The Production Intern will be a key member of the Art & Culture Team charged with co-creating and informing key aspects of CoCo's flagship event PowerFest and the second annual Culture Cures, developing and executing creative marketing strategies, and providing logistics support.PowerFest and Culture Cures are spaces that provide collective joy and healing through the arts. These events are part of CoCo’s arts organizing strategy, which leverages art/artivism to educate, inspire, empower and on-ramp South LA residents into a social and racial justice movement. This position allows the student to gain a unique understanding of the arts economy across LA County and South LA specifically, as CoCo engages with many local creatives. The student can tap into their own creativity while learning new skills. The intern will acquire and sharpen a broad set of professional skills that will ensure one understands how to utilize arts and culture for social good. This position will work approximately 16-20 hours a week from July 2022 through November 2022.
-Familiarity with South LA and/or communities of color -Cultural competence -Social media and computer savvy -Strong writing and verbal communication skills -Detail-oriented and organized -Works well under pressure -Eager to jump in, learn and take challenges head-on
Founded in 1990 by now-Congressmember Karen Bass, Community Coalition (CoCo) was created as a community-driven response to the crack-cocaine epidemic that devastated South LA. Founded with the belief that South LA’s primarily Black and Latinx youth and families are their community's greatest asset and protective factor, CoCo’s mission is to help transform the social and economic conditions in South LA that foster addiction, crime, violence and poverty by building a community institution that involves thousands in creating, influencing and changing public policy. As part of this mission, arts and culture strategies are leveraged to get residents involved, build community, communicate information around critical initiatives, and provide a platform for residents to express and experience joy and healing via the arts.
Submit a resume, cover letter, and 1-2 references to glauz@cocosouthla.org **Optional: Applicants may share applicable portfolio and/or work samples.