We are no longer accepting applications for our 2013 intern program.

The Yard, a non-profit contemporary artist residency and dance performance center on Martha's Vineyard, in Chilmark, MA, is looking for four summer interns for our 2013 Performance Season. The internship focuses both on the administrative facets of an art non-profit as well as an opportunity for skilled dancers to partake in performance and choreographic experiences. The successful candidate should expect to be involved in all aspects of arts management with focus on their individual areas of interest/expertise throughout the summer season.

Internship Benefits Include:

• working with an experienced team of art enthusiasts who care deeply about producing quality work
  
  
• learning the ins and outs of arts management in a hands on setting
  
  
• seeing all performances on property
  
  
• multiple professional performance and choreographic opportunities throughout the summer season
  
  
• a $1,000 Stipend, and up to $150 travel reimbursement
  
  
• beach passes to famed Martha's Vineyard beaches
  
  
• shared housing with on campus laundry and full kitchen facilities
  
  
• Monday-Friday dance technique classes
  
  
• Monday-Sunday Yoga classes
  
  
• Farm shares from local farms
  
  
• one day off a week
  
  
  
• mentorship from Executive/Artistic Director, Senior Staff, and Resident Artists

At the heart of The Yard's summer internship program is a major focus on Artist Services. While The Yard seeks interns with individual specialties (see below positions and job descriptions), each participating intern is expected to assist the Senior staff in the day-to-day management of a single theater venue with 3 weekly on-site performances, 2-3 off-site performances, and 5-10 community events throughout the summer. Interns are required to participate every day throughout the season in many different areas of artists services work with rotating leadership roles each week. With this in mind, The Yard is looking for candidates who possess:

• excellent and personable communication and customer service skills
  
  
• creativity and close attention to detail
  
  
• a positive attitude in the face of constant multi-tasking, long hours, and some physical labor
  
  
• the confidence to work independently or with peers on important projects
  
  
• and most importantly, a strong respect for the arts-specifically the performing arts
  

“The Yard experience was one of the best I had in my early years. The people I worked with there have been very influential in my career. The piece I made was my first real breakthrough in dance, so it was a really big summer for me.”
Susan Marshall, choreographer, MacArthur Award recipient