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HANDS-ON
EXPERIENCE
HECUA works with you to design a 20-hour per week internship
with a community arts or cultural organization that
meets your learning goals, resonates with program themes,
and supports the work of the selected organization.
Your on-site responsibilities will contribute to the
on-going work of the organization, and allow you to
learn from extraordinary mentors. Seminars enhance the
internship and help you connect concepts and theories
with the hands-on experiences you have in the program.
Each student also participates in a group study project
which includes field research and an opportunity to
teach on a topic chosen by the group.
A sampling of the internships available:
Central High School Theater Department | In the Heart
of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater | Intermedia Arts
| Neighborhood Safe Art | Pangea World Theater | Patrick’s
Cabaret | SASE: The Write Place | Sheridan Global Arts
& Communications School | Teatro del Pueblo | Two
Rivers Gallery/Native Arts Circle | Wing Young Huie
Studios
SETTING
A vibrant arts community flourishes in the Twin Cities.
A wide spectrum of organizations and individuals representing
diverse cultural experiences and perspectives provides
a highly creative millieu in which City Arts students
explore the multiple roles of art and artists in society.
Students convene at a central classroom location for
reading and field seminars and on location around the
metro community for field seminars. Internship sites
are located across the Minneapolis/St. Paul urban area.
PROGRAM CREDIT
All students take four courses, the equivalent to 16
semester hours or 27 trimester credits. Program is
full-time and take the following courses.
Creating Social Change: Art and Culture in Political,
Social, and Historical Context
Arts Praxis: Social Justice Theory and Practice in the
Field
Internship Placement and Seminar (equivalent to
2 courses).
NOTES: Students convene at a central classroom location
for reading and field seminars and on location around
the metro community for field seminars. Internship sites
are located across the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Program
includes readings, class discussions and dialogue with
people in the field. You spend two days per week in
seminars with a small group of students from a variety
of schools. Outside seminars, you spend 20 hours weekly
in an internship, a central part of the program. You
don’t need to be an “artist” to participate.
All majors are welcome.
COURSES
City Arts focuses on the arts, popular culture and social
change. You will discover the many ways that art and
culture can and do impact communities. Students explore
the role of creative work – performance, writing,
visual art, community organizing – in addressing
key urban social issues. You will gain valuable tools
for social change and vital connections in the community.
Seminar themes focus on the social, cultural and ideological
contexts of art-making and community building, and the
politics of philanthropy and arts funding. In field
seminars, students engage in dialogue with a wide variety
of local artists, educators, community organizers and
arts advocates. The group attends performances, films
and installations as a dynamic part of the learning
process.
You will learn through readings, class discussions and
dialogue with people in the field. You spend two days
per week in seminars with a small group of students
from a variety of schools. The other three days are
spent in an internship, a central part of the program.
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