Internships
Philly Partners
Philadelphia is home to an extraordinary array of arts and cultural institutions with national acclaim. Partner organizations who participate in this program are committed to supporting the educational and professional growth of their interns. Students apply to this program through the Center, and host organizations invite students for interviews and make final offers directly to interns. Decisions can be expected mid-to-late March.
These internships typically last ten weeks during the summer. Stipends are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation. Priority goes to students who have not previously participated in the Philly Partners program.
Students receive taxable stipends of $4000 to support their summer experiences. In addition, students who qualify for LIFTFAR Funding will receive 100% of the Student Savings Expectation (SEE) that is part of their financial aid package. Students who receive need-based financial aid, but do not qualify for LIFTFAR Funding, will receive 50% of the SEE that is part of their financial aid package. Visit the Internship & Funding page to learn more.
2022 Internship Opportunities
Philly PartnersDeadline
February 20, 2023
Open to current first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Self-Designed Internships
Students who are accepted into arts and culture internships across the country are eligible to apply to HCAH for funding to cover their financial need during the summer for unpaid or underpaid summer programs. These typically fall into one of two categories: already established internships at larger institutions such as the Penn Museum or the Smithsonian, or an independent internship planned with a smaller institution or an individual. For the latter, students must make primary contact with the host organization/project partner before developing a summer project proposal detailing their proposed role with the organization or person.
All self-designed internships must be full time over at least eight weeks. Stipends are allocated for eight to ten weeks of work and are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation. Priority goes to students who have not previously participated in the Self-Designed Internship program.
Students receive taxable stipends of $4000 to support their summer experiences. In addition, students who qualify for LIFTFAR Funding will receive 100% of the Student Savings Expectation (SEE) that is part of their financial aid package. Students who receive need-based financial aid, but do not qualify for LIFTFAR Funding, will receive 50% of the SEE that is part of their financial aid package. Visit the Internship & Funding page to learn more.
Self-Designed InternshipsDeadline
February 20, 2023
Open to current first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
CPGC-HCAH Partnerships
HCAH and the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship partner to support summer internships with social justice-based arts and humanities organizations. Students apply either through the CPGC or HCAH but are selected by the internship host organizations. Internships typically last ten weeks during the summer. Stipends are awarded based on the budget submitted during the application process and cover food, housing, commuting, and living expenses, as well as the summer earnings expectation.
Students receive taxable stipends of $4000 to support their summer experiences. In addition, students who qualify for LIFTFAR Funding will receive 100% of the Student Savings Expectation (SEE) that is part of their financial aid package. Students who receive need-based financial aid, but do not qualify for LIFTFAR Funding, will receive 50% of the SEE that is part of their financial aid package. Visit the Internship & Funding page to learn more.
Asian Arts Initiative
Application Deadline: TBD
The Center for Peace & Global Citizenship and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities have joined with Asian Arts Initiative to offer summer and year-round internship opportunities. Asian Arts Initiative (AAI) is a multi-disciplinary and community-based arts center in Philadelphia that advances racial equity and understanding, activating artists, youth, and their communities through creative practice and dialogue grounded in the diverse Asian American experience.
Open to rising Haverford sophomores, juniors, or senior.
Apply online at the CPGC website.
Colored Girls Museum
Application Deadline: TBD
The Center for Peace & Global Citizenship and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities have paired up with The Colored Girls Museum (TCGM) to offer a fellowship with a unique social justice cultural organization based in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. The Colored Girls Museum is a memoir museum, which honors the stories, experiences, and history of ordinary Colored Girls. This museum initiates the object—submitted by the colored girl herself, as representative of an aspect of her story and personal history, which she finds meaningful; her object embodies her experience and expression of being a Colored Girl.
Open to first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Apply online at the CPGC website.
Voice of Witness
Application Deadline: TBD
The Center for Peace and Global Citizenship and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities have paired up to offer one or two fellowships with Voice of Witness (VOW), a non-profit organization that advances human rights by amplifying the stories of people impacted by injustices. Through their oral history book series and education program, VOW fosters a more nuanced, empathy-based understanding of human rights crises. They seek summer interns to assist with a variety of projects that are integral to the creation, promotion, and funding of their book projects and education program. Past book topics include: Indigenous communities in North America, the criminal justice system in the US, migrant workers in California agriculture, Central American youths crossing borders, and oral history practices and methods.
Remote opportunity. Open to first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Apply online at the CPGC website.
Woody Guthrie Center Archives
Application Deadline: TBD
Under the supervision of the Woody Guthrie Center Archivist, and with the approval of the Archives Director, the student will focus on a community outreach/public engagement program and/or exhibit utilizing materials available in the archives to develop their theme. The archival collections of Woody Guthrie, Phil Ochs, and other special collections will serve as a basis for promoting social awareness of a selected issue still present in current social affairs.
Open to Haverford first-years, sophomores, and juniors.
Full internship descriptions and application information is on the CPGC website.
Philadelphia Museums Internships
The Center funds all students who are accepted into the Penn Museum’s Summer Internship. The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Museum Studies Internship Program is most likely on hiatus for summer 2022. Students apply directly to the Penn Museum then submit their materials to the Hurford Center. In order to be eligible for Center support, students must send their application materials to James Weissinger upon applying.
Students receive taxable stipends of $4000 to support their summer experiences. In addition, students who qualify for LIFTFAR Funding will receive 100% of the Student Savings Expectation (SEE) that is part of their financial aid package. Students who receive need-based financial aid, but do not qualify for LIFTFAR Funding, will receive 50% of the SEE that is part of their financial aid package. Visit the Internship & Funding page to learn more.
Penn Museum Summer Internship Program
Application Deadline: TBD
The Penn Museum offers paid and unpaid summer internship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students, and recent graduates from any college or university. Please see below for more information about eligibility for funding. The internship is made up of two parts: interns are placed in a Museum department and work on a project under a departmental supervisor; each week interns come together for the Museum Practice Program overseen organized by the Summer Internship coordinator. The program includes orientation, weekly lectures, collections tours, a field trip to a local museum, and final presentations. The Penn Museum strongly encourages applications from students who are members of groups underrepresented in careers related to museums and anthropology.
Rowhome Productions 10-Week Paid Podcasting Internship
Summer 2022
This summer, VCAM and the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities will fund one Bi-Co student to spend 10 weeks interning with Rowhome Productions, a Philadelphia-based audio production company that makes podcasts, radio documentaries, and audio tours.
The Rowhome Production Intern will learn how a radio documentary or podcast series goes from an idea to a reality and assist with various production needs including performing research, logging audio, writing show descriptions and editing audio. The Production Intern will also have the chance to work on Swamped, a new podcast created by Haverford professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies Joshua Moses, currently in development in partnership with Rowhome Productions.
Interns will be provided many opportunities for professional development and attend regular meetings with Rowhome’s co-founders. Additionally, the Production Intern will support Rowhome in the development and implementation of a social media strategy that tells the stories of Rowhome’s projects, showcases its contributors, and increases the agency’s visibility.
Download the Full Internship Description
Students receive taxable stipends of $4000 to support their summer experiences. In addition, students who qualify for LIFTFAR Funding will receive 100% of the Student Savings Expectation (SEE) that is part of their financial aid package. Students who receive need-based financial aid, but do not qualify for LIFTFAR Funding, will receive 50% of the SEE that is part of their financial aid package. Visit the Internship & Funding page to learn more.
Sponsored by the Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities and the VCAM Community Media Workshop Initiative.
Rowhome ProductionsDeadline
February 20, 2023
Open to Bi-Co students from all class-years.
Contact James Weissinger at jweissin [at] haverford.edu for more information.