For Teens:

• Learn New Art Techniques
• Gain Valuable Experience for College
• Work in a Professional Artists’ Studio
• Have Your Work Exhibited in a Gallery
• Meet New People

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 five 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.

When: 8 Weeks: May 19- July 11, 2008
Apply By: March 21, 2008

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 February 16. There is also a Teacher Recommendation form. Give this to a teacher to fill out and return to ArtWorks!.

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 five 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 19- July 11, 2008
Apply By: March 21, 2008

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.