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GLCA New York Arts Program

Overview
The vast cultural resources of New York City are well known and the benefits derived from daily access to these resources are self-evident. Less familiar is the milieu of the large urban setting of the professional artists- that mix of people, places, and events which constitute the artist’s environment, world, and immediate audience. Students accepted in the program share this world through working apprenticeships with artists and develop an understanding of the intentions, problems, and means of the arts as currently practiced.

Program
The New York Arts Program is open to students from all academic majors and is designed to provide those students seriously interested in the performing, visual, and media arts with an opportunity to experience the world of established professional artists in New York City. A qualified student spends one quarter living in New York as an apprentice to a producing artist and/ or arts organization. At the same time, students participate in a specifically designed program of seminars conducted by professionals, including GLCA academic faculty. Applicants must have a mature, responsible attitude towards their art. Applicants should plan to visit New York City for an interview where resident GLCA faculty assist students in finding internships.

Apprenticeship
The apprenticeships form the core of the program by offering the participant an intimate an realistic view of the professional standards, procedures, materials, and personnel associated on students most focused interest.. Participants are engaged in full-time apprenticeships with professional artists or organizations in a wide variety of fields. The program has extensive placement opportunity files and a network of contact persons, to place students in all of the arts as apprentices. The placement does not pay for the students time, but must provide a professional who works closely with the student to assure a learning experience.

Application Process
Kalamazoo College students usually participate in the GLCA Arts program during the winter of their sophomore year. The application process is usually during the fall immediately before. Selection is very competitive and is based upon the merits of a written application, samples of the students work, and an interview. Please see Lanny Potts (theatre) or Tom Rice (art) for more information.

For more information and application forms, go to www.newyorkartsprogram.org.