The Bloomberg Arts Mentors program is a paid summer internship for undergraduate college students with an interest in the arts and working with teens. This is an excellent opportunity for students who would also like to gain experience in arts administration, education and teaching. In this program, Mentors will provide guidance and oversight to high school students who are placed in internships in cultural organizations around the city. The program is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and is sponsored by Studio in a School, a nonprofit organization that supports arts in New York City public schools.
Cultural organizations that have participated in the program in the past include: Art 21, Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dance Theatre of Harlem, El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, New York Live Arts, New York Theatre Workshop, Nuyorican Poets Café, Pregones/Puerto Rican Traveling Theater,Park Avenue Armory, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Socrates Sculpture Park, and Studio Museum in Harlem.