A.W.E./MPS Arts Internship Application Check List Artists Working in

A.W.E./MPS Arts Internship Application Check List
Step 1: □
Review the position description
Are you available during the program dates and times?
Do you like making art with kids OR working in an office?
Step 2: □
Fill out the A.W.E. Application
Be sure to fill out all the information and answer the short questions!
Step 3: □
If you are under age 18, have your parent/guardian complete
& sign the A.W.E. permission page. If you are 18 years or older,
complete the background check page with your signature.
Step 4: □
Fill out MPS Arts Internship Application
(This is a separate one page application from MPS)
Step 5: □
Tell us about yourself
Attach a letter of interest telling us why you’re interested in this
position and why you feel you’re the right person for the job.
Step 6: □
You must include a letter of recommendation from a teacher
Step 7: □
Include your current transcript from your current school
Step 8: □
Send everything to A.W.E. by Monday April 27, 2015
You can submit your application over email, fax it, or mail it to us.
A.W.E. will review your application soon after you send it and will contact
you to set up an interview if you are selected.
Artists Working in Education, 4315 W. Vliet Street, Milwaukee, WI 53208
Phone: 414-933-3877
Fax: 414-342-1251
A.W.E./MPS Arts Internship Descriptions
Position 1 (4 available) A.W.E. Truck Studio Intern: Truck Studio Interns will assist in the delivery of
hands-on art activities with children ages 4-14 through A.W.E.’s summer outreach program. A Truck Studio
Intern should enjoy making art and feel comfortable teaching and working with kids. Truck Studio Interns
work alongside college level artists and professional level art educators in teams of four to provide
meaningful art activities in Milwaukee parks and playgrounds from late June to early August (generally
11:45-3:15pm Mon-Fri with additional hourly team meetings each week). Responsibilities include but are
not limited to: working with children of all ages and backgrounds in a professional manner; attending staff
training prior to program; assisting with the set up, delivery, and clean-up of planned activities; writing at
least one visual art lesson plan by the end of summer; distributing weekly program flyers with other staff in
park neighborhoods; keeping a daily journal of park activities to submit weekly; and documenting program
participation (filling out forms and taking photos). This job involves significant travel all around the city.
Program sites move each week. This is an hourly, part-time position approximately 20 hours per week,
during the seven week period from June 22-August 7, 2015.
Position 2 (1 available) A.W.E. Office Intern: The Office Intern will be significantly involved with the
program evaluation process and will also help with general office duties like answering the phone, copying
and scanning, data entry, digital photo management and filing. This Intern will also assist with coordinating
staff meetings and events throughout program duration, compiling demographic data that is collected by
the teams, and collecting and organizing art supplies and materials. The Office Intern will work closely
with the A.W.E. Program Directors. Additional Qualifications: Must have strong computer skills- working
knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is essential and basic photo uploading preferred; must have
excellent oral and written communication skills, the ability to work independently, be very detail oriented
and possess a high degree of accuracy. Work hours are generally in the afternoons Monday-Fridays. This
is an hourly, part-time position up to 20 hours per week, during the seven week period from June 29August 14, 2015.
Position 3 (1 available) A.W.E. Satellite Studio Intern: Assist in the delivery of seven large-scale,
collaborative, public art projects with neighborhood youth ages 13 and up. The Satellite Studio Intern will
work with different artist teams for each public art project. Artist teams consist of one local professional
visual artist (Lead Artist) and one emerging artist. All projects are created and installed on the site and
intended to last in the neighborhood for many years. Project sites include Milwaukee parks and vacant lots.
A Satellite Studio Intern should be interested in community art, enjoy making art, working with youth and
learning from professional artists. This Intern should be confident, and be able to take initiative and handle
certain tasks independently. The Intern must be available June to early August (generally 12:45-4:15 pm
Mon-Fri). Responsibilities include but are not limited to: working with youth of all ages and backgrounds in
a professional manner; attending staff training prior to program; assisting with daily set up, delivery, and
clean-up of planned activities; distributing weekly program flyers with other staff in neighborhoods; keeping
a daily journal of park activities to submit weekly; and documenting program participation (filling out forms
and taking photos). This job involves significant travel all around the city. Program sites move each week.
This is an hourly, part-time position approximately 20 hours per week, during the seven week period from
June 22-August 7, 2015.
Deadline to apply:
Monday April 27, 2015
Send application to: Jenni Reinke, Office Coordinator
Artists Working in Education
4315 W. Vliet Street
Milwaukee, WI 53208
jenni@awe-inc.org
Phone: 414-933-3877
Fax: 414-342-1251
A.W.E. Arts Internship Application
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Name (Last Name, First):
Present Address:
Street, Apt. No.
City
State
Zip
Street, Apt. No.
City
State
Zip
Permanent Address:
(if different)
Cell Phone:
Landline:
Email:
PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY!
How did you hear about A.W.E?
Have you ever worked or volunteered with A.W.E before?
□ YES
□ NO
If yes, Where & When?
WHICH INTERNSHIP ARE YOU INTERESTED IN?:
□ Position1: Truck Studio Intern
□ Position 2: Office Assistant
□ Position 3: Satellite Studio Intern
Do you speak more than one language?
□ YES
□ NO
If yes, Please Specify_______________________________________________________
EDUCATION: Highest Level Attained Only.
School Name:
School Address:
No. of Years Attended:
Date of graduation:
REFERENCES: Below, please give the names of three persons familiar with your work to whom you are not related, and
whom you have known for at least one year. At least one of them should be a teacher/administrator at your school!
1) Name:
Business:
Years Acquainted:
Phone:
2) Name:
Business:
Years Acquainted:
Phone:
3) Name:
Business:
Years Acquainted:
Phone:
BIOGRAPHY: Please submit a brief biography (around 100 words) that may be published in
grant reports and in other A.W.E. materials.
Please answer each question, use additional pages as necessary.
Please describe your in detail why you think teaching and making art with children in Milwaukee
is an important thing to do and why you’d like to be a part of that mission.
Our team members often come across the unexpected. What is your method for working
through unexpected challenges or chaotic situations?
A.W.E. BACKGROUND CHECK: ONLY FOR THOSE 18 AND OLDER!
A.W.E. conducts a criminal background check for all employees, independent contractors and volunteers. The purpose
of the check is to ensure there is nothing that would render them unfit to work with children. Background checks shall
be completed in the state(s) in which the individual resided for at least 6 months in the last 5 years and was 18 years
old or older at the time.
The criminal background check is done through the Wisconsin Criminal Investigation Bureau, and statewide public
records are searched for criminal convictions. Results of the check will be disclosed to any individual before being
submitted to any outside individual or agency.
A.W.E. follows federal and state law and does not discriminate based on the results of the check unless there is a
clear relationship between the criminal offense discovered and the nature of the volunteer or paid work to be
performed.
Today’s Date: _____________________
Date of Birth:____Month____Day____Year
First Name:_______________________ M.I. ___ Last Name _____________________
Street: __________________________________City___________________Zip______
Please list any other names or variations of names you have used:
______________________________________________________________________
If you lived in any other state for at least 6 months during the past 5 years and were age 18 or
older, please list past address(es)
Street _________________________________________________________________
City______________________________________________State______ ZIP _______
AUTHORIZATION:
“I certify that the facts contained in this form are true and complete to the best of my knowledge and understand that falsified
statements on this application shall be grounds for cancellation of any contract with A.W.E.
I authorize at any time prior to or during my engagement with AWE the investigation of all statements contained herein and
the references listed above to give you any and all pertinent information they may have, personal or otherwise and release
A.W.E. from all liability for any damage that may result from utilization of such information.
I also understand and agree that no representative of the organization has any authority to enter into any agreement for services for
any specified period of time, or to make any agreement contrary to the foregoing, unless it is in writing and signed by an authorized
organization representative.”
Date
Signature
THIS SECTION TO BE COMPLETED BY A.W.E.:
Background Check Results:________________________________________________
Completed By:_____________________________________________Date_________
Print name:
__________________________________________________________
Signature
A.W.E./ MPS Arts Internship Permission Form
(for those 17 and younger)
Dear Parent or Guardian,
Your student has applied for an MPS Arts Internship with Artists Working in Education. A.W.E.‘s programs
operate in public parks and playgrounds throughout the City of Milwaukee, in all types of neighborhoods.
Each high school Intern will work within a team of adult artists and art educators to provide meaningful art
activities in informal outdoor settings. Your student will be asked to travel around the city to different
locations each week and may work in up to six different park and playground sites throughout the summer.
I, _______________________________
the parent or legal guardian of MPS student, give permission
Parents/Guardian’s name – please print
for my child ____
_________________________ to participate in the A.W.E. summer program
Student’s name – please print
as part of the 2015 MPS Arts Internship Program.
_________________________________
Signature of Parent/Guardian
___________________________
Today’s Date