Since 2017, the Bloomberg Arts Internship (BAI) has helped rising high school seniors in Baltimore City Public Schools explore careers in the arts by matching them with the city’s premier arts and cultural institutions. The program places students in paid, meaningful internships at these organizations and provides college and career mentorship. At their worksites, interns could be responsible for anything from product design and merchandising, graphic design and marketing, to curriculum development, or museum collection archiving!

This year’s interns will learn that it takes talented individuals from a variety of backgrounds and skill sets working behind the scenes to create what the public experiences. The seven-week program, now in its 11th year in Baltimore, runs from June 29 to August 14 this summer, with 69 interns working with 39 organizations.

Students aren’t just randomly placed with worksites. Rather, future interns and representatives from each arts and cultural organization get to know each other through an annual matching event. The event works much like speed dating, with students sharing their strengths and interests and asking questions. They are encouraged not to focus so much on finding their perfect match, but to remain open to new experiences and learn about all the opportunities available to them.

Case in point: John Tyler, BAI 2017. John is a musician and had his heart set on matching with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. As the alumnus explains, he was sorely disappointed when he was, instead, matched with Maryland Public Television. Turns out, his internship at MPT that summer would launch John into a career of scoring films, commercials, and television; founding and producing an annual music festival; and winning an Emmy!

We are thrilled to announce the worksite partners for the 2026 Bloomberg Arts Internship in Baltimore:

AREA 405- under Central Baltimore Partnership
Art with a Heart
Arts Collective*
Arts Education in Maryland Schools
Ascend through Music
B&O Railroad Museum*
Ballet After Dark, Inc.*
Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation
Baltimore Center Stage
Baltimore Clayworks
Baltimore Improv Group
Baltimore Jewelry Center
Baltimore Times*
Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
Creative Alliance
Dance & Bmore
DIFFERENTREGARD*
Empact Art
Everyman Theatre
JHU Museums
Keswick Multi-Care Center*
Make Studio *
Maryland Art Place
Maryland Center for History and Culture
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts*
Media Rhythm Institute
National Great Blacks in Wax
Opera Baltimore*
Peabody Institute Friedheim Library*
Peabody Preparatory
Port Discovery
Root Branch Media Group
The Baltimore Museum of Art
The Urban Oasis*
The Walters Art Museum
Valerie J. Maynard Foundation
Wide Angle Youth Media*
WombWork Productions, Inc
Yele LLC

* New or Returning from 2024 or Earlier