The DeVos Institute at the Kennedy Center offers several programs for current and emerging arts leaders. Program participants have the opportunity to work closely with the DeVos Institute and Kennedy Center senior staff to expand their professional network. Through practical training, seminars, demonstrations, and individual and group projects program participants develop the skills to succeed in today’s complex arts environment—all in the context of one of the largest performing arts organizations in the nation.
Summer International Fellowship Program
Launched in July of 2008, the DeVos Institute's Summer International Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center offers international not-for-profit arts managers an immersive program of study in arts management strategy. For four weeks each summer, for three consecutive years, international fellows participate in seminars, group projects, individual mentorships, and practical rotations supervised by Institute faculty and Kennedy Center senior staff. In their home countries, fellows are encouraged to teach and distribute fellowship resources. In this way, the Institute invests in critical arts ecologies worldwide, building strength and sustainability one manager at a time. The Kennedy Cneter has hosted 54 Fellows in four classes from 36 countries.
Fellowships
Launched in September of 2001, the DeVos Institute's Fellowship Program at the Kennedy Center provides up to 10 highly- motivated, disciplined, and creative arts managers with a comprehensive program of study at the Kennedy Center that includes (1) coursework in strategic planning, marketing, development, and financial management (2) a rotation of workplace assignments, and (3) a structured series of professional development seminars. Fellowships are full-time and last 9 months from September through May.
The program emphasizes excellence, creativity, economic problem solving, strategic planning, internationalism, and a commitment to new technologies. Fellows enjoy close working relationships with experienced arts professionals, hands-on work opportunities, a structured blend of independent and collective learning experiences, and the opportunity to work in one of the busiest and most artistically diverse performing arts centers in the United States.
Internships
The DeVos Institute's Internship Program at the Kennedy Center provides valuable on-the-job instruction for individuals considering a profession in arts management, and those wishing to expand their arts management skills. Interns enjoy close working relationships with experienced arts professionals, hands-on work opportunities, and an integrated blend of independent and collective learning experiences. Internships are full-time, last 12 weeks, and are offered three times a year (Fall, Winter/Spring, and Summer). Internships are available in advertising, development, education, facilities, finance, general counsel’s office, institutional affairs, National Symphony Orchestra, press, programming and production, VSA arts, and web-design/technology.
Fellowships and Internships at the Kennedy Center are made possible by the U.S. Department of Education.