The School of the Arts has arts-specific internship opportunities that are in addition to internship offerings in the College of Arts and Sciences (described below). If you are an Art Education, Art History, Dance, Music, Studio Art, Theatre, Film and Television Studies, or Creative Writing major looking to complete an internship for credit in your major during the academic year, you can enroll in an internship with a program prefix. We offer individualized program-level internships (ARTH, ARTS, DNCE, MUS, THE 3991 Internship), for variable credits, in all our programs. These are currently most active in the ARTS and ARTH areas, and count toward the majors in these areas. We partner with Vermont organizations such as Burlington-City Arts, The Hall Art Foundation, ¶¶Òõ̽̽ Hospital, and many more.
In the Program in Art & Art History, students have the opportunity to take a service-learning course called Community-Engaged Internship (ARTS 3910), that offers a semester-long internship at a community field site along with a weekly seminar that supports the work. Internship sites are individualized based on students' interests and may include galleries, art studios, arts advocacy programs, afterschool programs, or other related sites. Beginning in Fall 2024, we will offer another internship course called Campus Art Projects Internship. This will involve research on, and organization of, the University’s art holdings.
If you are looking to do an internship for general credit during the academic year, you can consider opportunities offered through the . Currently arts-oriented internship credit can be earned via CAS, in CAS 2920 Communities of Practice: Arts and the Creative Economy. In this, elective credit is earned for a cohort style internship directed by professionals currently working within various creative fields. You might also consider semester-long travel-based internships like Arts in Action, Semester in the City, or The Washington Center; listed below.
If interested in a program-level internship in Art, Art History, Dance, Music, or Theatre; contact Pamela Fraser, School of the Art’s Associate Director for Student Success at pfraser@uvm.edu.
If you are interested in CAS Internship programs, explore the College of Arts and Sciences for more information on these and other opportunities, including information on deadlines, Handshake and other application processes. There you will also find information on summer internships and internship support.