INTERNSHIP STORIES

My name is Lauren Genovese, and I am a Painting senior with an Illustration concentration. During the summer of 2016, I was a gallery intern at AFA Gallery located in SoHo in Manhattan, New York. I had known about the gallery for a while because they show a lot of artists I really love, and there are only a select number of galleries in New York that cater to this type of art— mostly contemporary surrealism, pop surrealism, animation, and illustration. They work closely with artists featured in popular art publications such as Juxtapoz. Hi-Fructose, and Beautiful Bizarre, as well as receive coverage from them, run ads through them, etc. Galleries in this art scene are mostly located in the west coast, so I follow the select few in New York quite closely. I e-mailed three galleries in New York that I was interested in and AFA Gallery replied back quickly asking me to come in for an interview. I did an interview there over spring break when I was back home and had a great experience ...

My name is Bailey Watro and I am a rising Senior Illustration and Humanistic Studies double major. During the summer of 2016 I was a design intern for a publishing house called Running Press based in Philadelphia. They are a small publishing house that has recently merged with Hachette Book Group. Their work centers primarily around lifestyle and cooking books along with their Kids book imprint and mini kits. I originally heard about Running Press through the MICA internship blog, and once I looked more into the company and their work I was impressed by the level of design and the variety of projects Running Press was producing. I found a listing for design interns on their website and sent them my resume and cover letter. After an interview at their offices I was offered the position.  My internship supervisor was senior designer Amanda Richmond, but throughout each week I worked with and received projects from all the designers there. The work I did at Running Press ran...