Art & Art History Opportunities

Employment

Art Department

  • Ceramics Studio Assistants (two per year, ceramics experience required, detail oriented, organized)  
  • Photo/Digital Lab Assistants (one or two advanced students)  
  • Printshop Assistant (one position in one term per year)  
  • Gallery Assistant (one position per year)  
  • Office Assistant (one position per year) 

Theatre Department

  • Scene Shop and Costuming work study positions offer excellent opportunities to use and learn additional hand skills, tools and utilize your creativity (multiple openings every year)  

Music Department

  • Hiring approximately one student per year to design posters and other printed matter  

Center for New Media Design

  • Lab Assistant— awesome opportunity to learn and utilize design skills (approximately four to six per year)  

Arcus Center

  • The Arcus Center appreciates having at least one art student on their work-study team to assist with poster design and other graphics

Other Opportunities

Center for Civic Engagement

  • Civic Engagement Scholar positions are excellent opportunities for art students. Some years there is an art specific program, but many CESes draw on their art skills and creativity in other programs, as well. (12-15 paid Scholars per year, multiple volunteers for each program)  

Internships in the City of Kalamazoo

  • Book Arts Center (available all terms and over the summer, info on their website + handshake)  
  • Kalamazoo Institute of Arts (contact Dr. Hahn for more info)  
  • Black Arts and Culture Center  
  • Kalamazoo Valley Museum  
  • AirZoo Flight Museum 

Project and Travel Grants/Scholarships

  • Tedrow Little Tyler for SIP expenses (approx. $300/SIP)  
  • Campbell Fund for career development & experiential travel (DUE MARCH 10th, 2024!) 
  • Pierce Cedar Creek Institute for Environmental Education Annual Art Fellowship (summer apps due in January)  
  • Ox-Bow School of Art summer program scholarships (winter)  
  • Beeler, ACSJL, CCPD, and many other grants available – poke around the websites for all the Centers on campus  

Exhibition Proposals accepted for the following…

  • FAB Gallery, Balcony Gallery, Display Case, Carriage House (proposals to Art Dept via Marissa Klee-Peregon)
  • Book Club in the Library (proposals to Stacy Nowicki)
  • Hicks Gallery (outside campus safety – proposals go to Office of Student Involvement)