15 grants, each worth $1,500, were awarded in creative writing, film, music, performance, and visual arts.
The University of Chicago
5801 South Ellis Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637
773-702-234
arts.uchicago.edu
The Dean's Office at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania administers the Arts Internship Fund in support of a summer internship, project, or field experience. Projects considered should be in the visual or performing arts, Projects that involve working with artists, to create new work or learn new techniques, are given preference. Performing artists at Bryn Mawr are also eligible for the college's Dance Study Grant. This grant is offered to one or more students and covers intensive summer studies in dance technique, performance, or composition in a nationally or internationally recognized program.
Bryn Mawr College
101 North Merion Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
610-526-5000
brynmawr.edu