Internships Internships Local Internship and Volunteer Opportunity Highlights Most of the 35 organizations attending this year’s annual Community & Career Fair offered terrific job or internship opportunities. If you are thinking about staying in Santa Fe or the southwest this summer and applying for an Ariel Internship, or have an interest in pursuing a local volunteer or internship opportunity during the academic year, here is a sampling of some great organizations that offer possibilities.
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Artsmart – Offers art programming for youth throughout the year. St. John’s senior Emma Diez completed an Ariel Internship this past summer with Fine Arts for Children and Teens (FACT), a program of Artsmart. She would be a great person to talk to about this organization. For more information contact: Lisa Vakharia or Amanda Lee at 505-989-1199 x14 Breakthrough Santa Fe – “Students Teaching Students is a tuition-free program in which talented high school and college students teach middle school students, with limited educational opportunities, the academic, organizational and social skills they will need to succeed in competitive high schools.” This program is administered out of Santa Prep (down the street from St. John’s) and has opportunities for their after-school program and during the summer with the supplement of an Ariel Internship award. For more information contact: Talia Winokur, 505-982-1829. Or visit: http://www.breakthroughsantafe.org Center for Contemporary Arts – “The Mission of the CCA is to create, maintain, and promote a vibrant regional gathering place for the exploration and presentation of diverse and challenging contemporary art forms and ideas through interdisciplinary programs: film, visual arts, performance, and educational outreach.” Emma Diez and other Johnnies have volunteered and interned with CCA over the past few years. For more information contact: Karen Ramage 505-1338 x108 or visit: http://ccasantafe.org Santa Fe Council on International Relations (CIR) – “CIR is dedicated to promoting the understanding of international issues and cultural affairs and to promoting ‘grassroots diplomacy.’ They provide discussion opportunities, lectures, seminars, travel opportunities, student outreach activities and international visitor meetings. CIR’s activities are designed to stimulate dialogue within the community about current foreign affairs issues and help educate members, students and the community about current international issues that affect the United States.” St. John’s senior Alexandra Marx just completed an Ariel Internship with CIR and she would be happy to talk about her experience. She can be reached at a.kmarx@yahoo.com. For more information about CIR contact: Patti Poitras, 505-982-4931 or visit: https://www.sfcir.org 8