Artworks! Community Art Center
Teen Artist Internship Program (TAIP)
TAIP 2010 |
History of TAIP
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For Teens:
If you interested in pursuing art in college and possbily as a career choice, TAIP is the perfect opportunity for you to improve your skills and find out what as a professional working artist is like. TAIP is a competitive program that gives you the chance to intern with an artist mentor and exhbit in a professional gallery setting. Each applicant must be interviewed and approved by ArtWorks!, and will be paired with a professional artist according to location and media. For example, ArtWorks! will try to match up a student who lives in Fairhaven and who is interested in ceramics with a ceramic artist closest to Fairhaven. Student Interns will be required to spend
a minimum of four hours a week working with their
cooperating artist. Student Interns and Artist Mentors will set up
their own schedule so that they meet after school or on the weekends.
There will be
a few group progress
meetings
at ArtWorks! where parents are welcome to attend. At the end of the program,
there will be an exhibition at Artworks! Gallery from July 25-Sept 5. Space in this program is limited. Not all applicants will be accepted. Download the Student
Application here. Download
the Teacher Reccomendation Form here. Fill out the student application and return it to ArtWorks! by march 27, 2010. There is also a Teacher Recommendation form. Give this to a teacher to fill out and return to ArtWorks!.
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For Artists:
TAIP competitive program that gives local artists interested in mentoring the opportunity to work one-on-one with a high school student interested in pursuing the visual arts as a career. Each participating artist will be paired with a Junior or Senior who has been recommended by their guidance counselor and who shows advanced interest in the visual arts. The student will be required to spend a minimum of four hours a week working with their cooperating artist. Participating artists must feel comfortable allowing a student to work in their studios. Part of the program is for teens to understand how to set up and maintain a working artist studio. There is a stipend available for use of studio space and material costs. When: 8 Weeks: May 17- July 16, 2010 Download
the Artist Application here. Fill out the artist application and return it to ArtWorks! by March 21. If you have trouble with the form, please call the office at 508-984-1588 and we will help. |
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 Olivia Krause TAIP 2009 |
Jimmy Viera: ZEBRA SHARK, Charcoal on paper. 2009
TAIP Student 2009
Jimmy Viera
"The theme of my artwork is "fish people". The concept is that a mutation or something along those lines has made people adopt fish like traits. The first picture (Octopus) is the beginning when the people are first beginning to "mutate". The second (lionfish) is the start of the fish people trying to fit into society. The third (zebra shark) is where the fish people have been fully integrated into society and are doing normal things, like waiting for the bus.
How I start a picture is by looking for an image of an interesting sea creature. Once I find that I look for a setting to place
him/her in. I will sketch multiple thumbnails and compositions. I will then cut out a big sheet of paper and tape it to a drawing board. I will then start the final charcoal drawing.
I really enjoyed the TAIP program. Aaron was very helpful and taught me a lot of different techniques and help give me some great ideas. I also would have never had the space to make anything nearly as big as I did. I would highly recommend this
program to any of my friends."
If you were a TAIP student or an art educator that provided recommendations for a TAIP participant anytime between 2005 and 2009 please contact Deb Smook at 508-984-1588 or dbrsmook@comcast.net