Applications Closed. Applicants will be emailed after 3/17/23.
The ALMA Summer Institute is now accepting applications for the summer 2023 program.
Applicants from Mountain View, South Valley Community, or Isleta Pueblo are preferred but can also be from the greater Albuquerque area.
Applicants must be 16-24 years old on June 1, 2023
For consideration, applications must be received by 11:59 pm on March 10th, 2023
The ALMA Summer Institute is a nine week program, running from June 1st through July 31st (with some preliminary work beginning on April 15th )
**This is a paid apprenticeship and a competitive application. Clay experience is recommended but not required.
ALMA Summer Institute is working on a multi-year project at Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. We are looking for youth applicants from Albuquerque, specifically the Mountain View, South Valley Community, and Isleta Pueblo community. During the program, apprentices will help finalize a large-scale mosaic design on a free-standing concrete sculpture, cut tiles from wet clay, glaze, fire tiles, and install and grout the large-scale mosaic mural. Apprentices will also learn valuable job skills, work with talented artists from around Albuquerque, and become part of the greater art community in Albuquerque.