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Art Department Internships, Volunteering, and Residency Opportunities

Painting, Drawing, Photography, New Media, Sculpture, Printmaking

The Art Department has a robust internship program that matches Art majors with Seattle-area art organizations through established partnerships with organizations including:

Coyote Central

Mini Mart City Park

National Nordic Museum

Path With Art

Pottery Northwest

Pratt Fine Arts Center

Shunpike

The Vestibule

Please contact the Art Department Chair for more information.

Below are links to additional local organizations that you might contact to inquire about internships, residencies, or jobs.

Residencies & Apprenticeships

  • Pilchuck Glass School (Stanwood, WA) – Offers artist residencies focused on glass art, providing studios, materials, and expert instruction.

  • Rockland Woods (Poulsbo, WA) – Offers residencies for visual artists in a secluded forest setting.

  • Vashon Artist Residency (Vashon Island, WA) – Provides residencies to visual artists and writers in a tranquil island setting.

  • Caldera Arts (Sisters, OR) – Provides a multidisciplinary artist residency in the high desert, supporting artists, writers, and creative thinkers.

  • Centrum Artist Residency (Port Townsend, WA) – This residency supports designers with studio space and a vibrant community of artists.

  • Allied Arts Residency Program (Bellingham, WA) – Offers space and support for designers to develop their work in a collaborative environment.

  • The Hive Residency (Spokane, WA) – Provides a collaborative workspace for designers and artists to create and engage with the local community.

  • Pottery Northwest (Seattle, WA) – Seattle’s preeminent non-profit ceramics organization that promotes innovation, arts excellence, and education with a mission of fostering an inclusive community around clay.

  • Short Run Comix & Arts (Seaview, WA) – The annual residency offers invaluable time and space for emerging and established women and non-binary artists to do their work without interruption by an increasingly distracting world.

  • Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (Otis, OR) – Offers residencies that emphasize the connection between art and ecology, located near the Oregon coast.

  • PLAYA (Summer Lake, OR) – Provides residencies for artists, writers, scientists, and naturalists in a remote Oregon desert landscape.

  • Djerassi Resident Artists Program (Woodside, CA) – Offers residencies for artists across disciplines in a stunning natural environment near Silicon Valley.

  • Headlands Center for the Arts (Sausalito, CA) – Provides residencies for artists, writers, and curators in the Marin Headlands, focusing on interdisciplinary collaboration.

  • The MacDowell Colony (San Bernardino, CA) – One of the oldest artist residencies in the U.S., offering a quiet retreat for artists across disciplines.

  •  Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA) – Focuses on printmaking and digital media.

For department-specific opportunities or guidance, we encourage students to connect directly with their professors or department chair.