MECA&D encourages students to participate in internships as a means of gaining real-world experience and a better understanding of potential career paths. Faculty highly recommend these opportunities to apply studio studio skill in an supervised setting. We meet with each student individually to assess personal and professional goals. Based on a student's interest, we work together to craft a local, national or international internship opportunity.
Internship Basics
- Three studio elective credits
- On an academic cycle for add/drop classes
- Starts in September, January or May
- 135 hours over 15 weeks
- Requires an on-site supervisor with skills related to the job duties
- Can be paid and receive academic credit
Employers interested in offering an internship can post it on MOJO .
Students interested in searching internship opportunities can search on MOJO.
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Supervisor Guide to Internships
Upcoming
Priority deadline for summer internships: May 13
Internship info session: August 2022, exact date TBD
Indigo Arts Alliance Internships
Available in Fall, Spring, and Summer for BIPOC Students and Alums
Employers That Have Welcomed MECA&D Interns
Animation & Game Art
- Baxter Academy of Tech and Science: (Portland, ME)
- Big Room Studios: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Calypso Communications: Design Intern (Portsmouth, NH)
- The Chewonki Foundation: Marketing Intern (Wiscasset, ME)
- Chickadee Games: Video Game Design Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Community Television: Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- CIEE: Content Intern (Portland, ME)
- Cumulus Media: (Portland, ME)
- Digital Mill: (Freeport, ME)
- Diversified Communications: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Engine: Design Intern (Biddeford, ME)
- Fort House Studios: (Portland, ME)
- Gay Girl Dating Coach: Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- Greater Portland Convention & Visitors Bureau: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- iBec: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Lone Wolf Media: (South Portland, ME)
- Mainely Art: (Portland, ME)
- Mass DiGI: Game Art Intern, (Worcester, MA)
- MECA: Marketing Intern (Portland, ME)
- MECA FY-In: Teaching Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Northcross Group: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- P3 Studio Maine: (Portland, ME)
- Peace Island Games: Game Art Intern (ME)
- Proactive Resources Design: (Portland, ME)
- Rollin Leonard: (Portland, ME)
- Shoestring Theater: (Portland, ME)
- SoliDgInc: (Portland, ME)
- Space Cow INC: New Media Intern (new York, NY)
- Studio e Flett Design: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- VIA Agency: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- White Dog Arts: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
Fashion & Textiles
- A Gathering of Stitches: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Alaina Marie (Portland, ME)
- Anchorpak: Studio Intern (Freeport, ME)
- Angela Adams: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Antoine’s Tailor Shop and Formal Wear: (Portland, ME)
- Atayne (Brunswick, ME)
- Aucocisco Galleries: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Bennett & Company: (Newburyport, MA)
- Burlyshirts (North Berwick, ME)
- Erin Flett Home (Westbrook, ME)
- Garnet Hill (Exeter, NH)
- Jill McGowan: (Portland, ME)
- Kenneth Cole Productions (New York, NY)
- Maine Street Design Co: (Portland, ME)
- Modern Sanctuary (Portland, ME)
- National Fiber Technology (Lawrence, MA)
- Nicola’s Home: Home Interiors Intern (Yarmouth, ME)
- Plant Office: Florist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portfiber: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Ballet: Costume Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Fiber and Weaving Studio: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Stage: Costume Intern (Portland, ME)
- Rancourt & Co. Shoecrafters (Lewiston, ME)
- Red Fish Blue Fish Dye Works, Inc (Somersworth, NH)
- Sarah Benge Style (Portland, ME)
- Timberland (Stratham, NH)
- Valerie B Design Labs: Fashion Intern (Portland, ME)
Graphic Design
- Abierto Networks (Eliot, ME)
- Alice Design Communication: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- American Eagle: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- American Natural History Museum: Graphic Design Intern (New York, NY)
- Black Book Ink (Dallas, TX)
- Calypso Communications: Design Intern (Portsmouth, NH)
- Carol Wilson Architecture: Graphic Design Intern (Falmouth, ME)
- Christopher David Ryan: Studio Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Converse: Graphic Design Intern (Boston, MA)
- Design Inquiry: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Designtex: Production Intern, Project Design Specialist (Portland, ME)
- Drew Design Co: (Portland, ME)
- Elizabeth Whelan Design: (Portland, ME)
- Erica Johnson Design (Portland, ME)
- Fantabulous Design (Cape Elizabeth, ME)
- Hawthorn Creative (Portsmouth, NH)
- Longstocking Design (Portland, ME)
- The Element Group: (Portsmouth, NH)
- Engine: Design Intern (Biddeford, ME)
- iBec: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Idexx Laboratories: Graphic Design Intern (Westbrook, ME)
- -ing Design, LLC: Design Intern (Kittery, ME)
- Kingspoke: (South Portland, ME)
- L.L. Bean: Graphic Design Intern (Freeport, ME)
- Liquid Wireless: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Local Thunder: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Magazine: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Media Workshops: (Rockport, ME)
- M&H Signs (Westbrook, ME)
- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia: Graphic Design Intern (New York, NY)
- Martin’s Point Health Care: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Might & Main: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Murphy Empire Design: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Myriapod Productions (New York, NY)
- NASPA NUPF Fellowship Program: (Portland, ME)
- Northcross Group: (Portland, ME)
- Peppermill Projects:(Annapolis, MD)
- PERCH Studio: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Pica: Graphic Design Intern (Belfast, ME)
- Planet Botanicals (Westbrook, ME)
- Proactive Resource Design:(Portland, ME)
- Portland Design Co. (Portland, ME)
- The Portland Designer: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Magazine: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Museum of Art: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Pirates: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Puelle Design: Graphic Design Intern (Yarmouth, ME)
- Rogue’s Gallery: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Rollin Leonard: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Shamrock Sports & Entertainment: (Portland, ME)
- Shawnee Peak: Studio Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Simmons Ardell: (Portland, ME)
- Steelcase, Inc: Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Style Caster: (New York, NY)
- Talley-O Design (Portland, ME)
- Toderico Creative: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Tyler Technologies
- University of Southern Maine: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- VIA Agency: Graphic Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Wayside Publishing: (Freepot, ME)
- Woods Creative (Portland, ME)
- 360 Uncoated: (Portland, ME)
Illustration
- Andres Vera Martinez: Studio Intern (Cape Elizabeth, ME)
- BISHART: Graphic Novel Intern (Portland, ME)
- Children’s Museum of Maine: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Cider Mill Press Book Publishers: Book Design Intern (Kennebunkport, ME)
- Curious City: Children’s Book Publishing Intern (Portland, ME)
- Darby Pop Publishing (Los Angeles, CA)
- Hasbro, Inc: Game intern (Pawtucket, RI)
- illustration institute: Illustration intern (Portland, ME)
- Impact Custom Apparel LLC: Design Intern (Cumberland, RI)
- Islandport Press: Illustration Intern (Yarmouth, ME)
- Kris Johnsen: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maclin Design: Interior Design Intern (Portland, ME)
- Morris + Essex: Screenprint Intern (Portland, ME)
- Nash Box: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Out for Justice: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- MECA: Photobooth Intern (Portland, ME)
- Pickwick Independent Press: Printmaking Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Stage: Illustration Intern (Portland, ME)
- Portland Symphony: Marketing Intern (Portland, ME)
- Spugnardi Design, LLC (South Portland, ME)
- Quarto Publishing Group: Book Design Intern (Beverly, MA)
- Rollin Leonard: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Stephen Costanza: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- The Ink Spot: (Portland, ME)
Metalsmithing & Jewelry
- Attos Estate Jewelry (Portland, ME)
- Brent&Jess, LLC (Topsham, ME)
- Brooklyn Metal Works: Studio Intern (Brooklyn, NY)
- Cat Bates Jewelry and Accessories: (Portland, ME)
- Catherine Grisez: Studio Intern (Seattle, WA)
- Dutille’s Jewelry: Production Intern (Lebanon, NH)
- Estie Ott Design (Kittery, ME)
- Gary Roe: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Harvest Gold Gallery (Center Lovell, ME)
- Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
Painting
- Able Baker Contemporary: (Portland, ME)
- Ahmed Alsoudani: Studio Intern (New York, NY)
- Aucocisco Galleries: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Carol Bass: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Casco Bay Artisans Art Gallery: Gallery Assistant (Portland, ME)
- The Chart: (Portland, ME)
- Elizabeth Dee Gallery: Gallery Intern (New York, NY)
- Environment Maine: Research Intern (Portland, ME)
- Heather Chontos (Portland, ME)
- Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA: (Portland, ME)
- Janice L. Moore (Freeport, ME)
- Lisi Raskin: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Maine Project for Fine Art Conservation (Portland, ME)
- Mayo Street Arts: (Portland, ME)
- Michel Droge: (Portland, ME)
- Portland Public Library: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Sascha Braunig: (Portland, ME)
- Sharon McGauley Studios (Portland, ME)
- Sotheby’s: Auction Intern (New York, NY)
- SPACE Gallery: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Stephen Benenson: (Portland, ME)
- Wildwood School: (Schenectady, NY)
Photography
- Harold Feinstein Photography (Newburyport, MA)
- Heidi Kirn Photography (Kennebunk, ME)
- Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA: Gallery Intern (Portland, ME)
- Justin Kirchoff: Teaching Intern (Portland, ME)
- Patrick Fox Studio: (Minneapolis, MN)
- Pizzuti Studios: Photography Intern (Lowell, MA)
- RGS Photographer: Studio Intern (Mill Valley, CA)
- Speedwell Projects: (Portland, ME)
- Steven Fairfield Photography (Brunswick, ME)
- Village Vitals, LLC (Portland, ME)
Printmaking
- The Art Department: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Bennett Morris: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Braddock Tiles: (Portland, ME)
- Designtex: Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- Dieu Donne (New York, NY)
- Don Gorvett: Piscataqua Fine Arts & Black Bear Fine Art (Portsmouth, NH)
- IMAGEPRO SCREENPRINT/DESIGN (Biddeford, ME)
- Learning Works: Teaching Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Lisi Raskin: Studio Artist Intern (Portland, ME)
- Little Chair Printing (Portland, ME)
- LT’s Inc. (Portland, ME)
- Maine Women Magazine (Falmouth, ME)
- MECA Printmaking: Teacher Assistant
- Pretty Flours (Portland, ME)
- Ocean’s Balance: (ME)
- One Tree Learning Center: Education Intern (Portland, ME)
- Pickwick Independent Press: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Piscataqua Fine Arts: (Ogunquit, ME)
- Red Trillium Press (Florence, MA)
- Running With Scissors: (Portland, ME)
- Studio e Flett Design: (Portland, ME)
- The Print House (Windham, ME)
- The Telling Room (Portland, ME)
- Wing Club (Portland, ME)
- 7 Suns Printmaking: (Warren, RI)
Public Engagement
- Add Verb: Theater Intern (Portland, ME)
- African Campus (Mossel Bay, South Africa)
- Art at Work (Portland, ME)
- Catalyst for Peace: Program Associate (Portland, ME)
- Catholic Charities Maine (Portland, ME)
- Creative Portland (Portland, ME)
- Creative Work Systems (Portland, ME)
- Equality Maine (Portland, ME)
- Frannie Peabody Center: Outreach Intern (Portland, ME)
- Friends of the Orphan Signs (Albuquerque, NM)
- L/A Arts (Lewiston and Auburn, ME)
- King Middle School: Education Intern (Portland, ME)
- Publication Studio (Portland, ME)
Sculpture
- Adriane Herman Studio: (Portland, ME)
- Amy Stacey Curtis (Lyman, ME)
- Bennett Morris: Studio Assistant (Portland, ME)
- Bread and Puppet Theatre: (Glover, VT)
- David Johansen: Studio Intern (Portland, ME)
- Ember Grove LLC: Lighting Production Intern (Portland, ME)
- Fiddler’s Knoll Farm: (New Gloucester, ME)
- Indigo Arts Alliance: (Portland, ME)
- Kim Bernard (Portland, ME)
- Mahatma Projects (Portland, ME)
- Nelson Metal Fabrication: (South Portland, ME)
- New England Sculpture Services: Foundry Intern (Chelsea, MA)
Sustainability & Environmental Efforts Woodworking & Furniture Design
