First Wave Touring Ensemble Outreach Internship

Department Overview:

The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives provides groundbreaking cultural programming for the UW-Madison and broader communities.

Anticipated Start Date:

9/18/26

Anticipated End Date (If Applicable):

7/30/26

Remote Work Eligibility Detail:

Partially Remote

 

Anticipated Hours Per Week:

Minimum: 1 Maximum: 9.5

Schedule:

Rehearsal hours scheduled around Ensemble and Director Availability.
Event Hours scheduled around Outreach Engagement Requirements.

Salary/Wage Range/Lump Sum:

Minimum: $17.00

Number of Positions:

3

Qualifications:

- Current First Wave Scholar in good academic standing.
- Demonstration of artistic excellence in writing, performance, music, dance, or other art forms central to First Wave.
- High-level understanding of First Wave's mission and goals.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Aptitude for balancing artistic, academic, and professional responsibilities.
- Capacity to produce and perform multi-disciplinary art collaboratively with director and members of the ensemble.
- Must satisfy a criminal background check and successfully complete I-9 verification before beginning the position

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

- Writing/Editing Performance Pieces
- Arts Education Workshop Facilitation
- Time Management
- Community Outreach

Position Summary/Job Duties:

- Develop Work, Rehearse and Perform for Outreach Engagements
- Assist with tabling, workshop facilitation, event hosting, and community-facing engagements.
- Fulfill logistical requirements of touring ensemble members, including preparation, scheduling, and communications.
- Complete special projects assigned by AEPM
- Represent OMAI/First Wave in a professional manner

Physical Demands:

Performance, tabling and outreach is required by ensemble members.
Director will work to make accommodations as outlined by ensemble members.

Institutional Statements:

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

UW-Madison is an Equal Employment, Equal Access Employer committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background-people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: diversity.wisc.edu

Accommodation Statement:

If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website:https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/