Internship Opportunities
These are only some of the opportunities available in Chicago---be creative in your search for others!
START HERE:
https://careerservices.uic.edu/students/internships/
GENERAL SEARCHES:
https://www.internships.com/art/chicago-il
https://www.glassdoor.com/Job/chicago-art-history-intern-jobs-SRCH_IL.0,7_IC1128808_KO8,26.htm
https://www.indeed.com/q-Arts-Internship-l-Chicago,-IL-jobs.html?vjk=53c8e173f1dd163b
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Art%20Gallery%20Intern&l=Chicago%2C%20IL&vjk=caefaeb5f3559bcd
MUSEUMS:
Museum of Contemporary Art
220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60611
https://mcachicago.org/About/Internships
https://mcachicago.org/about/internships/faq
info@mcachicago.org
(312) 280-2660
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603-6404
https://www.artic.edu/careers/internships
(312) 443-3600
Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496
https://www.fieldmuseum.org/about/careers/internships
https://apply-fieldmuseum.smapply.io/
collections@fieldmuseum.org
research@fieldmuseum.org
Boone Scholars Internships for East Asian Studies
(312) 922-9410
National Museum of Mexican Art
1852 W. 19th street, Chicago, IL 60608
https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/contact
info@nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
(312) 738-1503
Northwestern University, Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-2140
https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/teaching-learning/summer-interns.html
block-museum@northwestern.edu
Corinne Granof: c-granof@northwestern.edu
(847) 491-4000
Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago
2249 W. Superior St, Chicago, IL 60612
https://ukrainiannationalmuseum.org/about-4/
(312) 421-8020
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077
https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/get-involved/internships/
info@ilhmec.org
(847) 967-4800
Arlington Heights Historical Museum
110 W. Fremont St, Arlington Heights, IL
Carol Frieburg at cfrieburg@ahpd.org
(847) 255-1225
DuSable Museum
740 East 56th Place, Chicago, IL 60637
https://www.dusablemuseum.org/about-us/
https://www.dusablemuseum.org/jobs/
(773) 947-0600
Chicago History Museum
1601 North Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614-6038
https://www.chicagohistory.org/internships/
(312) 642-4600
Elmhurst Art Museum
150 Cottage Hill Ave., Elmhurst, IL 60126
https://www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/job-opportunities/
(630) 834-0202
NON-PROFITS:
International Children's Media Center
625 N Kingsbury, Chicago, IL
info@icmediacenter.org
https://icmediacenter.org/about-us/
773-528-6854
Chicago Ideas (Festival)
1130 West Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60607
info@chicagoideas.com
https://www.chicagoideas.com/about
Lucky Plush Productions
3825 N Bell Ave, Chicago, IL 60618
https://www.luckyplush.com/jobs-and-internships
Liam Chai, Volunteer Cultivation Lab Fellow liam@luckyplush.com
Chicago Humanities Festival
500 N Dearborn Street, Suite 825, Chicago, IL 60654
https://www.chicagohumanities.org/about/work-with-us/
https://www.chicagohumanities.org/contact
Chicago Architecture Biennial
78 E. Washington St. Chicago, IL 60602
https://www.chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/about/organization
Cinema Chicago – Chicago Film Festival
212 W Van Buren St., Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60607
https://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/about-us/internships/
info@chicagofilmfestival.com
(312) 683-0121
VGA Chicago – Video Game Art Gallery
info@vgagallery.org
https://vgagallery.org/internships
ART BUSINESS AND GALLERIES:
The Conservation Center
400 N. Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
info@theconservationcenter.com
recruiting@theconservationcenter.com
(312) 944-5401
Awakenings Gallery
4001 North Ravenswood Ave., Suite 204-C, Chicago, IL 60613
https://awakeningsart.org/get-involved/
info@awakeningsart.org
(773) 904-8217
The Arts Club of Chicago
201 East Ontario St, Chicago, IL, 60611
information@artsclubchicago.org
https://www.artsclubchicago.org/about/employment-internships/
(312) 787-3997
Chicago Artists Coalition
2130 W. Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612
https://chicagoartistscoalition.org/resources/jobs
contact@chicagoartistscoalition.org
(312) 491-8888
Gallery 400 – UIC
400 S. Peoria Street Chicago, IL 60607
Lorelei Stewart gallery400@uic.edu
https://gallery400.uic.edu/interact/internships-and-employment-opportunities/
(312) 996-6114