Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy Internship Opportunity

Studying the arts and humanities at Southern gives you the unique advantage of the cultural richness of New Haven, a city with some of the nation’s leading organizations in the visual and performing arts, cultural heritage and preservation, and the public humanities.

The new minor in Arts Administration and Cultural Advocacy offers an introduction to that professional world by helping you develop skills for a more diverse range of careers in areas such as:

• Theatre, performing arts, museum, and library management
• Archival and curatorial work
• Non-profit cultural organization administration
• Grant-writing and development
• Arts education
• And more ...

The Arts Administration Internship Fund ensures that all Southern students minoring in the program – no matter their background, financial situation, or professional and creative interests – can pursue a paid internship at an arts or cultural organization in the New Haven area.

The Arts Administration Internship Fund ensures that all Southern students – no matter their background, financial situation, or professional and creative interests – can take advantage of the unique career opportunities in the arts, public humanities, and cultural engagement in the New Haven area.

Already, students have had great success partnering with local organizations. Since 2024, donations to the Arts Administration Internship Fund have helped us guarantee paid internships for more than 17 students at museums, libraries, theatres, orchestras, and other non-profit cultural organizations in New Haven and beyond.

Here are just some of the transformative experiences previous donations supported in 2024-2025:

Lydia, Communications, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Carla & Haley, Programs and Marketing, Arts Council of Greater New Haven

Rebekah, Development, Elm Shakespeare Company

Cameron & Dahlia, Dramaturgy, Long Wharf Theatre

Anna, Marketing, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

Selena, Administration, New Haven Symphony Orchestra

Sam, Eleanor, & Ash, Special Collections, Buley Library

Julien, Event Planning, CT Office of the Arts

Michelle, Exhibitions, Eli Center of Contemporary Art

Sarah, Marketing and Social Media, BLOOM

Cailyn & Jack, Editing, Woodhall Press

Miles, Music Production, The Breed Entertainment

We are so excited to already have a fundraising match! Your continued contributions today will help maximize the varied opportunities our program can offer students. This year, with the community’s ongoing support, we plan to keep providing students with invaluable and individualized experience in their desired fields.

Every $15 donation you make goes straight to funding an hour of paid internship experience in the arts, an experience that so many of our students might otherwise forego in favor of part-time work or other commitments to support their college education.