Discover the Bliss of Asheville via the many Internship Programs

Motion Picture Industry Internships

BRMP Studios
"....is seeking enthusiastic and hardworking interns. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience in a supportive and collaborative environment. We offer interns unique opportunity to learn about different aspects of the film industry from development to distribution...."

Click on each of the dozens of categories to the left to uncover what makes the Asheville area so vital, so intriguing and so, well, UTTERLY BLISSFUL!

Musical, Museum, TV and Theatrical Internships

Asheville Art Museum
has summer internships for college students.

Biltmore Estate
offers paid, unpaid and stipend internships

WYCW-TV
".... has an exciting opportunity for you. Are you a student interested in a career in broadcasting? If so, in exchange for college credit you will gain a valuable experience and exposure to commercial broadcasting as it is practiced by the professionals...."

Smith-McDowell House Museum,
a restored period house and history museum offers internships, and has need for volunteers as well.

The Orange Peel
offers internships.

WNC Nature Center
Non-paid internships.

Internships at Summer Camps

Keystone Camp for Girls (Brevard)
"... You can get school credit for working at camp. The skills that you develop and learn at camp (organization, scheduling, team work, problem solving, communication skills, and leadership) are recognized as important qualities by academic departments and every employer in the job market. Talk to your school to find out about the criteria and we will be happy to assist you with the paperwork...."

Internships, Residencies and Work Study Programs at Craft Schools

John C. Campbell Folk School
openings for student hosts and work-study programs. Located in Brasstown, NC.

Oddysey Center for Ceramic Arts
"... an educational program of Highwater Clays, Inc....The mission of our studio school is to promote understanding, appreciation and professional development in the ceramic arts. This is accomplished through a community-based educational program which includes lectures and gallery exhibitions, as well as hands-on classes and workshops for beginners, pre-professional, and professional artists and craftspeople...." Internships available. Located in the River Arts District.

Penland School of Crafts
has a 3 year Resident Artist program and a 1-2 year Core Student Work/Study program

"...The resident program was founded in 1963 by Bill Brown, Penland's second director. It created an opportunity for craft artists to hone their skills, to develop markets, to experiment, to develop new work, or possibly to move from a career in teaching to one of full-time making. It allows participants to explore a transitional time in an atmosphere of learning and community, where they may choose to interact with the hundreds of studio artists, teachers, and students who pass through the school each year. It also provides students with models for a life in craft.

Consistent with his vision of Penland as the nexus of a working craft community, Brown also saw the program as a means of encouraging craftspeople to settle in the area. Today, there are over one-hundred craft artists working in the immediate vicinity, and forty of them are former resident artists...."

Farm Internships

Mountain Farm
".. is now seeking two organic farm interns to live, work, and experience sustainable agriculture and agritourism in the beautiful Southern Appalachians. Private accommodations in brand-new cabin by the pond plus $250 per month. Year round positions...."