Job Description
Three of our teams at Americans for the Arts are looking for interns to join the 2025 Summer Internship Program.
- Arts Action Fund
- Government Affairs
- Research, Community Engagement
To apply to the team that best matches your interest, please review their job description on our website prior to submitting your application.
Overview Be part of the work that ensures access to the arts and arts education for all communities.
Gain valuable hands-on experience advocating for the economic, cultural, social, and educational power of the arts, through our Internship Program. Our program is designed for people who have an interest in learning more about how the arts and culture sectors help to create healthy and thriving communities, where everyone has access to the transformative power of the arts.
In addition to participating in your team’s daily work, attending our staff events, and collaborating on cross team projects, we encourage you meet staff from other teams at Americans for the Arts. We aim to provide the space for you and staff to learn more about each other’s personal and professional backgrounds, leading to a deeper knowledge of career opportunities in the arts and culture sector.
At the end of your internship, you will leave Americans for the Arts having developed relationships and a skill set that will stay with you for a lifetime.
Compensation Expectations Our Summer 2025 Internship Program is a paid program, paying interns the DC living wage ($17.50 per hour at the time of this posting). This internship is intended for your educational benefit, and we support receiving school credit for participation. This internship is at-will and is not a trial period for prospective employment.
Work Location & Hours As an intern, you have the flexibility to be fully remote or on a hybrid schedule spending some of your time working in-person in our office, located in downtown, Washington, DC. Prior to the start of your internship, you will work with your supervisor to establish a mutually agreed on work schedule to maximize your inclusion in our workflow.
We operate on a 7.5-hour workday, with our core business hours running from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm ET, Monday through Friday. We encourage interns to take advantage of their local cultural institutions and therefore do not expect you to work a 37.50- hour work week.
You can reference each team's internship job description for more details on hours.
Program Duration Our 2025 Summer Internship program is scheduled run over a 6-week period. We anticipate the program to run between June 2 nd and August 29 th . Depending on the needs of the team you intern with there is the potential for your 6-week program to start before June 2 nd or end after August 29 th , your schedule will also be taken into consideration when determining start date.
Internship eligibility - High school graduates, current college students, mid-career professionals, and those looking to transition to a new career field in the arts space.
- Interns must reside within the United States for the duration of the program.
- For most teams, interns must also be available to work between 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. ET and commit to a minimum of 6 weeks.
- Interns should anticipate participating in the program full-time.
How you can apply
- Or access the application via our website ( Click About Us located at the top of the screen. Then select Careers on the left side of the screen and follow the prompts.
- The applications window closes on March 31st.
Our Cultural Equity Competencies Americans for the Arts acknowledges the existence of systemic and structural biases and believes it is necessary to be strategic and intentional in pursuing cultural equity in all aspects of governance, operations, and programming. As an intern, you are expected to:
- Pursue substantive learning to achieve greater cultural consciousness by attending professional development opportunities.
- Support adoption of best practices to create a more diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible work experience for colleagues and external partners.
- Strive to consider the people, places, and cultures that might be missing from your work and look for opportunities to increase inclusivity in all the work you do.
- Support the mission and vision of Americans for the Arts in all interactions with colleagues, members, and stakeholders.
Encouraging staff, interns, and external stakeholders to advance cultural equity by adhering to the standards outlined in the Staff Values & Behavior Agreement in all interactions.
Americans for the Arts is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values a multi-cultural, diverse working environment. Applicants of diverse backgrounds are welcomed and encouraged to apply.
Americans for the Arts prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment based on gender, disability, race, age, national origin, color, creed, sexual orientation, sex (including marital and parental status), gender identity and expression, religion, economic status, ethnic identity, veteran’s status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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