Internship Opportunity at Earth Celebrations
INTERNSHIPS AVAILABLE EARTH CELEBRATIONS Ecological City – Creative Climate Action Project engaging communities to generate ecological and social change through the arts
OCTOBER – DECEMBER & FEBRUARY – MAY
Earth Celebrations is a non-profit organization based on the Lower East Side of New York City engaging communities to generate ecological and social change through the arts.
Internships are available to work on ECOLOGICAL CITY, applying our pioneering creative cultural organizing strategies on the Lower East Side of New York City to develop and bring climate resiliency and ecological sustainability solutions within the gardens, neighborhood and waterfront on the Lower East Side of New York City. Community residents collaborate with artists through workshops developing visual arts and performance projects exploring neighborhood sites and their climate solutions. Works are featured in a culminating theatrical pageant with a procession and 15 site performances throughout the neighborhood.
Seeking interns with skills, interest and background: civic engagement, community outreach, advocacy/activism, theatrical/arts/event production, logistics management, graphic and web design, social media, photography/video and interest in the arts, community organizing, environmental, urban planning activism and climate issues.
100 hour minimum time-commitment per semester
Contact: Earth Celebrations (212) 777-7969 mail@earthcelebrations.com / earthcelebrations.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthCelebrations/ Press: http://www.earthcelebrations.com/press/earth-celebrations-press/ http://culturalorganizing.org/art-is-a-basic-human-need-an-interview-with-felicia-young/ http://artisticactivism.org/2016/09/felicia-young/ Slide-Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCGAOWsQN9g