Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival · 6 hours ago
Community Engagement Intern
Becket, MA 01223
Internship
Onsite
InternJacob's Pillow Dance Festival is seeking a Community Engagement Intern to assist with their community programs. The role involves relationship building, critical thinking, and administrative activities to support various community engagement initiatives and enhance learning in arts administration.
EventsNon ProfitPerforming ArtsTraining
Responsibilities
Managing a series of daily Morning Classes, weekly Workshops with Festival Artists, weekly Family Classes, and periodic Community Workshops in Pittsfield
Logistically supporting community dance classes, performances, and residencies through participant recruitment, targeted marketing efforts and design, research into current and prospective community partners, and in-person event support
Maintaining participant registration, data collection, and reporting on programming attendance in the organizational database
Cash-handling, reconciling income, and finance tracking
Welcoming guests with a range of personal experiences to the Pillow for special visits and curated group tours
Program documentation and evaluation
Tabling at community events and farmers’ markets
Supporting maintenance and exhibit curation in the Warren Davis Welcome Center
Opportunity to shadow full-time Pillow Staff throughout their workdays, observe interdepartmental, committee, and/or community partner meetings, and network with Berkshire County community organizers
Contributing to the planning and coordination of an annual Community Day. This free, day-long event highlights local partners and brings nearly 400 guests to the Pillow campus
As a member of the intern class, you will be required to participate in general festival-related duties that aim to broaden your scope and understanding of the various arts administration and production roles that exist within this field as time allows and requirements evolve. These will include but are not limited to giving campus tours, assisting with production changeovers in the theater, golf carting patrons, handing out tickets at will call and other ways to interact with guests, moving chairs, setting up for events, errands, and transporting artists. Training will be provided prior to participation in these activities, and while these duties will be a part of your overall experience, you will still spend the majority of your time within your primary assigned role
5-8 hours a week will be dedicated to participating in weekly seminars, career building conversations, attending dance classes, lectures, and performances
Qualification
Required
Candidates should demonstrate an interest in community arts and/or arts administration
Proficiency in Google Suite, Word, Excel, and internet research is required
This role engages with a wide variety of the public; cultural competency and advocacy towards belonging, inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility are valued
Preferred
A dance background is preferred
Self-motivated candidates confident in a public leadership role and with experience in customer service will excel in this position
Benefits
Housing
Three meals a day
Free access to classes
Performances
Talks
Studio usage
Travel stipend provided ranging from $0-$500.
Company
Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival
At Jacob’s Pillow, our mission is to support dance creation, presentation, education, and preservation; and to engage and deepen public appreciation and support for dance.
Founded in 1931
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Lila Kanner
Chief Philanthropy Officer
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