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I f o un d o u t ab o u t t h e i n te r n s hi p p o s i t i o n a t D a vi d E d w ard ’s t h r o ug h m y d e pa r t m e n t, Architectural Design.   D a v i d E d w ard s i s a cu s to m furni t ur e m anufa c t ur e , which ha s b een o p e r a t in g f o r ov er 3 0 ye ar s.   T h ey buil d furni t ur e e v e r y d a y a s we l l a s creating n e w addi t i o n s s u ch a s c r a t in g v aluabl e i t e m s f o r l o n g di st a n c e t ra v e ling . My r es p o n s ibili t i es we r e v a rian t an d fl ex ibl e. I st a r ted o u t b y o rganizin g t h e li te r a t ur e s e ct i o n o f t h e building and then m o v ed to t h e d es ig n s t udi o fu l l - t i m e to w o r k o n p h o to e di t i n g. I t h en worked with o nlin e c o n t a c t o rganiza t i o n and am n o w o n t h e pr o t o ty p e f l o o r d es ignin g furni t ur e an d m a k in g di s pla y st and s fo r o u r r e c e n...

My name is Chelsea Gracyalny and I am a senior Film and Video major. During the Fall semester of 2014 I was a studio intern for professional artist Hadieh Shafie. Hadieh is a friend of the family and I was familiar with some of her artwork. I researched Hadieh to learn more about her professional life and her artist statements. I reached out to her over the summer to see if she would be interested in having me as an intern and if she was working on anything that she might want help with. She said that she had been looking for interns and had an exhibition coming up in February of 2015. We corresponded through email and I sent her a copy of my resume, which included a link to some of my work. We arranged a time to meet in her studio to discuss the kinds of work that I would be doing and how we would coordinate our schedules, and then it was decided that I would be working for her in the Fall. The show in February will comprise of 15 works total. This includes a variety of d...

My name is Emilia P ennanen and I am a senior Pho t og r aphy majo r . During the F all 2014, I w as Event Pho t og r apher and C u r a t or In t ern f or EMP Collective, a non-p r ofit artist run art o r g ani z ation b ased in the Down t own Baltimo r e. Sin c e I c ame t o Baltimo r e in Spring 2013 I have w an t ed t o be p art of the g alle r y and art s p a c e s c ene; the w ay things a r e run in Baltimo r e a r e so dif f e r ent f r om the cl e an cut s p a c es b ack in Helsinki and L ondon. I s t ar t ed t o look a r ound dif f e r ent s p a c es and their needs f or in t erns, and th r ough a d e ar friend and now a f ellow EMP Collective membe r , I g ot an int r oduction with the Collectiv e ’ s artist di r ec t or Carly Bales. I  g ot the spo t . EMP Collective is a multi f a c et ed art s p a c e. It is a g alle r y , it is a th e a...

My name is Eric Beasman, and I’m a junior Film and Video major. During my 2015 spring semester, I was a marketing and media comm u nications intern at Green Pr oduct Placement, a product placement company based out of Baltimore. I first heard about this opportunity through an email I got through MICA’s Film department. The emailed advertised an internship opportunity with a product placement company in Hampden, MD. I immediately contacted the company, and sent them a cover letter and my resume. Later that week, I was called in for an interview. After my interview, I was hired on the spot. Green Product Placement is a product placement company that specializing in placing sustainable, and socially enterprising products in major Film and TV Shows, to cre ate awa re n es s fo r “b e tt er ” b r an ds . Th e g o al i s to pla c e soci ally co n scio us brands in major media spots, to increase sales. These companies pay Green Product Placement to place their products in Films a...