College and Post-Graduate Internship Program: For Companies

Pentacle’s College and Post-Graduate Internship Program seeks individual artists and artistic entities who are interested in expanding their administrative capacity through a structured internship program. The program matches each participating entity with a college or post-graduate intern for 10 hours/week for a period of eight weeks. The Fall 2020 session will run October 26 – December 18, 2020. The deadline for partner artistic entities to apply is Friday, October 9, 2020.

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ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Through an extensive recruitment and interview process, Pentacle identifies potential interns and pairs members of the cohort with participating artistic entities. Artistic entities are required to submit an interest form detailing their mission, activities, and plans for the intern. This information is used to make appropriate matches.

During the program, artistic entities’ interns gain hands-on experience in nonprofit business practices and attend weekly professional development seminars led by Pentacle staff members and visiting arts professionals. Through this dual experience, interns have an opportunity to build their hard and soft skill sets, engage with artistic entities’ administrative efforts, learn from their peers, and meet industry leaders. Participating entities also have the opportunity to engage with interns through a supportive network and build their administrative capacity.

All artistic entities are welcome, there is no required budget size or incorporation status.

Working with an intern through Pentacle provides a greater sense of intern commitment and accountability due to the program’s structure and Pentacle’s role as a facilitating organization.

We will be encouraging participants to abide by the current NY State guidelines regarding in-person activities. If a pair may want to connect in-person they will have to agree to guidelines set forth by the Pentacle staff. The weekly seminars will be held over Zoom. We are also open to interns and artistic entities outside of NYC.

There is a $600 fee for participating partner artistic entities. This fee goes towards the intern's stipend, guest speaker honorariums, and administrative time from Pentacle's Education & Outreach staff.

WHAT YOU'LL GET:

• Qualified intern through extensive recruitment

• Clear work plan outlining intern responsibilities and company goals

• 10 hours/week (for 8 weeks) to work remotely with an intern

• Mentorship and guidance from Pentacle staff, as needed

Questions? Contact education@pentacle.edu.

Dates for future sessions are announced through Pentacle's newsletter, blog, and social media.