Northwest Folklife creates opportunities for all to celebrate, share, and participate in the evolving cultural traditions of the Pacific Northwest.

Last year’s Cultural Focus, Metamorphosis, took us through a journey of change, transformations, and transition. The journey continues with this year’s Cultural Focus, Lagom: Not too much, not too little, but just right.

This Scandinavian term speaks to the notions of balance. When change happens in a person’s or communities life, you have to adapt to your new environment. You’ve got to reassess, find your footing, interrogate your conditions, and create a path for new beginnings. Just like metamorphosis, this requires hands-on involvement and participation.

The Performer Experience Intern should be an enthusiastic team member who’s inspired and passionate about learning the behind-the-scenes logistics of the largest community run festivals in the nation. This personal and unique position allows you to interact with thousands of artists and culture bearers from across the Pacific Northwest to ensure all festival participants receive vital communications. Smooth festival operations depend on informed constituents – who is doing what, where to go, what to do, when to be at specified a location, and at what time. This position is set in a fast-paced environment that will require proactivity on projects, excellent communication skills, and high energy and passion for the work. While this position will focus on engagement with performers and presenters, the intern will adopt additional roles and duties as assigned.

Please view the NWFL CCWD Performer Experience Internship for details!

An internship at Northwest Folklife will provide the experience you need to move into a career in arts programming, event coordination, festival production, marketing, or related fields. Interns take on a vital role in executing year-round programs, including the Northwest Folklife Festival – the largest community powered arts festival in the region.

The Special Programs Intern will support Northwest Folklife’s programming department in curating the 2023 Northwest Folklife Festival, particularly in the coordination of newer program areas: The Maker’s Space, “Threads of the People” Exhibition, and sustainability focused Kuleana Corridor.

Please view the NWFL CCWD Special Programs Internship for details!

An internship at Northwest Folklife will provide the experience you need to move into a career in arts programming, event coordination, festival production, marketing, or related fields. Interns take on a vital role in executing year-round programs, including the Northwest Folklife Festival – the largest community powered arts festival in the region.

The CCWD Media & Archive Intern develops content and strategies, showcasing work of a broad sphere of culture bearers, artists and artisans, across various digital platforms. This position will also work on digitizing and organizing NWFL’s considerable library of historic assets into an online archive, increasing accessibility to and engagement with these important cultural chronicles.

Please view the NWFL CCWD Media & Archive Internship for details!

REDEFINE magazine is an independent publication dedicated to conscious growth through long-form arts journalism. Through interdisciplinary coverage, it shines light upon a rainbow spectrum⁠ of innovative thinkers and boundary-pushing artists, who engage in complex ruminations about self and society through their craft.

As the Interdisciplinary Arts Writer Intern, you will work closely with the Editor-in-Chief to research, identify, and write long-form interviews, reviews, or features that offer a deep and expansive view of the arts. Exact articles and focus areas will be custom-tailored to honor shared tastes between REDEFINE and the writer, though all coverage must adhere to REDEFINE's mission, focus on independent communities underrepresented in mainstream press, challenge the status quo, and contribute to positive social change.

Please view the redefine magazine CCWD Interdisciplinary Arts Writer Internship for details!