The Guardian Culture Professionals Network is hosting a live chat on internships this Friday:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-ne…
This seems to be a reaction to the ACE advice on internships as well as the recent unemployment statistics.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publication_archive/…
Milica Lewis (@Lionartprojects on twitter) sent me this link to a blog post about internships – in favour of them – earlier on twitter. It’s great to read about her positive experience, but I can’t help feeling that applying that good faith to all internships is a bit simplistic.
http://lionartprojects.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/in…
Besides art organisations there are also commercial galleries, auction houses and other profit making ventures that use interns, not to mention other creative areas such as magazines, television and so on. She’s ‘not saying this is an ideal situation, but … I feel it is simply reality for (much of) the arts at the moment’ – I can see that small, unfunded arts organisations might be struggling to pay interns, but other areas are not, so it’s not about stopping internships, but about making sure they are monitored better and that interns are getting a great experience.
Should be interested. No doubt I’ll have a question or two!
