INTERNSHIP STORIES

My name is Cassandra O’Hara an I am a Graphic Design major with a focus in Printmaking and Book Arts. During the summer of 2017, I Interned at Green Pea Press Studio in Huntsville Alabama. I process of looking for an internship in Alabama when I found out that Andrew and I would be moving there over the summer after he graduated. I began the process by first looking up printmaking and design studio’s in both Huntsville, Nashville, and Birmingham. I found studio’s that focused in both printmaking, graphic design, and letter press, by looking through Linked-in, Instagram and just doing general google searching. After looking at many websites, and post I created a spread sheet with the address, emails, web pages, and a general rating of how much I liked the studio. I then prepared and send out over 13 cold call emails with a resume and portfolio doc, or whatever else had been asked of me to send. A few weeks later I received a response from Green Pea Press. From there we set...

My name is Bao Nguyen and I'm a rising junior photography major. During the summer of 2017, I was an intern for artist/photographer Sheree Hovsepian in New York City. The Fall semester of my sophomore year was a real breakthrough for me as a have a chance to experiment with various darkroom techniques that I have not done before. However, at the same time, I found it a very difficult task for me to prove the work I do whether or not photography at all. The anxiety went with me throughout the spring until I decided to find a mentor who can give me some answer. I found out about Sheree Hovsepian through an exhibition catalog in the library called Photography is Magic, an Aperture exhibition that showed experimental and newer approach to the medium. Sheree's work interested me because of its sculptural elements and experimental darkroom prints. I decided to email her expressing my admiration and asking her if she needed an intern for the summer, luckily she replied my email ...

This summer I was a studio assistant at Latiano Studio, the studio of Jonathan Latiano, a  sculptor in Baltimore Maryland. I had worked with Jonathan last summer as his teaching assistant at MICA precollege. We were still in contact, so last semester when I asked if he  knew  any artists that needed studio assistants this summer, he told me that he himself did, and I got  the job. As a studio assistant, I mostly helped fabricate one of the projects that Jonathan is  working on entitled “The Only Thing That’s the End of the World is The End of the World.” It’s a  collection of hundreds of irregular spheres covered in thousands of mirrored shards. I did detail  work with the mirrors, but also helped build some of the interior structures of the spheres, which  have to bear a good amount of weight. Jonathan included me in planning his studio visits with  curators for other projects he’s working on, as well as the grant writing a...

My name is Grace Kwon, and I am a rising sophomore Fiber Major. During the Summer of 2017, I was  an intern for Knox Makers, a makers space and studio in Knoxville, TN. I have always been interested in  makers space particularly after visiting OpenWorks in Baltimore. Because of the growing interest and  popularity of makers spaces around the country, I researched for these spaces in my hometown,  Knoxville. After a couple of intensive internet research excursions and  communicating with artist  professionals in Knoxville, I discovered the newly opened Knox Makers. Knox Makers was not openly  looking for any hires or interns, so I contacted them requesting for a possible opportunity and also  attached a resumé. Knox Makers replied fairly quickly, offering an opportunity although it would be their  first time hiring an intern. For the next couple of months, we corresponded through email and through  phone calls, trying to define ...

My name is Aage Vetter and I’m a Senior Graphic Design major. During winter break of my Junior year, I went on a trip to New York where I met a design intern from Chanel. After asking him a few questions and chatting, he introduced me to his boss, who gave me a fairly informal interview and asked about school, my website, and other things. After thinking this was the end of the interactions with them, by the end of the school year, I received an email from who would become my supervisor, Antoinette, asking if I wanted to take a spot at the office as the summer intern for that year. They had found my resume and portfolio online and decided that I was the best candidate for the position. Chanel is a world renowned design and fashion house specializing in a range of fashion, fragrance and beauty products, watches, and fine jewelry. They also host and sponsor a variety of events, dinners, and artists throughout the year. This includes artist Lucia Pica, The Tribeca Film Festiv...

My name is Andrea Barnes and I am a Junior Fiber major with a concentration in Experimental Fashion. During the Summer of 2017, I maintained a three month long weaving and retailing internship for Nantucket Looms. A cottage living style store that offers hand made textiles, furnishing, and design services. The store is based on Nantucket, an island located off the cape of Massachusetts. For years I have visited family that live on the island and consider Nantucket as my second home. Almost two years ago I walked into the store with my family one Christmas and accidentally discovered the weaving studio hidden in the upstairs part of the Looms. There I had a long conversation with the head weaver, Rebecca Peraner, and expressed my interest to be a part of the commercial textile world. She recognized the Maryland Institute College of Art and asked me to send her some pictures of my work as well as my resume. Two weeks later she responded with an enthusiastic email about my w...

My name is Xena Brar and I am a rising sophomore Graphic Design major. During the summer of 2017 I was a design intern for Never Normal Records based in New York City. Throughout high school, i’ve always designed album art, flyers, merchandise and posters for my friend’s bands and loved doing it. I wanted to keep doling this throughout college and while in school I searched on the MICA Jobs and Internships page on Facebook for anything relating to the music industry. I stumbled upon Never Normal and immediately knew I needed to pursue this! I immediately emailed Suzi Analogue, the founder and manager of Never Normal, with my resume, portfolio, and why I wanted this internship. It took a while but she finally emailed me back and told me she loved my work and wanted me to do more of it for her! Never Normal is a record label that has no “labels” in a sense. They are open to anyone and everyone joining their team and the artists they currently have on the label are divers...

I found about my internship through one of my father’s co-workers, who happens to know the owner,  Rebecca Schweiger, of The Art Studio NY. I e-mailed Ms. Schweiger, who then gave me the contact information of the  studio and sent my resume, a cover letter, and a link to my Behance. They invited me in for an interview shortly after.  The Art Studio NY is a studio that offers art classes for all ages. Their goal is to get beginners feeling comfortable  expressing themselves through art, and to be a resource for anyone who wants to make art. There are medium specific  classes, teen classes, and children’s classes. For my internship, I was specifically involved with the children’s summer  classes. My supervisor was Katiri Helmeid, who is a studio coordinator and adult and children’s art teacher. I was  responsible for setting up the studio for the day’s activities, helping plan out daily projects, working hands-on with  students, and cl...