Please feel free to pass this information on to any arts or arts service
organization that you think would be interested in applying for these funds.
My apologies in advance if you receive more than one of these announcements.
Announcement date: 5/22/01.
Deadline for applications 8/14/01.
Amount: up to $5,000
Who may apply: Arts and arts service organizations
To support an internship position at the arts or arts service organization
for an individual with a disability. (description of the program below)
Dear Arts Administrator or Internship Coordinator:
I am pleased to announce a new initiative - Career in the Arts Internships
(CAI) for arts and arts service organizations interested in providing
internship opportunities for individuals with disabilities.
This initiative is an outcome of the 1998 National Forum on Careers in the
Arts for People with Disabilities sponsored by the National Endowment for
the Arts, US Department of Education, US Department of Health and Human
Services, and the Social Security Administration through a cooperative
agreement with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The focus of the Career in the Arts Internship is to encourage arts and arts
service organizations to provide experience, education and training to
qualified individuals with disabilities interested in pursuing a career in
the arts. The goal of CAI is to increase employment opportunities and make
individuals with disabilities more competitive in the arts field.
Arts and arts service organizations may apply for up to $5,000 to integrate
a qualified individual with a disability in an internship program. The
funds may be used by the organization to cover administrative costs
associated with managing the internship, provide the intern with a
competitive stipend to cover living expenses and provide auxiliary aids and
services necessary for that intern to perform the duties of the internship.
Organizations will be responsible for identifying and recruiting a qualified
intern with a disability as a part of this initiative. Internships must be
at least one semester long, 15 to 40 hours a week, and occur between
September 2001 and November 2002.
I invite interested arts and arts service organizations to apply. Additional
information on how to apply can be obtained by contacting:
Betty Siegel, Manager of Accessibility
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC 20566
(202) 416-8727 voice
(202) 416-8728 TTY
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web address: http://kennedy-center.org/accessibility/internships/
DETAILED DESCRIPTION:
Careers In The Arts Internships (CAI)
for People with Disabilities
Opportunities for Arts Organizations
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
The Career In the Arts Internship (CAI) is a new initiative to support arts
organizations in creating internship opportunities for individuals with
disabilities interested in pursuing careers in the arts. The goal is to
increase access to employment opportunities in the arts. CAI makes possible
significant experiential education and professional development
opportunities while facilitating the entry and advancement of individuals
with disabilities into competitive employment in the arts.
ORGANIZATIONS: Arts and/or arts service organizations submit applications
which go through a competitive selection process. A diverse panel of
professionals in postsecondary education and training, disability services
and the arts will evaluate each application. Organizations must:
· Provide inclusive internship experiences (internships structured to
encourage the interns exposure to and participation with other interns,
staff and professionals).
· Have established internship program or collaborate with an
organization that has an established internship program.
· Select qualified students with disabilities into the internship.
· Internships must be at least one semester long, 15 to 40 hours a
week, and occur between September 2001 and November 2002.
Organizations may request up to $5,000. These funds may be spent on
stipends, auxiliary aids and accommodations for the intern and
administrative costs directly associated with the internship. No matching
funds are required but organizations are encouraged to supplement the
internship with other funds.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES: To qualify, individuals must have a
documented* disability and an interest in pursuing a career in the arts and
may:
· major in any academic discipline,
· have a traditional academic backgrounds (postsecondary education),
or
· have equivalent work-related experience and a demonstrated
interest/talent in the arts.
CAI opportunities enable qualified individuals to participate in all areas
of the arts organization including but not limited to: administration,
programming, performance, and design. *Documentation of a disability
includes but is not limited to letter or other documentation from a
vocational rehabilitation agency, college or university office of disability
services or a physician.
EVALUATIONS: Arts organizations will be required to assess and evaluate the
internship. Organizations file mid-term and final evaluations along with the
assessment.
TIMELINE: Applications must be received by August 14, 2001. Projects must
be completed by November 30, 2002.
For more information or to request an application contact:
Betty Siegel, Manager of Accessibility
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, DC 20566
Phone: (202) 416-8727
Fax: (202) 416-8802
TTY: (202) 416-8728
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website:http://kennedy-center.org/accessibility/internships/
CAI is an outgrowth of the recommendation to increase opportunities for
people with disabilities to pursue careers in the arts through internships
from the National Forum on Careers in the Arts held in June of 1998 at The
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and sponsored by the National
Endowment for the Arts, US Department of Education, US Department of Health
and Human Services, the Social Security Administration and The John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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