Join our fun team of Interns!
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Deadline: April 10th, 2020
NJFF Directors are seeking student interns for our 47th annual festival team who are interested in stage management, logistics and production, finance and fundraising, vendor management, public relations, graphic/web design, photography, curatorial and public program management, and arts education. All majors are encouraged to apply. There are no prerequisites, but students must submit an application and attend an interview. The festival internship also counts towards the American Studies department’s new Curation and Cultural Programming certificate program.
About New Jersey Folk Festival:
The New Jersey Folk Festival (NJFF) is an annual, multicultural celebration of New Jersey folk tradition and folk revival. The festival is a project of the American Studies Department at Rutgers University, New Brunswick and includes an internship class for students to get practical experience working on a large scale event that draws 15,000 people each year. NJFF requires a team of about fifteen undergraduate students to work closely together and coordinate the festival.
Each year, the festival has a different theme in addition to its roots in folk tradition. The theme of NJFF 2021 is “On the Move: Transportation and Migration.” Students for the 2021 festival year will assist in the production of a festival dedicated to celebrating occupational traditions such as automobile, bicycle repair, and shoe repair, boat building, and hobbies such as model railroad construction. We will also celebrate the music, dance, and cultural traditions of migrant and diaspora communities, including Mexican, Caribbean, Balkan, and West African communities.
About the Course
Students are required to take a 1.5-credit course in the fall and a 3-credit course in the spring. The Fall Course, “Principles of Folk Festival Management, meets on Mondays from 5:35 – 6:55pm. The Spring Course, “Folk Festival Management,” meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:35-6:55pm. Additional activities and meetings occasionally occur outside of normal class meeting times. Students must also be available the day of the festival: April 24, 2021.
Interested in joining the team? Fill out an application.
Inquiries or completed applications should be sent to the festival’s administrative director and course instructor Dr. Maria Kennedy at maria.kennedy@rutgers.edu. Deadline for Applications is April 10th, 2020. Interviews will be held before the end of the spring semester.
Signing off, Kathleen Roughgarden and Gillian Dauer (PR Coordinators)
