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Hey High School Student!!! Here’s a paid internship opportunity for you!
The Dr. Beverly J. Robinson Community Folk Culture Program (FC) is accepting applications from youth 14-21 years old for its summer 2016 season.
Folk Culture is the study of the art, rituals and traditions that permeate our everyday lives. Whether it’s about style, food, music, stories, hobbies or beliefs, interns in the Dr. Beverly J. Robinson Community Folk Culture Program celebrate our heritage – learning from our past and present in order to understand our similarities and appreciate our differences.
In our program, student interns learn how to interview, videotape, and present folk artists from the community, create blogs, organize photos, edit videos and archive their work.
Summer 2016 runs for 5 weeks starting Tuesday July 5 and closing on *Sunday August 7, 2016. The program meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM each week (We will be ending later on trip days). *Sunday, August 7 we will celebrate the end of the summer program with a Family Day Presentation for the interns and their families.
Interns will receive a stipend of $300.00 for first year participants and up to $400.00 for returning interns. The stipend is based on participation, completion of assignments, attendance and number of years’ experience in the FC Program.
This summer we will be continuing with our Art and Social Justice and Art and Healing themes which the Folk Culture Students have been working on during the winter/spring season.
Activities will include research, field trips, conducting and documenting interviews and group work exercises. Pure fire! You will also research the cultural traditions in your own family, social groups and communities.
The FC Program requires dedicated interns who will be on time and present each day, in addition to completing their multi-media assignments.
Important dates for the FC Program are as follows:
- The submission deadline for applications is Saturday – June 4, 2016 at 5:00 PM.
- First time applicants who submit complete applications by the deadline will be scheduled to be interviewed June 14 and 16, 2016. Preference is given to the order in which an application is received.
- Successful applicants will be informed by Thursday, June 23, 2016.
The Dr. Beverly J. Robinson Program begins at 10:00 AM on Tuesday, July 5, 2016.
Note: If you hand-deliver the application and we are not in the office, please make sure it gets into the hands of Betsy Hastedt, the General Manager of Mind-Builders, who can be reached at (718) 652-6256.
Sincerely,
George Zavala
Interim Director
Dr. Beverly J. Robinson
Community Folk Culture Program
Mind-Builders Creative Arts Center
3415 Olinville Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467