IndigenARTS and Wellness Internship
Duration: June - August 23, 2024
Compensation: $6,925
Location: 2337 W. Whittier Blvd., Montebello, CA 90640, and Remote
Time Commitment: 10-week period beginning no sooner than June 3, 2024, and ending no later than August 23, 2024
Internship Description
The IndigenARTS & Wellness Internship will support Meztli Projects’ programming as it relates to Arts-Based Healing Practices and projects that bridge collaborative art-making, wellness, and healing opportunities for community members. The intern will support the Meztli Projects team through research, outreach, and engagement with Tribal Elders, Facilitators, Practitioners, and Leaders to inform the growth of the IndigenARTS & Wellness programs and projects. The intern will learn various strategies around holding space, facilitation, and how Indigenous practices have informed current approaches to care systems. The intern will develop a "zine" highlighting Elders and practitioners around and connected to LA County. *The majority of these Elders and practitioners are artists who have set aside their creative careers to tend to community healing.
IndigenARTS & Wellness blends Indigenous practices and collaborative art-making with mental health and wellness support, using various art-forms to generate dialogue and understanding around intergenerational trauma & resiliency, sexual & gendered violence, systemic violence, art as medicine & a healing tool, to process, reflect and work towards individual & collective wellness and also inform the creative practice of artists.
To apply please send a resume and cover letter to Joel Garcia, joel@meztliprojects.org
SUBMIT LETTER and RESUME BY: Monday, April 15, 2024, at 11:59 PM PST
Internship details
2024 Arts Summit
Thursday, June 24, 2024, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM
Arts Summit is a career day for the Getty Marrow Undergraduate interns which entails an artist keynote, presentations and panels by arts professionals providing an overview of their work and careers, professional development sessions, and networking opportunities.
Learning Community Events (in-person, various locations)
Two of the following dates: July 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25, 2024
Learning Community Leaders will announce two dates by the end of June.
Eligibility Criteria for Intern Candidates
Internships are intended for members of groups underrepresented in professions related to museums and the visual arts, including, but not limited to, individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent. Intern candidates can be sought from all areas of undergraduate study and are not required to have demonstrated a previous commitment to the visual arts. In addition, each intern candidate must meet the following eligibility criteria: (1) intern must be a currently enrolled undergraduate and have completed at least one semester of college by June 2024; and (2) intern must be a resident of or attend college in Los Angeles County.
Intern Period
The internship must take place during a consecutive 10-week period beginning no sooner than June 3, 2024, and ending no later than August 23, 2024. The intern must work full-time (no more than 40 hours a week, approx. 400 hours total).
Other Opportunities
This program is made possible with support from the Getty Foundation through its Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship initiative.