Apply this month for internships with the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, and more, plus scholarships and free classes. Have questions about these or other opportunities? Email us at bklynfuture@bklynlibrary.org.
Brooklyn Public Library: Librarians of Tomorrow
This paid internship for 10th-12th graders matches you with a Library mentor. You'll receive training, tons of work experience, and knowledge about exciting careers. Apply now online here! Please ask your librarian if you require the print application instead.
Brooklyn Museum: Three Internships!
Museum Apprentice Program
Learn about art history, the Museum, and museum education while teaching audiences of all ages.
10 Months: November 2021 - August 2022
Open to all NYC high school students
Apply here by September 19.
InterseXtions: Gender & Sexuality
Explore gender and sexuality through art and activism, and organize programs for other LGBTQIA+ youth.
8 months: November 2021 - June 2022
Open to all NYC teens ages 14-19 who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, two-spirit, gender nonconforming, questioning, and/or queer
Apply here by October 3.
Teen Night Planning Committee
Produce free monthly events for other teens that connect art and social justice.
8 months: November 2021 - June 2022
Open to all NYC high school students
Apply here by October 3.
New Victory Usher Corps Program
The main purpose of this program is to foster job and life skills for NYC youth while working in an off-Broadway theater. This paid program gives you experience working in an off-Broadway theater, as well as job and life skills workshops and help with the college admissions process.
Apply here by September 23.
Teen Curators at Hill Art Foundation
This free, in-person program for rising high school juniors and seniors offers a unique opportunity to study with a variety of curators, art historians, contemporary artists, and museum educators, right in the heart of Chelsea. Teen Curators gain an understanding of art history, exhibition-making and research practice, as well as the vast career opportunities available in the fields of curation, collections care, museum management and museum education. Teen Curators culminates with participants presenting their curatorial ideas with the larger arts community, at the Foundation and on our website. This is a paid position and all participants will receive a stipend upon completion of the program.
Apply here by September 24.
New York Historical Society: Student Historian Internship
October 20, 2021 – June 15, 2022, Wednesdays, 4:00pm - 6:30pm ET
Apply here by September 26!
Be a history changemaker. Use the resources of New-York Historical to conduct teen-led research on undertold yet highly relevant histories, on topics you care about. Learn about the history of activists and social movements and discuss how knowledge of history can inform change-making in the present. Work with historian mentors and take trips to history archives to help support your work. Develop leadership skills as you lead gallery tours and produce creative digital projects that cover culturally responsive stories that aren’t well represented in our history books today.
Open to high school students, entering grades 10-12. Interns who attend a Title 1 School or are eligible for free or reduced lunch will be offered a stipend to participate. Unpaid internships will be provided for all other accepted students.
The Moth's Free High School Storytelling Program: Applications Open!
All City is a FREE, after-school, VIRTUAL Moth storytelling program for 10th-12th graders in all boroughs and schools of New York City, now accepting applications for the Fall 2021 Moth All City High School StorySLAM teams.
Applications are due Sunday, September 26th at 11:59pm ET. You can find the application here and more information here. You can also email allcity@themoth.org with questions.
Certified Nursing Degree Scholarships
The amount awarded for the scholarships is $500 each. The deadline to apply for the CNA Classes Near Me scholarship is on September 21 and CNA Free Training scholarship is April 2. Applicants must be 18 or older.
https://cnaclassesnearme.com/cna-scholarship/
https://cnafreetraining.com/about-us/cna-free-training-scholarship/
"CNA Classes Near Me" helps those interested in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) find training programs. Many of these programs are free as they are funded by the U.S. Department of Labor or state equivalent agencies. Our site has state by state pages that list out all training locations in a given state as well as their contact information.
"CNA Free Training" provides free training materials for those preparing to take the CNA exam, which is a requirement in order to become a licensed CNA. We have free practice tests for each section of the CNA exam, as well as supplemental training materials that can be used while taking CNA classes – all of which are free.
This blog post reflects the opinions of the author and does not necessarily represent the views of Brooklyn Public Library.
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