MAM Internships & Apprenticeships

Internships

As a MAM student, you're required to complete an internship during the summer between your first and second years.

You can intern in an organization that best matches your area of interest and career goals. Internship work can include a myriad of responsibilities: developing a marketing plan, creating a donor database, organizing aspects of a summer festival or installing a new exhibition. Throughout the summer, you'll put into practice skills you acquired in your first year, and you'll also make valuable contacts in the arts community.

You'll benefit from this internship in several ways:

• Apply the skills learned in your first year of study.
• Gain experience in your chosen field.
• Decide, based on experience, whether a particular type of job really fits your career goals.
• Make important professional contacts.
• Build your resume.

Apprenticeships

Your are encouraged to undertake an apprenticeship to supplement your classroom work and further enrich your work experience. You can choose to apprentice in one of more than thirty professional cultural organizations in the region. Apprenticeships feature financial support from either the host institution or the MAM Program. Some organizations that have hosted MAM apprentices include:

• The Andy Warhol Museum
• Carnegie Museum of Art
• City Theatre Company
• Concept Gallery
• The Mattress Factory
• Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
• Pittsburgh Children's Museum
• The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
• Pittsburgh Opera
• Pittsburgh Public Theatre
• Pittsburgh Symphony