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 (at least $200/SIP)
  • Summer grants through the Campbell and Tedrow Little Tyler funds (applications due in Winter quarter)
  • Pierce Cedar Creek Institute for Environmental Education Annual Art Fellowship (summer apps due in January)  
  • Ox-Bow School of Art summer program scholarships (applications due in 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 Molly Kohl)
  • Book Club in the Library (proposals to Stacy Nowicki)
  • Hicks Gallery (outside campus safety – proposals go to Office of Student Involvement)

Art & Art History Department Resources